16 – How The Heck To Make Friends (And Why Is It So Hard?!)

<p>Keep your friends close and your podcast hosts closer! For this week’s episode, Sarah asked our listeners (you) what everyday life stressor is on their (your) mind the most. Immediately, a tremendous pattern was clear: how the heck do you make friends as an adult?!</p><p>Dana and Sarah chat about friends old and new, how to capture people you like and make them yours, and what makes meaningful friendships last a lifetime all while navigating a global pandemic. Along with some tangible tips and tricks for even finding potential friends in the first place, Sarah walks us through our new favorite game: absolutely tearing apart a horribly misguided wikiHow. This episode is packed with laughs and even a few tears because friendship is beautiful and hard and confusing to navigate once your neighborhood carpool to soccer practice is off the table. Now that you're fully vaccinated, go out there and make some BFFs and then introduce them to us, okay?? </p><p>Want to be OUR friend? Like the show? Have a snarky comment about the quality of our audio? Consider joining our club on Patreon at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/atyourownriskthepod" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/atyourownriskthepod</a>! For as little as $3 a month, you can join an amazing community of like-minded worry warts and help fund our surprisingly expensive and time consuming endeavor with this podcast! Plus, you’ll become one of our new BFFs and I don’t know if you’ve caught on, but we need more friends.</p><p>And for more buffoonery and content, follow AYOR on Instagram and TikTok at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/atyourownriskthepod/">@atyourownriskthepod.</a> If you dare, check out Dana and Sarah’s personal instas at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/danadrewdles/">@danadrewdles</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sarahbassy/">@sarahbassy.</a></p><p>To support our lovely guests, give Lisa and Misty's personal instas at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/itslinke/">@itslinke</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mistyrose/">@mistyro