Making Friends is Sweet and Sour

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges and joys of making friends as both kids and adults, featuring insights from guest Neidy Hess.

For some of us, making friends as kids was challenging. The same can be true now, as adults. But you can turn a sour situation into something downright sweet when you show up as your whole self. Today, we're talking with YIGC contributor Neidy (naydee) Hess who shares about the good, bad, ugly, and beautiful of finding your people. We hope this conversation gives you permission to embrace the awkward, grieve the losses, but also delight in your community. This show is brought to you ad-free by our generous Substack community. If you'd like to support the work we do for as little as $3/month, head to coffeeandcrumbs.substack.com to join us (and get bonus episodes!). For show notes, go to coffeeandcrumbs.net/podcast . Neidy says home-cooked meals and debriefing TV shows helps build friendships; listen to this bonus episode to hear more ways to Take Your Friendships Out of the Group Chat . For more encouragement in your motherhood journey, check out the stories at Coffee + Crumbs. *** Show notes: Order You're In Good Company Neidy on Substack Neidy on Instagram Coffee + Crumbs on Substack 300 Violin Orchestra Let's Talk About Friendship with Laura Tremaine The Life Council by Laura…

People in this episode

Hosts: Katie Blackburn, Ashlee Gadd

Guest: Neidy Hess

Topics covered

• friendship
• community
• motherhood
• personal growth
• relationships

Keywords

• friendship
• community
• motherhood
• relationships
• personal growth
• awkwardness
• loss

Sponsors

Substack

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Coffee + Crumbs, Substack, Instagram

Books & works: You're In Good Company, Let's Talk About Friendship with Laura Tremaine, The Life Council by Laura Tremaine

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