It can be hard to make friends as an adult.
A single friend helps relieve loneliness. 5 fulfilling friendships create vibrant social health.
We help you make them.
The 5 Friends Membership
I’m excited to announce a brand-new membership community, designed to help you make 5 Fulfilling Friendships.
If you:
Feel dissatisfied with your social life 😕
Want more people to do things with and have FUN with 🎉
Wish you had friends to talk to—about what’s going on and how you really feel 💬
Then this is for you! 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.
You’ll have access to The Secret to Making Friends as an Adult course, which demystifies to process of how to connect and develop meaningful friendships. You’ll be given concrete tools and handouts.
A personal peer support team.
You won’t be on this journey alone. Every two weeks you’ll meet with your “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
Every other week you’re invited to join live, guided Zoom conversations to practice your connection skills. And you’ll have access to a private community space to share with people who get it ❤️.
In The 5 Friends 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.