How to make friends as an adult: beating loneliness and building real connections when you're single

One of the hardest and least talked-about parts of being single (especially after a breakup) is loneliness. Not missing one person. Missing a whole world of connection. This episode gives you a practical plan to fix it.Anna Goldfarb (New York Times friendship journalist) and Demi Kotsoris, founder of Millennial Crisis, share the exact strategies that work for making new friends as an adult, and why so many of the standard pieces of advice completely miss the mark.Bree brings her own story: arriving in Mumbai as a solo female traveller knowing no one, and building a community from scratch in one of the world's most densely populated cities.In this episode you'll learn:•    Why making friends as an adult is so much harder than it was when you were younger (the real reasons)•    How to turn an acquaintance into an actual friend •    Where single women are actually meeting new friends in 2026, beyond the apps•    How to overcome the fear of putting yourself out there when you're already lonely•    Why loneliness after a breakup feels different from ordinary loneliness and how to address both•    How to build a social life that makes being single genuinely enjoyable rather than isolatingBree is in Mumbai, India.Anna Goldfarb's book 'Modern Friendship' Follow Demi Kotsoris on InstagramMillennial Crisis websiteSubscribe to Last Year of Single Substack hereFollow Bree Steele on InstagramJoin the Last Year of Single communityEmail Bree Steele: [email protected], Executive Producer & Editor: Bree Steele Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.