Friendship IRL

Alex Alexander

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Permission to Host Imperfectly (and Consequently Host More Often)

1/9/2025 • 35 min

Think of a space you feel completely comfortable in that’s not your own home.For me, it’s my grandparents’ house. I can easily picture their front porch, where my grandmother waited for us; the table we played cards at; and the garden, where I spent hours talking to them while picking green beans.We’ve been trained by the internet to believe superficial details … Play episode

You Say You Want a Village … But do you?
A Recap of 2024: My Illness, Podcast Growth, and What’s Ahead in 2025
How to Talk to Friends About Celebrating Holidays Together
Creating Traditions that Stick (Hint: Sustainability is Key!)
Let’s Talk Chosen Family
Filling Your Life With Transformational Spaces and Believing Mirrors With …
Getting Less Passive and More Active on Podcasts and Social Media With Sha…
How to Stop Saying ‘Someday’ and Plan That Trip With Your Friends!
Welcome to the Toastmasters: Formal Communities with Brendan Smith
Navigating Friendship Through Chronic Illness
Celebrating 100 Episodes – Plus, an Extensive Look at the Wheel of Connect…
Is Individualism Costing Us More Than We Realize?
Breaking Through One-Sided Connections With Chrissy Marie
How to Set Bridges Instead of Boundaries with Zya Be
10 Friendship Hot Takes
Reconnecting With Old Friends When You’ve Become a Different Version of Yo…
Easing Burnout With Social Connections with Lesley Waldron
Who We Are Right Now: The Benefits of Making New Friends and Starting Over…
How to Not Live Vicariously Anymore with Christine Hetzel
How to Stop Dreading Parties and Take Charge of Your Guest Experience
Dear Men: Stop Living on Autopilot and Strengthen Your Social Circle with …
Want a Couch Friend? You Need to Be a Couch Friend
Realizing It’s Just Not the Same Anymore With Sarah Marie Paige
Spring Cleaning Friendships Through Life’s Transitions with Emily Rogers
How to Embody Main Character Energy in Friendship
Shifting People Pleasing Friendship Patterns with Deb Blum
Don’t Let Your Brain Run Loose: Creating Solid Friendship Beliefs with Sar…
The Case For Making Friends Who Are In Different Life Stages Than You
How Creating a Community is the Ultimate Self-Care with Fresh Starts Regis…
Flexible Expectations and Modern Friendships with Author Anna Goldfarb
Finding Balance Between Community and Individualism With Donna Fields
Letting Our Historic Friendships Breathe in Their New Forms with Joseph Su…
Checking-In: How’s Your Friendship Self Talk?
Navigating Female Friendships and All Their Complexities with Danielle Bay…
Losing a Best Friend and Navigating Grief with Michelle Cecil
The Physiological Impacts of Connection (Which is Actually More Important …
The Power of Vulnerability in Small Doses: Embracing Small Intimacies
Carving Out More Time For Connection With Our People with Career Break Coa…
Crafting Connections in Small Towns and Virtual Worlds with Wesley Stroupe
The Magical Combination of Intention and Small, Simple Actions With Zahara…
Separating Our Own Friendship Beliefs From Our Children’s With Pam Howard
Unpacking Learned Loneliness – and How We Can Impact Change
How To Support Your Friends Through All of Life’s Fresh Starts with Olivia…
Breaking the Cycle: Rewriting and Modeling the New Rules of Friendship For…
Navigating Friendships When You Decide to Drink Less with Hitha Palepu
How Jenna Myhre Deyle Moved Across the Country to Live Closer to Friends
Are Low-Maintenance Friendships Actually Low Maintenance? (Plus, Tips on H…
What Would You Tell Your 20-Year-Old Self About Friendship? With Arpita Me…
Finding Your Purpose Through Friendship With Mark Delaney of The Purpose M…
The Layers of Talking About Money With Friends With Financial Coach Sarah …
Friendship Goals: Why They’re Important and How to Make Them
Book Clubs, Bookish Flights, and the People We Read With featuring Kara In…
You’re Not Doing It Wrong: Why Friendship Looks Different for Everyone
Opening Lines and the Magic of a Pizza Gathering with Leah Wiseman Fink
The Power of Deep Conversations: What Chris Burnett Learned While Intervie…
You Are More Than Grand: Social Wellness for Grandparents with DeeDee Moore
Navigating Friendships with ADHD with Charlotte Dover
Why I Need You To Care About Friendship
Why Simple Neighborhood Gatherings Are Important (and How to Pull One Off)…
Behind the Scenes: A Friendship that Spans Decades with Elise Enriquez
Confession: I’ve Never Had a Best Friend, with Terri Huggins Hart
A Survival Guide for Navigating Small Talk
Actionable Ways to Build the Connections You Need In Your Community
Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable: Life Changes in Friendships
The Myths of Mom Friends
Friendship Demotions (and How To Build Even Better Friendships)
How Making Friends Can Help You Make the Big Life Choices with Deasha Wadd…
Social Wellness in Millennials vs. Boomers, and How This Plays Out in Pare…
Real Talk about Friend Trios
The Liking Gap: What It Is, Why It’s Important, and How to Overcome It
Strawberry Friends: Forming Supportive Friendships While Neurodivergent
Take Action: Reviving Third Places and Walkable Communities
Third Places: Bringing “Living Rooms” Back to Our Communities
You Don’t Need to Understand People to Accept Them

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