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Connect With the Community
How to Meet People (and Maybe Make Friends?)
This event happened on Thu, Dec 4, 2025
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Overview
335 Lovely Attendees
335 Lovely Attendees
Your Host
Sandy Hausrath
thought partner for solopreneurs.
Richmond, VA
Hi, I’m Sandy, and I’m a thought partner for solopreneurs who are tired of grappling with business problems on their own. I help my clients explore different perspectives, ask (and answer) tough questions, and consider fresh ideas, while offering a neutral, analytical sounding board.
I also love making new connections and offer coaching on how to meet people, start conversations, and maybe even make friends!
Before this, I’ve worked as a freelance writer and editor, a criminal defense attorney, a dog trainer, an environmental consultant, an artisan baker, and a research biologist.
Hobbies I’m into lately include birdwatching, fiber crafts, slam poetry, competitive axe throwing, and powerlifting.
Want to chat?? You can find all my links at https://linktr.ee/sandyv5.0 💖
About this FieldTrip
Raise your hand if you’ve ever said “Ugh, it’s just impossible to make new friends as an adult!”
You’re not alone. Most of us don’t know
- where to find potential friends,
- how to approach someone we’d like to talk to, or
- what on earth to say when we get there.
Here’s the good news: meeting people and making friends involve a handful of learnable skills that anyone—yes, including you—can practice and get better at.
In this FieldTrip, we’ll
- introduce those basic skills,
- help participants create a customized game plan for meeting new people, and
- offer the (optional!) opportunity to practice talking with friendly new people.
Please note: This FieldTrip offers optional breakout rooms. If you do not feel like joining one for any reason, no worries! We'll make sure you have something to do introspectively in the main room.
What to know or bring
What to expect
Workshop format!
A hands-on session where participants get to build, craft, or create something tangible.
Optional breakout rooms!
This FieldTrip offers optional breakout rooms. If you do not feel like joining one for any reason, no worries! We'll make sure you have something to do introspectively in the main room.
It will be recorded!
The recording will be shared within 24 hours in the follow up email for a 4-day window, and available at the top of this page. Make sure to register for access!
Your Host
Sandy Hausrath
thought partner for solopreneurs.
Richmond, VA
About Sandy Hausrath
Hi, I’m Sandy, and I’m a thought partner for solopreneurs who are tired of grappling with business problems on their own. I help my clients explore different perspectives, ask (and answer) tough questions, and consider fresh ideas, while offering a neutral, analytical sounding board.
I also love making new connections and offer coaching on how to meet people, start conversations, and maybe even make friends!
Before this, I’ve worked as a freelance writer and editor, a criminal defense attorney, a dog trainer, an environmental consultant, an artisan baker, and a research biologist.
Hobbies I’m into lately include birdwatching, fiber crafts, slam poetry, competitive axe throwing, and powerlifting.
Want to chat?? You can find all my links at https://linktr.ee/sandyv5.0 💖
Attendees
Melagegs
Graphic Designer.
Alicia Avila
Video Producer, Journalist.
Joanna Ma
User-Centric Mechanical Engineer at Freelance.
Caroline Laszcz
User Experience Designer at IBM.
Nate Hinkle
Creative Operations Manager at Ceros.
Amber Wilkie
Jimmy S
Freelancer.
Brittney Turner
Melissa Jantzi
Marine Thibaut
Dinash Lal
Public Administrator at NA.
Brenda Bertrand
Cynthia Smith
Peer Support Specialist.
Simona Martini
Brandyn Hansen
Clinton Spell
Ben Morrill
Copywriter.
Chris Lewis
Megan Sebasky
Angie Lavezzo
Bookkeeper at Carolina Farm Stewardship Association.
How to make the most of FieldTrips
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Show up fully
Get ready to be immersed! Engage with smiles, nods, waves, emojis. Share in the chat. Get cozy. Turn off notifications. Sip your favorite beverage.
Stay curious
Wear your beginner’s hat. Go with the flow. Welcome the stumbles and fumbles. Congratulate yourself for trying. Keep going!
Celebrate your host
Our hosts are members of the CreativeMornings community—just like you! Everyone comes to this with different backgrounds—a lot of our hosts have never done anything like this before! And we love that! Cheer them on when something goes awry and when it goes perfectly.
Support each other
We’re all figuring things out in real time. Celebrate, rather than critique emerging ideas. Cheer each other on as you try new things. Try “Yes! And…” in conversation.
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