258 - Alex Elle On How Your Closest Friends Might Be Holding You Back
About this episode
In this episode, Barb and Michelle discuss with Alex Elle the complexities of friendships and personal growth, emphasizing the importance of honesty and reciprocity in relationships.
Healthy relationships require honesty, reciprocity, and the courage to stop self-silencing. In this episode of Life Happens , Barb and Michelle sit down with Alex Elle to unpack what it really means to outgrow people, rebuild trust, and tell the truth in your relationships before resentment takes over. They discuss her new book, “The Company We Keep” which just launched today and can be found here: The Company We Keep -- Book link: https://bit.ly/4fe0kbw The Company We Keep tour link: https://sites.prh.com/alexelletour This conversation will help anyone navigating changes in friendship, people pleasing, divorce, boundaries, and the painful reality that growth sometimes means letting go. Together, Barb, Michelle, and Alex explore why saying yes when you mean no creates disconnection, how reciprocity shapes healthy friendship, and why “clarity is a radical act of love.” If you’ve been questioning your friendships, struggling to use your voice, or trying to understand what trust and alignment actually look like in real life, this episode offers both the emotional validation and the language to begin. Learn how to recognize self-silencing and people-pleasing patterns…
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