Making Friends as an Adult: A Beginner’s Guide to Connection

Loneliness is at epidemic levels. Nearly 1 in 3 adults say they feel lonely every week — and making friends as an adult can feel overwhelming, awkward, or impossible.

That’s why Mary, the Friendship Educator on TikTok, created this beginner’s guide to making friends as an adult.

It gives you practical, research-backed tools to confidently build new friendships and have the thriving social life you deserve.

Inside, you’ll learn:

✅ How to become open to connection

✅ Where and how to meet new people

✅ Conversation tactics that keep things flowing

✅ How to turn acquaintances into close friends

✅ Red flags to watch for — and when to walk away

✅ A 30-day action plan to put everything into practice

Mary is a friendship educator with a degree in interpersonal communication and 20+ years of professional experience.

This e-book distills insights from sociology and psychology journals into simple, actionable steps — so you can build the friendships you’ve been wishing for.

Because life is better when you don’t have to do it alone.