Today we're trying something new! We've gathered up your most-asked questions about friendship and discuss them on the podcast. These are such thoughtful and real questions, and I love thinking through them with you. Here's what we cover:
1. The mother wound and female friendships
2. Managing expectations through your own healing season
3. Assessing trust in a new friend
4. Navigating a terminal diagnosis with friends
5. What about helping others who can't reciprocate friendship?
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Episode 59: Overcoming Past Hurt & Deepening Friendships Through Intentional Community with Jennie Allen
Episode 60: How to Make New Friends, Identify Red and Green Flags, & Extract Yourself From an Unhealthy Situation with Aundi Kolber and Dr. Monique Gadson
Episode 61: Reconnecting With Old Friends—Healing the Past, Naming Regret & Bringing Your Whole Self into the Future
Episode 45: Strong like Water—Finding the Freedom, Safety, & Compassion to Move through Hard Things & Experience True Flourishing with Aundi Kolber
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