| “Friendsgiving” officially became a word in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary in 2020, though many trace its spirit back to the Peanuts Thanksgiving special. But its true rise took off around 2007, as adults, especially women, began gathering the people who felt like home, regardless of biological ties.
This month inside the wonderful community of Career Alchemy Academy, our Touchstone was Friendship.
We looked at the many sides of friendship:
- How, in order to be a good friend with others, we must start first with befriending ourselves. Kind self-talk, upleveling self-care, finding fun things to do, etc.
- Making friends is not a passive exercise. We expanded outward and began connecting and reconnecting with personal and professional friendships past and present through notes, emails, and calls.
- Additionally, we looked at the magic (and struggles) of creating and sustaining work friendships.
- Finally, we invoked the energy of friendship, recognizing that we can spread the Friendship Vibe easily and frequently in every moment to ourselves, people we know and have known, and to those we may never meet because who can’t use more friendship vibes.
The friendship vibe has no limitations or barriers. Nothing can keep the Vibe from spreading. It ripples out with every smile, extended hand, connection, thank you, yes please and grace given.
At its heart, was one idea: You can create Friendship Vibes in every moment.
Not through grand gestures, but through presence, warmth, curiosity, and consistency. When you choose to embody friendship, the people around you feel safer, seen, and more connected.
So how do you become a person who radiates friendship vibes? I will tell you!
4 Steps to Creating Friendship Vibes
- Befriend Yourself: Your inner tone becomes your outer expression. Treat yourself with the same kindness, patience, and encouragement you offer others.
- Be a Friend to Others: Show up. Check in. Celebrate. Listen. Share. Small acts create big resonance.
- Cultivate Friendships at Work: Work friendships don’t just make the day better. Work friendships support trust, collaboration, and belonging. Healthy boundaries + warmth = sustainable connection.
- Spread Friendship Vibes Daily: A smile. A genuine question. A moment of presence. A kind assumption. This is how you shape the emotional landscape around you.
To help you invite in and spread Friendship vibes I created a short visualization video below. Take a peek and start spreading these good vibes!
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