Hiiii guyssss!!! This week I have a more somber topic and I actually talk about what it is like to be a good person in a toxic world. The episode starts with me describing what qualities I think a good person embodies. Then I go on to describe my experience in a 6 year friendship where my best friend was extremely toxic. I reflect on some of the incidents that occurred. And discuss why the friendship ended. Additionally, I discuss how I have personally changed and what I would do differently. ✨ Song of the Week: Armed | Sukha ✨ BIG thank you to everyone listening! A bit of a different topic today! I want to preface this with the fact that during this time I was very naive and unsure of myself. I had very little confidence, extremely low self-esteem and was always anxious. This combined with ex-bffs behaviour led to a long period of time where I was very unhappy with myself and my life. For me it was a big change and transition walking away from this friendship. At points I did consider being friends with her again (people pleaser tendencies and we had mutual friends) but I stayed strong and did what was best for me at the time; which was walking away. Now reflecting on this for me it was the best thing I ever did for myself as I was forced to grow and actually think about who I was and who I wanted to be. Sometimes I think what would have happened if I had not walked away from this friendship and I genuinely think my life would be very different. A big part of this was me actually spending time alone and being fulfilled and happy by myself. This meant working on my codependency issues and fear of being alone. Sometimes spending time alone with your thoughts can be scary and daunting. But, for me now I find solace in spending time alone to recharge and reflect. I want everyone to know if you were ever in a toxic friendship you made the right decision to leave and cut that person off. You don’t owe anyone an explanation. You are enough and an amazing person! wishing everyone the best on their healing journey 🤍 thank you so much for being here 🤍
