How to Know if a Friendship Needs to End

IN THIS PODCAST EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

How to know if a friendship is or isn’t worth continuing to pursue
How to end a friendship that was seasonal or has run its course (and how to end it well)
Signs of a toxic friendship and steps to end a toxic friendship
When to keep working on a friendship instead of giving up
Action steps to start making new friends

(You can also listen right here!👇)

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Hey friends! Welcome to Girls’ Night!

Our guest for today’s episode is my amazing friend, Bianca Olthoff. Bianca is a Bible teacher, a speaker, and a writer. And speaking of writing, Bianca has a new book coming out in just a few weeks. It’s called How to Have Your Life not Suck. I just got my copy, and friends, it is so so good! We’ll actually talk more about it in today’s episode, she’ll tell us all about it.

I wanted to have Bianca on the show today to talk to us about friendship, and actually, she’s here to talk about the part of friendship that I find to be the hardest: How to end a friendship.

Every single one of us has come to a point in a friendship where things just aren’t going well — and I think every single one of us struggles to know what to do about it. We should fight for our friendships, right? And yes, we should! Sometimes. But there are other times when we’re in friendships that aren’t actually good for us, and other times when a friendship has just run its course.

This is so hard to face, and it’s even harder to know what to do with this. But that’s why I’m so glad to have Bianca here today. She’s going to teach us how to recognize when a friendship needs to end, and then she’s going to teach us how to end it in a way that is kind, loving, and healthy.

She’s also going to share with us some practical steps we can take today to start making some great new friends.

I’m so excited about this episode. I just love Bianca, and I know you will too!

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We're chatting about how to know when a friendship needs to end and how to end your friendship in a way that is kind, loving, and healthy.

LINKS FROM THE SHOW:

Steph’s book, The Lipstick Gospel (here’s a paperback copy and here’s a free digital download!)

See Stephanie’s guide for How to Make Friends in a New City

Bianca's book, How to Have Your Life not Suck

Bianca's 3 signs that a friendship needs to end:

+ You feel less than or worse about yourself

+ They need more than you can give

+ Change in season of your lives (can end naturally)

Bianca's tips for maintaining friendships:

+ To have a good friend we need to be a good friend

+ Don't give up if you've been burned

+ Make time

Quotes Mentioned:

"You don't have to be friends with people who are mean to you." - Stephanie

"If we learn how to end things well, it will make us more prone to start new relationships in the future." - Bianca

"Friendship is an honor and friendship is a gift" - Bianca

"If you have a friend in your life that's a taker or a friend that doesn't make you feel safe, they're not worth your time" - Bianca

CONNECT WITH BIANCA

Facebook // Website // Instagram

CONNECT WITH STEPHANIE

Facebook // Bookstore // Instagram

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