It can be hard to make friends as an adult.
It’s a LOT easier when you have guidance, support, and community.
That’s what we provide.
Make Friends as an Adult (MFA) Membership
I’m excited to announce a brand-new membership community, designed to help you make deeper, closer, more fulfilling friendships. It can be hard to accomplish goals—even really important ones—on your own. If someone wants to get fit, they can join a gym. To lose weight, they can join Weight Watchers. To get sober, they can join AA. And now, if you want guidance, support, and community to help you make friends, you can join the MFA membership.
The MFA membership is for you, if:
You feel dissatisfied with your social life 😕
You want people to do things with and have FUN with 🎉
You wish you had friends to talk to about what’s going on in your life—and how you really feel 💬
I’m currently welcoming founding members to help build this community from the ground up.
As a founding member, you’ll get:
Step-by-step guidance on HOW to make friends.
People often think that friendships happen “naturally,” that we’re supposed to somehow know how to make friends. But connecting is a SKILL. And like all skills it can be taught, learned, and honed. We demystify the process of making friends and help you develop the skills to make deeper friendships.
A personal peer support team.
You won’t be on this journey alone. On the 1st and 3rd week of the month you’ll meet with your “peer support team” … a group of 4-5 peers. You’ll set personal friendship goals, and check in with your group to hold each other accountable, and cheer each other on.
Conversation, connection & community
On the 2nd and 4th week of the month, you can join live “Convo Cafes” to meet new people and put your friendship skills into practice. You’ll also have access to a private online community space to share with people who get it … because they’re working on the same goals you are ❤️.
In the Make Friends as an Adult membership you can expect to:
Strengthen your connection skills. You’ll learn what the science says really works to create connection, so you’ll know where to focus your efforts. Then you’ll have the chance to practice specific skills in bi-weekly guided small-group “Convo Cafes.”
Develop deeper, more rewarding friendships, and have FUN in the process. You’ll be led through a step-by-step process, starting with a self-assessment of how you’re feeling about your current relationships, followed by developing a “friendship plan” with manageable action steps to deepen existing relationships and/or make new ones. While the focus is on making friends IRL, you’re likely to make connections with other 5 Friends members, especially on your peer support team.
Have live weekly Zooms with direct access to me. I (Jessica Gifford, LICSW, ProjectConnect Founder) will be with you each step of the way. I’ll be on the weekly Zooms to create a safe, inclusive space, provide guidance, coach you through obstacles, answer questions, and help facilitate connection. On the first and third weeks of each month you’ll meet with your support team. On the second and fourth weeks of each month you can participate in engaging guided conversations to meet new people, and practice deep talk (the opposite of small talk). Live Zooms for this group will be held on Tuesdays from 5:00-6:15 P.M. Eastern time. If that time doesn’t work, but you’re interested when different times become available, send me a message and put “join waitlist for future time slots” in the body.
All this at the founding member rate—the lowest it will ever be—locked in for the lifetime of your membership.
$39/month if you sign up by June 1.
$49/month if you sign up June 2-8.
$59/month if you sign up June 9-15.
What exactly is a “founding member”? It means you’re joining from day 1. Things aren’t all figured out yet, and may be a little messy. There may be some changes as I figure out what works well and what doesn’t. It also means that you get to join while the community is small and close-knit, you’ll get lots of personal attention, and you will be able to help shape the community as it develops.
If at any point you decide this isn’t for you, just cancel a week before your next renewal date. Doors close midnight June 15 and the membership starts July 1, 2025.
Fulfilling friendships are possible. You don’t have to figure it out alone. If you’re ready to make deeper, closer, more fulfilling friendships, sign up! I hope to see you there.