How She Creates: Ep 314 Create Community, Create Friendships with Denise of Taking Route

It’s time to cut the formalities and have those deep conversations. In order to create lasting community and friendships, you have to be vulnerable. Click through to listen to the full episode.

We have to dive deep, fast, and be vulnerable to create a community as an expat. Even if you aren’t an expat, it can feel difficult to find and create community where you live. In this interview, Denise from Taking Route explains that there are a lot of reasons to be worried about making friends but we need to risk being rejected in order to create community. She shares her own experiences as an expat, who had to take the risk of being rejected in order to make lasting friendships. She encourages you to look for people where you wouldn’t normally look, and find people who are different from you. 

Show Notes

It’s time to cut the formalities and have those deep conversations. In order to create lasting community and friendships, you have to be vulnerable. Click through to listen to the full episode.

Meet Your Guest

Denise is an Army Brat whose family finally settled in Georgia.  Good strong coffee, Netflix and her Bible keep her sane.  She homeschools her six kids with an “organic laid back approach” and is thankful they seem to actually be learning something. Ever since she moved to Southeast Asia in 2008, she’s been learning to appreciate the slices of humble pie cross-cultural living serves her every day; especially when the discussion of language is brought up and she, yet again, is reminded that she is not as fluent as her husband. In her “spare” time, you can find her blogging and podcasting.

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