Finding Friends, Keeping Them and What To Do When You Break Up: Laura Tremaine

About this sermon

We’re in a brand new series; For the Love of Friends and Community. Friendship and community often serve as the cornerstone for many women's lives, providing a vital support system that nurtures connection, empathy, and mutual growth. In a recent survey from Psych Central, nearly half of most women report having fewer than 3 close friends, one third report having between 4-9 close friends, and 12% say they have no close friends at all. We know that friendship contributes to more satisfaction in life and is good for our overall health. So what’s the key to finding and keeping friends? How many friends do we need to get those good friend vibes? Our guest this week, author and podcaster Laura Tremaine, has written extensively about friendship, drawing from her own experiences and the experiences of other women she has talked to. Laura wants us to identify, create and nurture these deep connections that we long for. She also teaches us that friendship takes work, and vulnerably shares her friendship fails (yes, even a friendship expert has a few friend misses now and again). Jen and Laura discuss: • The key qualities that make a friendship meaningful and enduring, and how those things are defined by what you value • A rundown of the things we all may think are important about friendship and looking at the things that aren’t as important as we’ve been made to believe they are • How to navigate friendship breakups and friendships ending, allowing grief over that loss, and leaving room for that vacant “chair” to be filled by someone new • Finding the “fellow obsessive” friend - the one you can geek out about with things that you both love Creating meaningful friendships is not just about having a social circle. It's about experiencing true companionship and vulnerability and support. And it's these soul connections that can bring so much joy and fulfillment to our lives. * * * Thank you to our sponsors! ➤ MeCourse: LGBTQIA+ | LGBTQIA+ Parenting e-course from Jen and special guests is available for order. Visit https://www.mecourse.org/lgbtqia-parenting for more info. ➤ FOCL | Visit https://focl.com/ and use code FORTHELOVE at checkout for 20% off of your purchase ➤ Jen Hatmaker BookClub | Visit https://shop.jenhatmaker.com/pages/book-club and use code READ at checkout $5 off your purchase! #ForTheLove #ForTheLovePodcast #JenHatmaker _________ CHECK OUT Resources Mentioned in This Episode: ➤ Share Your Stuff I’ll Go First (a book by Laura Tremaine) - https://www.lauratremaine.com/shareyourstuffbook ➤ Friends song by Michael W. Smith - https://open.spotify.com/track/2e6sXL2bYv4bSz6VTdnfLs ➤ Brené Brown’s Websites - https://brenebrown.com/ ➤ Jamie B. Golden - https://jamiebgolden.com/ ➤ Steven King Summer (A book club with Laura Tremaine) - https://www.lauratremaine.com/stephenkingsummer ➤ On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King - https://www.amazon.com/Writing-10th-Anniversary-Memoir-Craft/dp/1439156816 ➤ The Stand by Stephen King - https://bit.ly/474lCC3 CONNECT with Our Guest! ➤ Website: https://www.lauratremaine.com/ ➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mslauratremaine ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laura.tremaine/ ➤ Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/shop/laura.tremaine ➤ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/10-things-to-tell-you/id1450216100 ___ ➤ JEN HATMAKER BOOK CLUB - Join the sisterhood! https://jenhatmakerbookclub.com ___ WATCH more videos from Jen: ➤ For the Love of Small Wins series: https://bit.ly/FTLsmallwins ➤ For the Love of The Enneagram series: https://bit.ly/FTLenneagram ➤ Happy Hour: http://bit.ly/JensHappyHour ➤ Monday Mornings with Jen: http://bit.ly/MondayMorningsJen ___ CONNECT with Jen! ➤ FOLLOW Jen on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jenhatmaker ➤ FOLLOW Jen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jenHatmaker/ ➤ LIKE Jen on Facebook: https://facebook.com/jenhatmaker ➤ SUBSCRIBE NOW on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/JenHatmaker?sub_confirmation=1 ➤ VISIT: http://jenhatmaker.com/ ___ For more “For the Love” . . . ➤ SUBSCRIBE on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/FTLPodcastApple ➤ LISTEN on Spotify: http://bit.ly/FTLPodcastSpotify ➤ HEAR IT on Stitcher: http://bit.ly/FTLPodcastStitcher ➤ LISTEN on iHeartRadio: http://bit.ly/FTLPodcastiHeart

Topics

• Relationships
• Friendship