Kat Vellos is a trusted expert on the power of cultivating healthy teams and meaningful friendships in adulthood. Formerly a UX designer at Slack, Pandora, and multiple startups, her work today focuses on helping people design belonging into their lives and workplaces. She is the author of We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, TED Talks, Forbes, Real Simple, Communication Arts, SF Design Week, Lesbians Who Tech, and many more.
The hard truth is that it’s hard to make new friends as an adult. Sometimes it’s even hard keeping the friends we have. Friendship is just not as easy as it was when we had time to play with each other at recess everyday in our school days. But hope is not lost. Friendships are essential for our health and well being and there are some simple things you can do to establish and grow incredible friendships right now!
Listen in to hear Kat share:
The difference between meeting people and actually making friends
The 4 reasons it gets harder to make friends as we age
The specific challenges for moms in making friends
How our relationships evolve (for better or worse) as our various identities evolve
The significance of reciprocity in healthy adult friendships
The important role of curiosity in friendship
How to maintain strong friendships even when you’re on separate life paths
Steps to take to invest in a new friendship
Specific steps we can take to invest in the relationships we want to grow and preserve
Links mentioned:
Connect with Kat: weshouldgettogether.com
Get Kat’s Book: We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships
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