let's all agree...it's hard to make friends as an adult. but no one really talks openly about it! we're all just over here trying to figure out how to find our place & build community but we're confused & isolated in our loneliness. how the heck do i make friends? is a podcast all about friendship-making. it's hosted by emilee crowder, a mental health therapist & fellow friend-seeker. join emilee every thursday as she chats about the hard parts & happy parts of building community. maybe we can all feel a little less lonely, together.
moving to a new city & starting fresh is something many of us have experienced. when pam lamp uprooted from houston to nashville, she found herself craving community & purpose. so she started a little passion project--"my new thing for today". that project brought pam new friends, new experiences & new awareness about how she wanted to live her life. listen along as pam shares her insights & what she learned about putting herself out there in order to make new friends. about pam: pam now has a podcast & a blog, called "who i met today" and her book "do the next new thing" will be released in august. you can find pam on instagram, @pamelalamp2. podcast title intro by @goldmythmusic!
episode 2 is here! in this episode i'm joined by samantha hoover, a fellow therapist. samantha shares her knowledge of the enneagram (we get into each type & how they show up in friendships) & she also shares her own experiences that have come with shifting seasons of friendship. we talk about how less pressure, lower expectations & fostering our own identities can help us experience reparative connection. samantha speaks to the isolation & comparison that can come with loneliness & how the enneagram can be a helpful tool to understanding our own barriers to making friends. about samantha: samantha is a counselor who focuses on gen z and millennials. she works primarily with attachment concerns, anxiety, depression, & career counseling. her private practice, thorn & rose counseling is located in frisco, texas. you can find out more on her website, www.thornandrosecounseling.com, or instagram, @thornandrosecounseling. episode references: the enneagram institute - enneagram test #HealthyAdult by lori jean glass podcast title intro by @goldmythmusic!
hello my cuties! welcome to episode 1 of "how the heck do i make friends?" hosted by me, emilee crowder. in this episode i briefly chat about how i got to this point--recording a podcast about friendships & loneliness. come have a sit, all are welcome here! podcast title intro by @goldmythmusic!