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HERself

336: Honesty is the Best Policy

HERself

Abby and Amy

Parenting, Mental Health, Education, Vulnerable, Opportunity, Grow, Health & Fitness, Kids & Family, Future, Best Self, Real, Purpose, Comparison, Self-improvement, Honest

4.91.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

What actually creates deep, meaningful friendships? In this episode, we explore the idea of radical honesty and why it might be the missing piece in your closest relationships. Inspired by a therapist’s take and rooted in Amy’s long-held belief, we unpack what it really means to show up truthfully with the people in your inner circle. Key Topics Covered: • Why radical honesty is essential for deeper friendships. • The impact of people pleasing on adult relationships. • Navigating anxio...

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0:00.0

in my head, I'm like, clock it. I know you're being passive aggressive. You're the adult. It is

0:06.1

your responsibility to tell me what is going on for you. If you're being passive aggressive with people,

0:14.9

please know that if they have any emotional intelligence, they know what you're doing.

0:19.5

And you should just be an adult and say

0:22.1

it, say what you need to say rather than continue down that road. I'm Amy. And I'm Abby. And as women,

0:33.3

we are constantly comparing ourselves to others. But your life isn't supposed to look like hers.

0:39.8

Being your best self means standing firm in your decisions

0:42.5

and always being willing to grow with a purpose.

0:45.2

We get vulnerable and real with an honest look into the challenges and triumphs we all face.

0:51.8

Every woman listening gets the opportunity to choose what life looks like

0:55.6

for herself.

1:01.6

As most of our good podcast episode topics do, this one comes from TikTok. So I was scrolling TikTok

1:09.8

as I do. And there was this doctor or therapist. And he was talking about what actually makes the best, deepest, truest friendships. And he said, you know what? People think it's the length of the relationship. People think it's maybe the amount of time you see

1:29.0

them, whatever he said, but he said it is actually radical honesty. Now, if you've been listening

1:36.8

for a while, you know that I love this. This is my thing that I bring to relationships.

1:49.3

And I am glad that it is being thought of and seen.

1:54.2

And I will say, and we'll get into this, but over time I've had to work on delivery.

1:58.3

And I still probably could sometimes work on my delivery.

2:03.6

But I just feel like if you can't be honest with your best friends and your partner and like your very close circle, who can you be honest with?

2:10.5

And what are we trying to do if we can't be honest with each other? So we really feel like

2:15.9

radical honesty and friendship is so important. Right before we started

2:20.9

talking, we said, you know, this is something that you grow into. A lot of us when we were

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