Friendship IRL: Real Talk About Friendship, Community, and What It Actually Takes
Alex Alexander
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5 Ways to Shake Up a Stale Friendship
• 23 minHave you ever realized that every time you hang out with certain friends, you do the exact same thing? That happened to me recently with a group of friends. We were all sitting around my living room when one friend named what I think a lot of us had been feeling: the hangout was still good, but it had started to feel stale. In today’s episode, I’m talking about what it can mean when a friendship starts to feel like it is maintaining instead of growing. Because I think there is a big difference between a friendship that is dying and a friendship that needs a refresh. Sometimes you just need to ask different questions, change the container, or grow a few new roots in a friendship that has been relying on the same old ones for a while. If you have a friendship that still matters to you, but the routine has started to feel a little too routine, this episode is for you. In this episode you’ll hear about: How Alex’s friend group created a shared list of museum nights, supper clubs, rugby games, and weekend trip ideasWhy a stale friendship might be one where you are watering the plant, but not seeing any new leavesHow trying something you used to love together can bring back an earlier version of your friendship for one nightThe importance of changing one small variable, like the time of day, group size, location, or formatResources & Links Episode 12: Digging Into the 3 Types of Friendship Roots Like what you hear? Visit my website, leave me a voicemail, and follow me on Instagram and TikTok! Want to take this conversation a step further? Send this episode to a friend. Tell them you found it interesting and use what we just talked about as a conversation starter the next time you and your friend hang out! WANT MORE? My book, Are We Friends Yet? is here. Order your copy today! Dive into The Connection Reset. A 10-day private podcast to help you see the abundance of connection that already exists in your day-to-day (Yes. Really. I promise you have more than you realize). Start today.
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