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A new year is always a good time to reflect on the state of your current relationships.\xa0As I considered which past guests could bring the most value to you as you kick off 2024, I immediately thought of Kat Vellos, who specializes in helping people develop meaningful friendships in adulthood.\xa0Sometimes it can feel like a dirty little secret in adulthood, \u201cI don\u2019t have many friends.\u201d\xa0So, we keep it to ourselves.\xa0This Best Of conversation is an invitation to openly and proudly pursue the friendships you have long been craving in 2024.\xa0\nKat 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.\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\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\nWe love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: https://shamelessmom.com/sponsor\nInterested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices