Kristen chats with her friends Sarah Bessey, Jen Hatmaker, Tara Livesay, Jamie Wright, and Sarah Goodfellow about how to go deeper in friendships. This tribe of friends gathers every year for an annual “cheerleading and ass-kicking” retreat. They talked about their friendship origin story at their gathering last year (check out The Friendship Episode: Selfie, Episode 21) and it was one of our most popular episodes.  They are talking this year about how to strengthen vulnerability and intimacy in friendships.

If you enjoyed this conversation you might appreciate the books written by these ladies:

* For the Love by Jen Hatmaker

* Out of Sorts by Sarah Bessey

* The Very Worst Missionary by Jamie Wright

* Of Mess and Moxie by Jen Hatmaker

* Jesus Feminist by Sarah Bessey

In this episode we also talked about:

* Sarah got a dog.

* Kristen does not understand coat racks.

* Revlon Hair Dryer Brush Combo

* Summer’s Eve Cleansing Cloths

* Kindle Paperwhite 

* Rahua Amazon Oil

Audible gives you access to a huge selection of audiobooks on everything from self-help, modern fiction, motivational books, thrillers, memoirs, and more. They make it easy to stay well-read with audiobooks that you can listen to in the car, or Kristen’s favorite: while cleaning house. And it’s timely we are talking about Audible today in our gift guide episode because it is SUCH a great gift. Right now, for a limited time, you can get 3 months of Audible for just $6.95 a month. That’s more than half off the regular price. Membership includes 1 free audiobook a month, exclusive sales, and 30% off all regularly priced audiobooks. It’s a great gift to give yourself,  and while you’re at it . . .  think about giving the gift of Audible to someone on your list. For more info go to audible.com/selfie or text SELFIE to 500 500.