The Difference Between Catching Up & Real Connection

About this episode

Maggie discusses the nuances of adult friendships and the difference between superficial interactions and genuine connections.

Send us Fan Mail This week on Navigating Between the Lines, Maggie talks about adult friendships, emotional safety, and why some people feel easy to be around... while others leave you overthinking every interaction afterward. From follow up texts and random phone calls to friendships built in complete chaos, this episode is about the difference between simply catching up and actually feeling connected. A conversation about weird energy, millennial friendships, grief, growth, voice memos, ner...

People in this episode

Host: Maggie Feil

Topics covered

• adult friendships
• emotional safety
• connection
• communication
• millennial friendships
• grief
• growth

Keywords

• friendships
• emotional safety
• connection
• communication
• millennials
• grief
• growth

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