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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.\nThe hard truth is that it\u2019s hard to make new friends as an adult.\xa0Sometimes it\u2019s even hard keeping the friends we have.\xa0Friendship is just not as easy as it was when we had time to play with each other at recess everyday in our school days.\xa0But hope is not lost.\xa0Friendships 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!\n\xa0\nListen in to hear Kat share:\n\nThe difference between meeting people and actually making friends\n\nThe 4 reasons it gets harder to make friends as we age\n\nThe specific challenges for moms in making friends\n\nHow our relationships evolve (for better or worse) as our various identities evolve\n\nThe significance of reciprocity in healthy adult friendships\n\nThe important role of curiosity in friendship\n\nHow to maintain strong friendships even when you\u2019re on separate life paths\n\nSteps to take to invest in a new friendship\n\nSpecific steps we can take to invest in the relationships we want to grow and preserve\n\n\nLinks mentioned:\n\nConnect with Kat: weshouldgettogether.com\n\n\nGet Kat\u2019s Book: We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships\n\n\nKat on IG\n\nKat on Twitter\n\n\nSponsor info and promo codes:\n\nPlease find our sponsor information here: shamelessmom.com/sponsor/\n\n\nInterested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices