I was having trouble making friends as an adult. When I started having 'arranged friendships,' everything changed.

After my own unfruitful decadelong quest to find close friends, I decided to apply the principles of arranged marriages to friendships..

But I had no idea that the arranged-friendship experiment would profoundly change my life and transform my other relationships..

So in 2018, I asked six women I'd met at conferences, gatherings, and workshops if they wanted to join me in the arranged-friendship experiment where we commit to being friends first and let the friendship take root as we got to know one another..

I now offer workshops, have begun officiating commitment ceremonies for friends, and have written a detailed guide on how to go about creating arranged-friendship groups..

At the time, I had an inkling that my method would resonate with many, but what surprised me the most were the messages from those who weren't seeking arranged friendships but wanted to address their dissatisfaction with existing friends.. dships is that we don't often cultivate them they happen to us with little intentionality and structure..

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