On this episode, I reflect on the conversation that we had with Daniel and Marissa Zheng last episode. In particular I focus on Daniel's encouragement to not take rejection personally when you are building relationships with people. In my reflecting, I share some personal stories of failure and how those failures actually helped me to establish friends in my new city (eventually). At the very least, I hope that some of these stories make you laugh. Let me know if you can relate!

What out of the box things have you tried to make a friend? Did it work?

As always, I value your feedback and your own personal insights into what community looks like for you. So feel free to DM me, email me, take our community survey, send up a flare, do whatever you gotta do but please reach out! Also do me a favor and subscribe to the Life with People podcast it helps others find the show like you!

Hey guys! I’m Theresa and I love doing life with people. I believe community helps to bring meaning, belonging and purpose to our daily lives, but sadly, more and more we are disconnected from the authentic forms of community we deeply long for. My goal with this podcast is to give hope that finding, building, rebuilding or re imagining community is not only possible, it’s within your reach, to release vision on how you can move toward it and to provide resources and tools to help make it happen. I’m here learning right along with you. I literally started this podcast out of my own place of longing to build community in this odd post pandemic, divided world we all find ourselves in.

We recorded this episode with Daniel and Marissa Zheng at the beginning of the year about a week before they made a big move with their family of 4. We talk about what it’s like making friends in a new city and how powerful consistency is when it comes to building community. We also talk about how following the practice of the sabbath with others can form us in ways that we didn’t expect. I hope you enjoy this conversation with my dear friends.

As always, I value your feedback and your own personal insights into what community looks like for you. So feel free to DM me, email me, take our community survey, send up a flare, do whatever you gotta do but please reach out! Also do me a favor and subscribe to the Life with People podcast it helps others find the show like you!

Be on the lookout for my new podcast, Life with People!

Hey guys! I’m Theresa and I want to invite you to check out my new podcast, “Life with People.” Why? Because I love people. And because I believe community helps to bring meaning, belonging and purpose to our daily lives, but sadly, more and more we are disconnected from the authentic forms of community we deeply long for. My goal with this podcast is to give hope that finding, building, rebuilding or re-imagining community is not only possible, it’s within your reach, to release vision on how you can move toward it, and to provide resources and tools to help make it happen.

I’m here learning right along with you. I actually started dreaming up this podcast out of my own place of longing to build community in this odd increasingly isolated and divided world we all find ourselves in. With that being said, be on the look out for upcoming episodes which will feature a mix of the following:

• Interviews with friends and experts
• The “community 101” which will encourage you to reflect and to take some action toward fostering community in your own life
• “Memo Mondays,” where I invite you to take a listen into the range of topics that pop up from living life with people.

As we launch I want you to know that I value your feedback and your own personal insights into what community looks like for you. So feel free to DM me, email me, take our community survey, send up a flare, do whatever you gotta do but please reach out!

Oh, and don’t forget to subscribe so you can get the first episode right away when it drops!