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Making friends as an adult is awkward, but it gets a lot easier when you stop waiting for it to just happen.

This week, we’re joined by Sarah Grieco for a conversation we’ve been having a lot lately, but this time with actual research, frameworks, and tactical advice behind it. Sarah has spent years moving cities, starting over, building community from scratch, and studying what it really takes to make and keep friends as an adult.

We get into why friendship feels so much harder in this stage of life, how to be more intentional about the kind of friends you’re looking for, and why curiosity is one of the most underrated tools for connection. Sarah shares her ARE framework for starting better conversations, why rejection usually has nothing to do with you, and how small rituals, follow-ups, voice memos, walks, coffee dates, and shared spaces can turn casual connections into real community. This one is practical, honest, and a little uncomfortably relatable.

What you’ll learn:

• How to make new friends as an adult without overthinking or making it weird
• Why curiosity, consistency, and follow-up are essential for building deeper relationships
• How to turn existing connections into real friendships through small, intentional rituals

Jump into the conversation:

(00:00) Introduction

(02:45) Meet Sarah Grieco

(04:59) What moving cities teaches you about friendship

(07:23) Ask these three questions before making friends

(10:16) Why different friends serve different parts of life

(12:57) Why men have a harder time connecting

(17:14) How to deepen the friendships you already have

(21:47) How to ask someone to be your friend

(26:40) Why curiosity makes friendship easier

(32:04) Complimenting can open the door

(40:10) Friendship rejection is rarely about you

(44:20) How long real friendship actually takes

(48:38) Where to find your third place

(50:38) How to go from good friend to great friend

(55:34) Why friendship needs a ritual

Connect with Sarah Grieco: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahgrieco/

Check out Arcadia: https://www.BeArcadia.com

Connect with Sam Yarborough: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-yarborough/

Connect with Jason Yarborough: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yarby/

Produced in partnership with Share Your Genius

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The callings we answer in life often begin long before we ever find the courage to step out of the boat.

This week, we're joined by corporate comedy pioneer and improv expert Tim Washer, Keynote Speaker, Event Emcee, PowerPoint Comedian at Ridiculous Media, for an honest conversation about humor, fear, and what it really takes to build a life true to who you are. After two decades at IBM and Cisco, an unexpected improv class taught by Amy Poehler set Tim on a path toward writing for SNL and Conan, acting with John Oliver, and helping leaders humanize their brands. We explore why feeling unqualified is actually confirmation you're on the right track, and how businesses can build bulletproof customer trust by embracing self-deprecating humor and showing their "knuckleheadness."

Our chat also covers Tim’s time pushing creative boundaries,like pitching a $250,000 Cisco router as a Valentine's Day gift, and why walking into discomfort isn't a career risk, but an obligation. If your marketing is feeling a little too beige or your inner critic is keeping you playing safe, pack your sense of humor and tune in.

What you’ll learn:

• How to silence your inner critic, follow the fear, and use discomfort to build actual confidence
• Why revenue leaders should care about humor, and the neuroscience behind how laughter thaws the ice
• How to appropriately admit corporate mistakes and lead with empathy rather than an endless pitch

Jump into the conversation:

(00:00) Introduction

(03:06) Meet Tim Washer

(06:48) Learning from Amy Poehler and writing for Weekend Update

(07:57) Childhood wounds and learning to forgive parental pressure

(09:22) Hearing a new calling in the wilderness and moving to Texas

(11:33) Why self-doubt is confirmation you're on the right path

(16:10) Making a funny video about the absurdity of traditional B2B sales

(19:15) The neuroscience case for bringing laughter into business

(21:26) Pitching a $250,000 Cisco router as a Valentine's Day gift

(23:01) Why safe marketing gets lost in corporate metrics

(24:02) Strategic vulnerability and using self-deprecating humor to build trust

(27:12) How to safely introduce long-form improv to your corporate team

(30:35) Finding our playful nature and embracing the discomfort of risk

(34:25) Walking through fear, reclaiming faith, and learning to get out of the boat

Connect with Tim Washer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timwasher/

Check out Tim Washer’s website: http://www.timwasher.com/

Follow Tim on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timwasher/

Check out Arcadia: https://www.BeArcadia.com

Connect with Sam Yarborough: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-yarborough/

Connect with Jason Yarborough: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yarby/

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The stories we carry about money often begin long before we earn, spend, save, or invest a dollar.

This week, we're joined by Jeff Greenberg, somatic coach, mental health counselor, and former Wall Street macroeconomist, for a deeply honest conversation about money, meaning, and what it really takes to build a life that feels true to who you are. Jeff spent over a decade at JPMorgan and UBS analyzing global financial systems before a personal reckoning in his early 30s led him somewhere no spreadsheet could take him. He shares how a hollowness beneath the success, paired with a global meaning crisis, set him on a path toward somatic coaching, men's groups, death dinners, and ultimately, a new kind of work he calls "Money Is an Inside Job." We explore how childhood money wounds quietly govern our adult decisions, why the thing is never really about the thing, and how couples can have radically more honest conversations about finances when they go beneath the surface.

Our chat also covers Jeff's work as an embedded coach at Clay, where he helps employees show up more fully at work and in life, and why he believes rest, retreat, and slowing down aren't luxuries, but a competitive advantage. Whether you're a leader wrestling with burnout, a couple navigating financial tension, or someone ready to trade the "good enough" life for a more interesting one, Jeff's journey is one you don't want to miss.

What you’ll learn:

• The childhood money stories quietly steering your adult decisions and relationships
• What somatic coaching actually is and the difference it makes for leaders under pressure
• The real reason couples fight about money and what to do instead

Jump into the conversation:

(00:00) Introduction

(02:18) Meet Jeff Greenberg

(04:35) From engineering to economics to Wall Street

(05:20) Following the trail of what's next

(10:48) The hollowness beneath the success

(14:45) The slow pivot away from Wall Street

(20:27) Sitting with death to clarify how to live

(22:28) A year to live and the relationship with time

(24:40) Money is an inside job

(29:43) How childhood money wounds steer adult life

(33:55) Couples, money, and going below the surface

(45:59) Coaching at Clay and bringing your whole self to work

(53:59) Rest, retreats, and why slowing down is a competitive advantage

Connect with Jeff Greenberg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffdgreenberg/

Check out Jeff Greenberg’s website: https://jeffgreenberg.co/

Check out Arcadia: https://www.BeArcadia.com

Connect with Sam Yarborough: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-yarborough/

Connect with Jason Yarborough: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yarby/

Produced in partnership with Share Your Genius

https://www.shareyourgenius.com