#21: Evolving and Dissolving Friendships

Aug 14, 2019

Notes

We learn fast and furiously about ourselves through our friendships. Here’s an honest exploration how evolving or dissolving friendships have helped us experience who we are more authentically.

• Eleni reflects about how friendships shifted when she showed up differently, during a difficult time in her life.
• Phoebe relates how she avoided doing her own personal work when she became the caretaker of some friends. When she began to show up more authentically, some friendships that were mucky or one-sided ended.
• If we entertain the thought that we’re here to experience personal growth through our relationships, then it’s plausible that we’ve “previously” arranged to have some trying experiences with certain people. It’s as if we’ve signed contracts before we’re in body, to then act out those experiences, to learn and evolve.
• Why do we feel bad sometimes when we begin to show up differently in our friendships? It’s like we’re breaking a contract with them. We’ve changed the rules without consulting them.  How can we practice self-love during this time of friendship turmoil?
• Is a friendship honest? A solution to this question is to ask yourself the simple question, “Do I feel energized or depleted after I interact with this particular friend or group?
• Why are some friendships perennially solid?
• If we see ourselves as a whole person, our friend as a whole person, and our relationship as a third entity that’s equally whole, we‘re well on our way to a remarkable friendship.
• When a friend speaks their feelings from the heart, they appear so at ease in their body.

 

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Musical Intro and Outro is “Blue Ska” by  Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/