It's Not Just You: The Reality of Adult Friendship Right Now

Hey, it's your friend Mel and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast. Let's just come out and say it. Friendship. It's really hard right now. And I want to tell you, you're not the only one who feels like life is just this giant blur of work and errands and stress and taking care of family.

I mean, none of us know where all of our friends went or how to make new ones. You know, in fact, I polled our audience of 30 million people online. And here's what you told me. 86% of you want better friendships, but the majority of you are saying it's very hard to meet new friends. And you even admit that you'd rather be at home alone than make the effort.

So today, here's what you and I are doing. We have a Harvard-trained social scientist who's been researching friendship, connection, and loneliness for 15 years here in our Boston studio. And she's brought tools that will help you feel more connected in your life starting today. And she will also share a compelling reason, based on decades of research, why it matters that you take this part of your life seriously. You know, it reminds me of this quote that I love.

We already have this episode, so unlocking it is cheap and permanent: the full transcript (79 minutes, 13,598 words), segment and word-level timestamps, and .txt, .srt, .vtt and word-level JSON downloads, as many times as you like, forever.

No account needed, we create one from your checkout email. With credits it is 1 credit; packs start at 10 episodes for $5, and monthly plans are cheaper still.