Happy first day of MAY, friends!!

For Mental Health Awareness Month, we wanted to talk about an area of mental and emotional health that we find is often not talked about (in-depth) much…

In fact, it’s one of the most common (yet most unspoken of) struggles of adulthood:

Making REAL friendships (as an adult).

In today’s new episode (and our FIRST of many GUEST interviews!), we sit down with David Kim, Discipleship and Formation Pastor at WestGate Church in San Jose and author of Made to Belong: Five Practices for Cultivating Community in A Disconnected World.

From surveying more than 1,300 Christians, David discovered that the #1 most common challenge that everyone struggles with is LONELINESS.

We all crave life-giving relationships and community.

Yet, they seem to be increasingly hard to find.

(And you’re NOT alone or wrong in feeling that way! The signs of this increasingly growing “loneliness epidemic” seems to comes up SO much in personal conversations we have with people.)

How do you actually find friends who can come alongside you in love, to help fight for your highest good?

In a world that settles for shallow relationships, we hope this episode helps you find the authentic, rich, meaningful connection and belonging with others who help you grow and thrive the way God made you to!

✨ Episode 4 is OUT NOW! ✨ 

How to Find & Cultivate REAL Friendships
with David Kim, Author of Made to Belong

Join us for this conversation as we unpack:

• David's personal story & struggles that inspired the book

• Why is it so hard to make real friends as an adult?

• False beliefs and common myths people believe about community

• If you're struggling to find community, should you stay or look elsewhere?

• The 5 Key Practices for cultivating community

• How to practically prioritize community despite life's busyness

• The need for community for ministry leaders

• Why healthy accountability matters and why it's last of the 5 practices

• How to know which friendships to prioritize vs. let go

• Reflection Questions & Action Steps

• …and more!

⭐️ TIP: When you share the episode on social media… you never know who it could help. 🙌