Letting Go of Friendships | EP 27

Switch On with Adaora Lumina

In this episode of #SwitchOnWithAdaora Tolu and I speak about how beautiful friendships are. How our friends make life better, support us in good and bad times and vastly improve the quality of our lives.

However, when friendships go sour or become toxic, they could be damaging.

Show Notes

• [1:34] No, you’re not overthinking it: it’s possible for your friend to be a good person, but the friendship toxic to you and to the person.
  
• [2:09] How to handle one-sided friendships where the efforts are largely unreciprocated.
  
• [3:56] How to identify if you’re compatible with your friends; when there is no compatibility, it spirals into greater issues and arguments.
  
• [4:42] Outgrowing friendships in certain phases of your life.
  
• [6:38] Having tough conversations with friends and knowing when to let go momentarily for the person to evolve and grow out of their issues.
  
• [14:10] The various levels of friendships: Acquaintances vs inner circle friends.