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Friend Request

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Jul 31, 2023

In this final part of a three part series, we're going back to basics: making friends at school. This is how we all naturally begin to make friends, but what does that look like later in life when age differences, lifestyles, and interests all begin to play a much heavier role in selection. Listen in and dissect your...


Jul 24, 2023

This week, we discuss what happens when you're featured on a popular Instagram account (@iamthirtyaf) as someone looking for new friends, what kinds of messages you get, what kind of people you meet, and what happens when you meet up with those people in real life (IRL for you cool kids). We'll here from the perspective...


Jul 17, 2023

This week we start our three-part series on making friends at 40 years old. There are many methods out there for making new friends and Justin discusses many of them in this series, starting with BumbleBFF. The well known dating app has a counterpart for making friends and whether you're a dancer from Chicago, a...


Jul 10, 2023

This week, Justin walks through getting an official Attention Defecit Hyperactivty Disorder (ADHD) diagnosis at 40 years old, including the impact of prescribed medication, the stigma related to the disorder, and the normalization of disordered functioning after going nearly four decades thinking the struggle was...


Jul 3, 2023

This week, Justin reflects on how his views on alcohol and sobriety have evolved, changed, and shifted over the last four years. He also discusses the people we surround ourselves with, the powerlessness you can feel when you're friends have a drinking problem, and how alcohol is possibly too big to fail. Justin...