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Ryan Kriger, author of How to Make Friends as an Adult, describes the approach he used to develop a group of friends after moving to Montpelier from New York City. He also shares advice for maintaining friendships, even during a pandemic.
Note: we have also released this conversation as an episode of our Portable Humanist podcast series.
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Mentioned in the video
- Ryan Kriger’s book, How to Make Friends as an Adult: http://www.ryankriger.com/making-friends.html
- Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Rival of American Community by Robert Putnam: http://bowlingalone.com/
- College campus study about contact hours to establish friendships: https://news.ku.edu/2018/03/06/study-reveals-number-hours-it-takes-make-friend
- Health risks associated with isolation from the National Institutes of Health: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6638933/
- Harvard Study on Adult Development: Research from their first and new second generation: https://www.adultdevelopmentstudy.org/
- TED Talk Lessons from the longest study on happiness with Dr. Robert Waldinger: https://youtu.be/8KkKuTCFvzI
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