Humor often takes unexpected turns. In Lauren Scott’s case, a joke landed her a new endeavor and a new mission in life, Sincerely, Her. 

Sincerely, Her is a women’s social club in Kansas City, which Lauren started last September. She came up with the idea when her best friend moved to Los Angeles. Lauren posted on TikTok to see if someone wanted to be her new best friend. Lauren came to Our Town a few years ago from Chicago and found it hard to make new friends. 

To her surprise, she got hundreds of responses from that video. People commented on it, emailed her, and messaged her on social media, all echoing the same need for friendship. “I realized I wasn’t the only person who needed this, and it got me thinking,” said Lauren. “I can’t hang out with all of these women, but maybe I can create a space for them to meet each other.” 

With only one month of planning and advertising, Lauren planned an event, and 200 women attended. She charged $20 per ticket, which provided access to the activities and the funds went right back into the club. The monthly hangouts have continued, and the activities and crafts are always different, including bunny yoga, pilates, heels dance classes, charm bracelet making, perfume and candle making, decorating claw clips, and more. “It’s meant to be a women’s getaway, a place to do the things that people don’t necessarily get around to doing,” she said. There are women-owned local businesses at every event, too. Women can bring a friend or attend alone. All individual attendees receive a white wristband so they can easily find others with the same goal of making new friends. 

Lauren loves to have women of all ages join her events. She prides herself on the fact that her club provides a place for everyone. “The club is for women of all ages and races. They can come and just hang out, and I think that’s what makes us truly stand apart,” said Lauren. At her June event, Lauren was delighted to see women of all ages in a pilates class doing banded high kicks. 

A woman approached Lauren at her first event, and explained that she moved to Kansas City six months ago and hadn’t made a single friend until that day. “It brought me to tears almost, because I put so much work into the club just for this reason,” Lauren said. The woman and her new friend now attend the club’s hangouts on a regular basis, and Lauren sees them every time. Attendance continues to grow, and Lauren greets every woman at the entrance. She watches who comes alone and sees them integrate with other solo people or groups of friends. Lauren makes sure to keep an eye out in case anyone seems to be left out. 

For some people, Kansas City can be a hard place to create connections, and Lauren wants people to think of making friends like dating. “Step out of your comfort zone. It’s so hard, but I recommend going on a ‘friendship date’ and it’s okay if you get rejected,” Lauren said. “There are plenty of other people, and you have to be proactive.” Women from all over the metro come to these one day staycations. Attendees from Raytown, Overland Park, the Crossroads, and more are meeting each other. “Sincerely, Her strengthens the city’s social fabric by getting people out of their little circles and their little silos,” Lauren added. “Now they are sitting at a craft table making a keychain and talking to someone they would never have had the opportunity to meet before. I think that’s really special and beautiful, and it’s helping to bring all of us a little closer.”  

Lauren is making plans for her one year anniversary event in September. Some day soon she hopes to move from monthly events to one big event per month, with a few little ones sprinkled in between. Her audience online has asked Lauren to bring events to Topeka and Omaha, and she likes the idea of opening clubs in more cities one day, perhaps in St. Louis and Chicago. “I feel like so often when people go out, they feel like they have to put on a mask, or a cool girl persona. I don’t want that to be how women feel about coming to Sincerely, Her,” Lauren said. “I want it to be a space where they can just find somebody that matches their weird, and they can just be weird together.” For more information, visit sincerelyherclub.com.

Featured in the August 22, 2026 issue of The Independent.

By: Olivia Mahl

Photo Credit: SimplyKarla17