We are not meant to do life alone, and this is especially important when it comes to our mom life. Maybe you feel isolated or lonely, surrounded by kids all day but feeling incredibly alone. In today’s episode, we’re talking all about friendships: how to find them, how to actually make TIME for them, and how to go deeper than surface-level and connect with people in ways that are actually meaningful.

Show Notes:

Practical Steps to Develop Community:

1. Look around and see who is already there.
2. Take an easy risk and extend an invitation.
3. Give the gift of going first.

This week’s practice:

Take the time to reach out to someone around you. If you already feel connected in your friendships, send a text, make a call, or meet up, just to reconnect and share what’s on your heart lately. Ask yourself what it would look like to take that friendship a little deeper, to be more authentic about what’s really going on in your life, so that you can better support one another.

If you recognize in listening to this episode that you feel lonely, first, bring that loneliness to God and believe that He will meet you in it. With His help, take one of the practical steps we talked about today to develop community.

More Resources:

For more resources to help you connect with God in the chaos of motherhood, visit http://www.lindsaysterchi.com/free/. You'll get a free PDF guide that will walk you through some simple spiritual practices that fit right into your busy mom life, plus I’ll send you my monthly email letter with additional resources and updates.

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