Do you struggle to find time for friendship?

In this episode, Becca Marco is back to chat about specific things you can do to make time and effort to cultivate close friendships. We share the story about how we became friends and the secret we kept from the She Reaches audience about our relationship at our corporate jobs.

We also share how we use technology to maintain friendships when we have little time and we give you tips on handling situations where you enter a different life stage or circumstance like having a baby or moving.

If you want to have close friends, but have struggled to make time or find those friends, this is your episode!

Highlights:

• How Becca and Tiffany became friends
• The three things you need to have in a friendship
• Handling it when you feel like you're growing apart from a friend
• If there's something wrong when you're the person always reaching out
• Keeping friendships when you move
• Fitting in friendship when you have little time
• Using technology to create closer friendships
• Saying yes to invitations when you want to make new friends

Today’s Guest:

Becca is currently a Director in Sales at a technology company. She is responsible for managing the account relationship with top media clients and assisting them with their cross-platform strategy. She started her career in media research over 13 years ago, and since then has run three marathons, spent time on an avocado orchard in New Zealand, and became a wife, step-mom to three boys (21, 16 and 15) and a mom to one daughter.

She is passionate about people and building communities to support individuals as they navigate through their lives. At work she founded a young professionals group to provide them with opportunities for professional development through learning and social events, as well as a women’s group to provide support and guidance to assist in career and personal development; while outside of work she co-founded She Reaches. She currently lives in Atlanta with her husband Alan and daughter Isabella.

Resources:

Ep. #025: Creating Meaningful Friendships & How to Have Friends with Different Political Views with Shasta Nelson
Frientimacy by Shasta Nelson