Terri and Jacqueline discuss why making investments in friendships should be one of our highest priorities, especially in midlife
Release Date: 09/10/2019
Piloting your Life
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- Terri and Jacqueline talk about how loneliness is harmful to your health and shared research around this along with how friendships improve your health
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- Crew chat idea: conduct a friend audit and discuss ways to be grateful for certain friendships, where there are gaps and what are we bringing to our friendships
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- Terri shares the concept of the Crew Chat outlined in the book and suggests this month’s assignment is:
- Assemble a flight crew (max 4-5 women)
- Schedule 2-3 hours together this month
- Do the love language assessment
- Discuss your friendships, what you are grateful for, gaps, what you are bringing to your friendships
- Post a pic on IG story and tag @pilotingyourlife #crewchat #flightcrew and/or share in the Piloting Your Life (the book) FB group
- Go get friendly!
Terri’s Key Takeaway
Investing time in friendships is time well spent.
References in the Podcast
- Piloting Your Life: https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/
- Lioness: http://bit.ly/PYL092019 Use the code: PILOT to save $25.
- Life Reimagined: http://www.barbarabradleyhagerty.com/life-reimagined
- Amy Gross: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amycgross/
- Maria Malavenda: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mmalavenda/
- Mandi Bateman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandibateman/
- Kiki Mwiti: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kikimwiti/
- Love Languages: https://www.5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/
- Piloting Your Life (the book) FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/277389409608299/
- Piloting Your Life IG: https://www.instagram.com/pilotingyourlife/
Contact
You can purchase Piloting Your Life (the book) on Amazon at http://bit.ly/PYL-Amazon, or you can go to https://www.pilotingyourlife.com/ to choose your preferred format and retailer and see other goodies.
You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com. Terri blogs a variety of topics on Medium at https://medium.com/terri-hanson-mead.
You can follow Jacqueline on Twitter @TipsyCopilot.
Terri would love to hear from you via email at [email protected].
To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.