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Choosing Discomfort to Find Connection with D’Art Strickland
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- Friends with Benefits
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- Mar 3, 2026
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- 3234
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Summary
Send us Fan Mail Everybody wants more friends, but nobody knows how to make them. This week, we’re joined by D’Art Strickland, Senior Solutions Marketing Manager at BigID, to talk about something most of us feel but rarely admit: it’s hard to make friends as a grown-up. After a major life shift left him sitting on the couch wondering what changed, D’Art decided to get uncomfortable. From “Dinner with Strangers” to driving Uber for human conversation, he began intentionally pursuing connection...