The Friendships That Save Us: Maggie Smith

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Genuine heart friendships have an incredible impact on our lives, including our health. Many recent studies tout the connection between health and the quality of your relationships, and that loneliness (not being alone) can have a negative effect on our health–possibly even bigger than smoking or drinking or poor eating. So is it possible that our friends can actually help save us? Our guest today thinks so; writer and poet extraordinaire Maggie Smith recently went through a divorce and she credits her close-knit friend group for being “her parachute” in that process (much like Jen’s friends have been for her as well). Jen and Maggie discuss these topics around friendship: • The way friends can invest in you in a way that family isn’t able to when you’re going through a disruptive life moment • The friends that intuitively know what you need during a rough patch and show up proactively with solutions so you don’t feel so lost • How we can nurture those “life-saving” friendships by being good friend ourselves Thank God for the friends who remind us of who we are–of our core goodness and worth– when a disruptive time shakes up our identity. They help bring us back to ourselves. * * * Thank you to our sponsors! ➤ Jen Hatmaker BookClub | Visit https://www.jenhatmakerbookclub.com and use code READ at checkout $5 off your purchase! ➤ Caraway | Save 10% on your next purchase on all Caraway products by visiting https://www.carawayhome.com/forthelove and use code: forthelove ➤ BetterHelp | Visit https://www.betterhelp.com/forthelove to save 10% on your first month! #ForTheLove #ForTheLovePodcast #JenHatmaker _________ CHECK OUT Resources Mentioned in This Episode: ➤ You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir by Maggie Smith - https://bit.ly/456TbSl ➤ My Thoughts Have Wings by Maggie Smith (A picture book releasing in winter 2024 by Maggie Smith) - https://maggiesmithpoet.com/picture-book-from-balzer-bray-harpercollins/ CONNECT with Our Guest! ➤ Website: https://maggiesmithpoet.com/ ➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maggiesmithpoet ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maggiesmithpoet/ ➤ Twitter: https://twitter.com/maggiesmithpoet ___ ➤ 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