FRIENDSHIP & COMMUNITY
Connection doesn’t always get easier with time.
Life shifts. People move. Rhythms change. But the need for real connection doesn’t go anywhere.
Explore the questions and meet the experts guiding each one below.
1. Why does friendship feel harder now?
A grounded look at how life changes affect connection—and why it’s not just you.
→ Explore with Shasta Nelson
2. How do I create meaningful connection—not just proximity?
Moving beyond surface interaction into something more intentional and real.
→ Explore with Priya Parker
3. Is something wrong with me—or is this happening to everyone?
A clear view of loneliness, social health, and what’s actually going on beneath it.
→ Explore with Kasley Killam
4. What if I stopped waiting and built the community I want?
Shifting from hoping for connection to actively creating it.
→ Explore with Radha Agrawal
Radha Agrawal. Entrepreneur and community builder focused on creating intentional belonging. Encourages moving from passive participation to actively building community.
Anna Goldfarb. Writer exploring the realities of adult friendship in modern life. Known for bringing honesty to how relationships evolve—and how to sustain them.
Kasley Killam. Public health expert defining “social health” as essential to well-being.
Reframes loneliness as a shared human need, not a personal failure.
Shasta Nelson. A leading voice on adult friendship and how meaningful relationships actually form. Known for breaking connection down into consistency, vulnerability, and shared life.
Priya Parker. Author and facilitator focused on how we gather with purpose. Known for showing how intentional design turns interactions into meaningful connection.
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