Making Friends as an Adult: Why It’s So Hard and What Actually Helps
A free live workshop that gives you clarity, encouragement, and the first small steps toward meaningful adult friendships.
With Nadine Briggs
Founder of Building Adult Friendships
A free live workshop that gives you clarity, encouragement, and the first small steps toward meaningful adult friendships.
With Nadine Briggs
Founder of Building Adult Friendships
You want more connection in your life, but...
You meet people and aren't sure how to move beyond casual conversation.
You have a good interaction with someone, but nothing ever seems to come of it.
You find yourself waiting for other people to reach out first.
You try a group, class, or activity once or twice and wonder why you haven't connected with anyone.
You sometimes assume an awkward interaction means you just didn't click.
Or maybe you simply don't know where adults are supposed to make friends anymore.
If any of this sounds familiar, you're definitely not the only one.
What's changed since we were younger and why simply meeting more people isn't always enough.
Why waiting for someone else to initiate, not following up, or giving up too quickly can keep a potential friendship from going anywhere.
What adults often underestimate about the time and repeated contact it takes for friendship to develop.
Why showing up, reaching out, following through, and giving connection time to develop matter more than finding the "perfect" person or saying exactly the right thing.
You'll leave with one realistic action you can take to start creating more opportunities for connection.
You'd like to have more people to do things with.
You know people, but many of those relationships never seem to move beyond the acquaintance stage.
Your social circle has changed because of a move, divorce, retirement, becoming an empty nester, working from home, or simply life moving in different directions.
You want to meet new people but aren't sure where to start.
You sometimes overthink social situations or worry about rejection.
You have people in your life, but you'd like deeper or more meaningful friendships.
You don't need to be outgoing or naturally confident. You just need to be open to doing something a little differently.
Meet Nadine
Nadine Briggs is a Social Skills Coach, bestselling author, and founder of Simply Social Skills.
For 20 years, Nadine has helped children, teens, young adults, and adults better understand the skills that help people connect and build meaningful relationships.
She is the co-author of the How to Make and Keep Friends book series and creator of Building Adult Friendships: Your Path to Meaningful Connections, a course designed specifically to help adults create and nurture stronger friendships.
Her approach is practical, positive, and focused on the small, realistic changes people can make in everyday life.
Your reset begins with one small choice.
