{"id":2907,"date":"2023-05-29T12:40:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T12:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/loveuniversity.love\/testsite\/?p=2907"},"modified":"2023-06-01T05:28:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T05:28:34","slug":"how-to-have-great-friends-with-special-guest-cat-moore-usc-director-of-belonging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loveuniversity.love\/testsite\/how-to-have-great-friends-with-special-guest-cat-moore-usc-director-of-belonging\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Have Great Friends, With Special Guest Cat Moore, USC Director Of Belonging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HOW TO HAVE GREAT FRIENDS: WITH SPECIAL GUEST, CAT MOORE, USC DIRECTOR OF BELONGING\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?from=embed&#038;i=mz3b9-141a088-pb&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=auto&#038;rtl=0&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=7&#038;size=150\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">BY DR. ALEX AVILA<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/mr6h798h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL SHOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3MYQPPh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CLICK HERE FOR YOUTUBE<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Have you ever felt shy, lonely, or disconnected from others? \u00a0Now there\u2019s a way to connect with others and have great friends.\u00a0 Our guest on Love University, Cat Moore (<a href=\"http:\/\/cat-moore.com\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/cat-moore.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1685428768352000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1LOjuiuFNWVyB9mlnxYfQh\">cat-moore.com<\/a>), USC Director of belonging, shared some insights on how to bring positive people into your life and feel a powerful sense of belonging and connection with others. Here\u2019s what we learned:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>*Make yourself \u201cTappable<\/strong>.\u201d \u00a0Put yourself out there to interact with people. Go to public spaces, activities, and events. Smile at others, say \u201cHi,\u201d pay sincere compliments. \u00a0Make yourself approachable and chances are someone interesting will start a conversation with you. If you\u2019re shy or Introverted, start small. Say \u201cHi\u201d to a couple of people and see how that feels. Practice your smile with others. The more you send loving energy into the environment, the more likely someone will respond favorably to you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>*Show Empathy and Listen. <\/strong>\u00a0Cat says, \u201cBeing listened to with empathy \u00a0is the closest thing to feeling loved. \u00a0When you\u2019re with others, make sure you listen without judgement\u2014put yourself in their shoes. Ask: \u201cHow would I feel if I were in their position?\u201d\u00a0 When you show up with loving intention, you will be able to develop deeper, more meaningful relationships.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>*Meet your friends in person<\/strong>. In our hyperconnected society, many people are overwhelmed with virtual relationships, but lack deep meaningful connections on a personal level. \u00a0Cat suggests that you meet your friends on a regular basis (weekly) in person if possible (homes, coffeeshops, outdoor locations). According to Cat, we need embodied experiences (not just zoom) to sustain quality connections. Relationships are a living organism that have to be fed regularly for true bonding to take place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Although we\u2019ve become more of an internal society with more people working and entertaining from home, it\u2019s important that we balance our social and self-care needs. If you\u2019re more Introverted or shy, you may be perfectly content staying home and not interacting too much with people. Yet, it\u2019s important to remember that other people may need you\u2014your companionship, attention, advice, and love. Also, you can learn valuable things from others, and you can feel that you\u2019re not alone in this big unpredictable world. Love and be loved. That is the essence of human connection. It\u2019s simple, but if you do it, you will achieve a great sense of belonging, peace, and joy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/mr6h798h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE ON <strong>HOW TO HAVE GREAT FRIENDS, WITH SPECIAL GUEST CAT MOORE, USC DIRECTOR OF BELONGING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY DR. ALEX AVILA CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL SHOW CLICK HERE FOR YOUTUBE Have you ever felt shy, lonely, or disconnected from others? \u00a0Now there\u2019s a way to connect.. <span class=\"read_more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/loveuniversity.love\/testsite\/how-to-have-great-friends-with-special-guest-cat-moore-usc-director-of-belonging\/\">Read more<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2908,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loveuniversity.love\/testsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2907"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loveuniversity.love\/testsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loveuniversity.love\/testsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loveuniversity.love\/testsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loveuniversity.love\/testsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2907"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/loveuniversity.love\/testsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2910,"href":"https:\/\/loveuniversity.love\/testsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2907\/revisions\/2910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loveuniversity.love\/testsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loveuniversity.love\/testsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loveuniversity.love\/testsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loveuniversity.love\/testsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}