Girls Night #150: Steps you can Take (Today!!) to Have Deeper, More Meaningful Friendships
IN THIS PODCAST EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:
How to put yourself in a space to form real, vulnerable, life-giving friendships
How you can start to push past the surface level things and dig a little deeper
How to show up as your true, raw, and, maybe, messy self with your friends
How to be a better friend to the people who are already in your life
How to connect with friends you meet online and stay in touch
(You can also listen right here!👇)
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Hey friends! Welcome to Girls’ Night!
I’m so excited about today’s episode. Today we’re talking all about friendship, specifically what we need to do to have deeper, more meaningful friendships.
Here's the thing... we have friends. There’s the girl from our church that we sometimes get coffee with, the girl who used to be in our small group that we see occasionally, the girl from work we got happy hour with that one time, the friend from high school that we’ve been meaning to call...
But a smattering of coffee dates just doesn’t feel the same as having a group of best girlfriends, right?
You guys have heard me say this a bazillion times: Life is so much better when we’re in it together.
It’s so much better when we have that group of best girlfriends—the ones you plan trips with, the ones at your house every Monday to watch the Bachelor (no judgment!), the ones you call in the middle of the night when you just need someone to pray for you.
But for a lot of us, we just don’t have that. We have people to go to coffee with occasionally, but we have no clue how to get past that point — how to go from skinny jeans friends to sweatpants friends. We have no clue how to find friends who feel more like family. We know we need them, we’re just not sure how to find them.
But that’s why I’m so excited about today’s episode.
Our guests for today’s episode are Jess Johnston & Amy Weatherly. Jess and Amy met online a few years ago and became really close friends. Since then, they’ve started an amazing online community called, Sister I Am With You, and are co-authors of a brand new book called, I’ll Be There (But I’ll Be Wearing Sweatpants). ← which, might as well be my life slogan.
Their mission is to help women find their people, and I am so so excited for you to get to hear from them.
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LINKS FROM THE SHOW
Steph’s book, The Lipstick Gospel (here’s a paperback copy and here’s a free digital download!)
Steph’s prayer journals, Every Single Moment and The Between Places
See Stephanie’s guide for How to Make Friends in a New City
Jess & Amy’s book, I’ll Be There (But I’ll Be Wearing Sweatpants)
Sister I Am With You Instagram Page
Quotes Mentioned:
"I don't think anything will change your life like Jesus and friends" - Amy
"I needed to start pursuing people" - Jess
"We have the power to give away what we're longing for" - Jess
"There's a reason it's called a support system" - Steph
"It's never too late to make a new best friend" - Steph
"If you plant the seeds, you're eventually going to reap the fruit" - Jess
"The only way to be known is to be vulnerable and show up as yourself" - Amy
"You can't be vulnerable without risk" - Jess
"Everything in life is so much easier when we don't have to go through it by ourselves" - Steph
"It is essential to who we are as humans to feel connected with other humans" - Amy
"There's no shortcuts to deep friendships" - Jess
"It doesn't have to be complicated, but it does have to be intentional" - Steph
CONNECT WITH JESS:
Website // Instagram // Facebook
CONNECT WITH AMY:
Website // Instagram // Facebook
CONNECT WITH STEPHANIE
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WHILE WE’RE ON THE SUBJECT
here’s another resource I know you’ll love!
Every Single Moment
A 100-day prayer journal to help you savor the present and prepare for the future!