Ep. 39 — Did We Just Become Best Friends with Amy Weatherly and Jess Johnston
Hi! Welcome back to another episode of Happily Together with Kara and Caleb.
This episode was easily the most fun and most energetic conversation that we've had on our podcast and we just know that you're going to fall in love with Amy and Jess like we did.
Adult friendships are sometimes hard and that's why we sat down with Amy and Jess and they gave us the adult guide to building meaningful friendships in today's chaotic and crazy world.
A Quote That We Loved:
"If you want good friendships, learn how to be self-aware."
On this episode, we covered:
Why are adult friendships so hard
How breaking up as friends is different than as a partner and why is it's more difficult
Why Chapter 6 (When You’re On The Outside) is Amy’s favorite chapter
Why we feel lonely in friendships and how we can create more meaning inside them
10 qualities of a really good friend
The big problem we all face – emotional dumping on friends
More about Jess and Amy:
Jess Johnston and Amy Weatherly met through the beauty of the internet three years ago. After bonding over queso and the Enneagram, their friendship easily moved from surface-level to deep, raw and authentic. Their conversations seemed to always end on the topic of friendship – the source of some of their highest highs, but also their lowest low. Together they created the Sister, I Am With You online community, a space where millions of women get real about friendship. No topic is left off the table; Jess & Amy pour their hearts daily into encouraging women across the globe to engage in authentic connection with each other.
In their debut book, I’ll Be There (But I’ll Be Wearing Sweatpants): Finding Unfiltered Real-Life Friendships in This Crazy, Chaotic World, Jess & Amy offer an-easy-to-follow road map to the place we all desperately want to be—authentic friendships. The message of the book is simple: let’s not do life alone; let’s do it together. Jess & Amy share real life examples and actionable steps we can all take to build deep and satisfying friendships.
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Amy Weatherly is a Texas girl through and through, which is where she lives with her husband, three kids, and two rescue dogs--Lou and Brewster. She is passionate about helping women embrace courage, confidence, and purpose for their life, and she does it with a quick wit and down-to-earth sense of humor. She has written for the Today Show, MSN.com, Good Morning America, Yahoo.com, and Love What Matters.
Find Amy on Instagram, here.
Find Amy on Facebook, here.
Jess Johnston lives in Southern California with her husband and four kids who are the loves of her life. Her favorite thing to do is to sit around a table with her best friends, eating nachos and laughing until her stomach hurts. She is the co-author of I’ll Be There (But I’ll Be Wearing Sweatpants). She has been a top contributor to publications such as HuffPo, Scary Mommy, and Motherly, and has been honored with Motherly's Writer of the Year Award.
Find Jess on Instagram, here.
Find Jess on Facebook, here.
Other Links:
Find the I’ll Be There Book Website, here
Find their Sister I Am With You Website, here.
Find the Sister I am With You Facebook Page, here.
Find the Sister I am With You Instagram Page, here.
Resources we discussed:
Love Does by Bob Goff
Church Of The Small Things by Melanie Shankle