Why Adult Friendships Are So Hard, and Why You Should Go First
Dr. Jana RundleLicensed Psychologist, PsyD, PMH-C · 0:42 videoDr. Jana explains why so many women in their 20s and 30s struggle to find close friendships: everyone waits for someone else to be vulnerable first. She encourages you to go first and invite someone for coffee, because to have good friends, you have to be a good friend.
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So many of my clients who are in their 20s, 30s are looking for adult female friendships and are struggling to find the connections that they are truly wanting. If you're in a room with 30 people and everybody feels uncomfortable to put themselves out there, to be vulnerable, to ask for what they need, then nobody gets their needs met. So if you're in that place, I wanna encourage you, go first. Imagine how you would feel if you were the recipient of a, hey, do you wanna grab coffee? Do you wanna go to lunch? you would feel seen, you would feel honored. That is the gift that you extend to others when you go first. You want to have good friends. You have to be a good friend. So go first.
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