Episode 11 | Nourishing Friendships
In episode 11, we're discussing how to attract and foster nourishing friendships. I share some personal examples of how to go deeper with friends as well as some insight into my own friendships.
SHOW NOTES
Questions to Ponder and Journal Prompts:
Writing out all of the qualities your “ideal” friends would have if you had the choice (p.s. you always have a choice)
What do you want in your relationships? And, how do you want to feel?
Which relationships are draining you or bringing you down?
Something I wrote about friendship - please give credit if you repost this:
Friendship is a spiritual practice
Spiritual meaning sacred
Practice meaning process
Friendship is not something you have or stays the same
It’s not static
It’s not concrete
Friendship is a practice
Meaning it’s never perfect
It’s never complete
Friendship is not given without also receiving
You cannot take and take and take
And never give.
You cannot talk and talk and talk
And never listen
Friendship is conscious
Meaning attentive
Friendship is caring
And consensual
Friendship is support
Without expectation
Friendship is setting boundaries
And confirming they are understood
Friendship is a practice
...
Relationships are not built on assumptions or half truths
They are built on a solid foundation of integrity
And openness
And total truth
Truth does not mean we lie to protect
Truth means we acknowledge reality
AND speak for the greater good of all
Friendship is an unexplainable
Yet simple
Love
And appreciation
For you
And for me
It is safe
And it is also in process
We hold it like a piece of glass
Knowing it can break
BUT believing more in its ability to let all goodness shine through.
Transparent
Clear
True Friendship can live forever
-Hailey