97. Emily Siegel on How to Make Friends as an Adult

<p align="left"><span style= "font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Emily Siegel, Connection Coach and host of The Connected Mom Life Podcast, tells us about how she knew she needed to figure out how to make friends as an adult. </span></p> <p align="left"><span style= "font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Emily is loving these books:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"><a href= "https://www.zondervan.com/p/share-your-stuff-10-questions-to-take-your-friendships-to-the-next-level/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Share Your Stuff, I'll Go First</a> by Laura Tremaine</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"><a href= "https://www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/book" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">The Lazy Genius Way</a> by Kendra Adachi</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Emily's lifehacks:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Automate your social times with friends by prescheduling them on your calendar.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Buy gifts in bulk ahead of time to have options on hand.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">I was a guest on Emily's show, The Connected Mom Life. Check out the episode <a href="https://www.theconnectedmomlife.com/29-2/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">here!</a></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style= "font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/190745/Emily_Siegel_episode_image.png" alt="" width="300" height="300" /><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;">Emily Siegel is a corporate mom and fierce friend. Host of the Connected Mom Life podcast, she believes that authentic connections are not a nice-to-have, they're a must-have! And she is on a mission to help moms create more of them. Because she knows we weren't made to mom alone, and it's time to stop trying.</span></p> <p><s