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This week we're focusing on a lighter topic, just in time for the summer! We're hoping to refocus our priority on friendships during a season that for us is synonymous with fun and quality time with the people we care about most. We're sharing how we're approaching plans this summers and the ways we're pushing our introvert selves to make the most of this season. Question of the week: What's your promise to yourself to bring some summer fun into your friendships? Get involved! We'd love to hear from you. Instagram: @willyousitwithme TikTok: @willyousitwithmepod Gmail: [email protected]

We've wanted to address the question of "can you really be friends with your mom?" for a while, so we're exploring this unique friendship in today's episode. We're discussing how these relationships change as you get older, the type of friendship we have with our own moms, how we need to drop the idea of "perfection" when it comes to our moms (and ourselves), the ebb and flow of these relationships, and when we value our mom's guidance the most. The mother role can be really challenging and unique – it's not going to look the same for any one person, so we hope that this episode provides some fresh insight – whatever that relationships looks like for you.  Disclaimer: We realize this might be a sensitive topic for some, so please only listen if it's right for you  Question of the week: What are 3 things your mom instilled in you or that you learned from her when it comes to friendships? Quotes of the Week: “The mother-daughter relationship may be one of the most complex that exists in all of human relations, both more intimate but also at times more fraught with difficulty.” – Jen Doll "I love you, but I don't like you." – The Flight Attendant  Get involved! We'd love to hear from you. Instagram: @willyousitwithme TikTok: @willyousitwithmepod Gmail: [email protected]

We've talked about finances on the podcast before (check out our "Friendship on a Budget" episode), but we wanted to explore some of the other ways that money can impact our friendships. When it comes to friendship, there aren't always clear expectations or etiquette and we've probably all experienced a scenario where finances or spending has created friction or even resentment. In this episode we're covering the mentality of "I'll get this round," Venmo etiquette, being sensitive to budgets, when you should pay, what to expect if you're hosting, and lending money to friends. At the end of the day, our friends are worth a lot, and we hope this episode provides some actionable tips and strategies to keep finances and friendships harmonious.  Get involved! We'd love to hear from you. Instagram: @willyousitwithme TikTok: @willyousitwithmepod Gmail: [email protected]

This week we're coming in hot with a new episode all around the anxieties we feel in our friendships. If you're like us, we sometimes get a little in our head. We wonder if our friends are mad at us, if something we said was awkward, or generally replay things over and over until they start to well...take on a life of their own. We're covering a lot of things, but here are the key take-aways: Sometimes it's better to cancel! If you're upset, it's your job to communicate, not anyone's job to guess Beware the kitchen sink: Think through (or write out!) what is at the root of the problem and don't pile on grievances in one conversation Acknowledge what people are doing well too If you find yourself in a place where you're making stories and there's something you need to address, follow these 4 steps for better communication: This is what happened, what I experienced (simple, direct, observable) This is what I made up about it (what you imagined) This is how I feel about it (your choices are: joy, pain, anger, fear, shame, guilt, love) This is what you (the other person) could do about it. Get involved! We'd love to hear from you. Instagram: @willyousitwithme TikTok: @willyousitwithmepod Gmail: [email protected]

This episode was inspired by a quote that resonated with both of us: "Learn to be ok with the fact that you're not for everyone. You shouldn't even want to be." This week we've diving into one those topics that took us some time to "get." We're exploring why we've been predisposed to get along and "fit in" with everyone and how that begins to shift later in your twenties. We both share our own struggles with this topic and the ways in which we're striving to balance being true to our authentic selves with where it's okay to code switch or compromise. Whether this doesn't resonate yet, or this is a timely reminder, we hope this episode provides some insight or validation in showing up as your authentic self. Question of the week: What advice would you give to someone who is concerned with people not liking them? Get involved! We'd love to hear from you. Instagram: @willyousitwithme TikTok: @willyousitwithmepod Gmail: [email protected]

Inspired by a recent ~solo~ outing and a month spent alone, we’re chatting about the importance of being in friendship with yourself! We get honest in this week’s episode that maybe we aren’t as good of friends to ourselves as we can be and things we’re focusing on to value one of the most important relationships we have… the one with ourself. Get involved! We'd love to hear from you. Instagram: @willyousitwithme TikTok: @willyousitwithmepod Gmail: [email protected]

This week we're keeping it short and sweet with a topic that we think is just * the cutest * and that is creating new traditions in our friendship. Inspired by a  video we found on TikTok, we were pleasantly reminded that it's never too late to start something new that allows you to celebrate and explore life with the people you love the most. This episode we are talking about how traditions can elevate our friendships, our favorite traditions we share with friends, and traditions we want to start to create something lasting and meaningful.  We want to hear about your traditions! Whether it's one you grew up with or one you want to start, we'd love ideas to share with our amazing community.  Get involved! We'd love to hear from you. Instagram: @willyousitwithme TikTok: @willyousitwithmepod Gmail: [email protected]

If you're like us, being financially savvy might not be your first nature, but this week we're getting right down to it on a topic that can be * so * awkward to talk about in friendships: Money. This week, we're challenging ourselves to put our friendships on a budget and talk candidly about how we're trying to take charge of our finances. In this episode we dive into how financial dynamics change in your mid-late twenties, discuss why we should factor friendship into our budgets and explore some ways budgeting can encourage trying new things and grow your friendships. We hope this episode makes you more conscious about prioritizing "money well spent" for experiences and time with friends that leaves you feeling whole. Get involved! We'd love to hear from you. Instagram: @willyousitwithme TikTok: @willyousitwithmepod Gmail: [email protected]

This week in honor of two very special milestones (Lulu's birthday and our cool lil' podcast turning a whole year old!), we're keeping it short and sweet with some musings on birthdays and how to celebrate with friends and loved ones. We're dropping some ideas on how to make your friends feel special, our musings about getting older (and hopefully wiser?) and talk about our own birthday traditions. So whether you celebrate birthday, birthday week, or birthday month, this episode is all about having your cake and eating it too. Thanks for the support, friends! We can't believe it's been a whole year of talking about friendships! Get involved! We'd love to hear from you. Instagram: @willyousitwithme TikTok: @willyousitwithmepod Gmail: [email protected]

This week we are taking a cue from Spring Cleaning with a longer episode focused on taking an inventory of our time and where we're spending it: In our friendships, relationships, and everything else. This week we're musing about how we're prioritizing friendships, tiers of friendships, resetting boundaries and beginning to start new friendships. Listen along as we share practical tips and questions to guide that reflection and also role play some scenarios around having tougher conversations and setting boundaries in our friendships.  Questions to guide taking inventory: Are there things I've been putting up with that I should get off my chest? Are there boundaries I need to set or expectations I need to clarify? What are my core values right now? Who are my top tier and second tier friends? What are me needs and where am I in my life? What do I need more of and less of right now? Question of the week: How would you set a boundary with a friend around the amount of time you're spending with them? Not sponsored, but Lulu makes a shameless plug for her Whoop and we talk through how we're taking alcohol and drinking out of the mix to get better sleep and quality of life (and the challenges/anxieties) that come with cutting back on something so imbedded in our social culture.  Get involved! We'd love to hear from you. Instagram: @willyousitwithme TikTok: @willyousitwithmepod Gmail: [email protected]

We're back! And coming in hot with a new episode that covers something new and disturbing that we didn't see coming: Reaching a point where the group of friends you've finally created is...leaving you??? Between exciting new jobs, moving for love, or just wanting something different, we realized that both of us were losing friends left and right to the the natural shake ups that happens in your twenties. Listen along as we talk through how we're handling this recent development (hint: not well!!!), how we're approaching creating new friendships, re-opening our proverbial friendship books, and falling back in love with the cities we currently live in. Do we spend some time wallowing in our feels? Yes, yes we do. Does this involve a poem from Rupi Kaur that really wrecked us? Obviously. Do we also end on a high note that left us feeling excited? Absolutely. And we hope the prospect of all the amazing friends that you haven't met yet gets you feeling excited too! Made a new friend lately? Or moved an acquaintance to a friend? We want to hear about it! DM us, comment, etc. so we can highlight it on our next episode! Get involved! We'd love to hear from you. Instagram: @willyousitwithme TikTok: @willyousitwithmepod Gmail: [email protected]

We focused on the lighter side of friendships this week, exploring those friendships that may have taken a back seat during the last couple years. We're asking the big question of: How do you rekindle a friendship? On this episode we cover our positive outlook on things (*knock on wood lol*), how to reach out to a friend that you haven't talked to in a while, why effort matters, how certain friendships know different parts of our identities, and what we're doing to rekindle friendships in our own lives. If you've been feeling like it's been a while since you talked to one of your friends, this is your sign to reach out! Get involved! We'd love to hear from you. Instagram: @willyousitwithme TikTok: @willyousitwithmepod Gmail: [email protected]