521. Friendship Is a Thought
Better Than Happy
Jody Moore
4.8 • 5.6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 July 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Friendship comes with expectations we don't even realize we carry. When someone we've known for years suddenly changes how they interact with us, or when differences create distance, the pain feels real and personal. Yet beneath these friendship struggles lies something more fundamental - our unexamined beliefs about what friendship actually means.
This week, I explore why friendship is actually a thought, not a fact, and how this perspective shift can transform your relationships. Through a caller's question about losing friends and struggling to make new connections, I unpack the hidden expectations we place on friendships.
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| 0:00.0 | Ah, friends, such an amazing and complicated part of life, right? Starting when we're about six years |
| 0:08.1 | old, we start learning that there's such a thing as friendship and it can either make our |
| 0:13.0 | lives a lot more comforting, a lot sweeter, a lot more fun, or it can add a lot of drama |
| 0:19.3 | and challenge. And so whether you are an adolescent, a young adult, or it can add a lot of drama and challenge. And so whether you are an adolescent, |
| 0:23.9 | a young adult, a more mature adult, whatever phase of life you're in, maybe you have |
| 0:29.1 | challenges with your friendship groups, maybe you have had friendships end, or maybe you want |
| 0:35.5 | to make more friends. Whatever the situation, we're going to tackle it today. |
| 0:41.1 | This is Better Than Happy. Episode 521, Friendship is a Thought. Welcome to Better Than Happy, the podcast |
| 0:50.4 | where we transform our lives by transforming ourselves. My name is Jody Moore. In the decade |
| 0:57.7 | plus I've been working with clients as a master certified coach, I've helped tens of thousands of people to |
| 1:03.9 | become empowered. And from empowered, the things that seemed hard become trivial. And the things that |
| 1:10.8 | seemed impossible become available. |
| 1:13.7 | And suddenly a whole new world of desire and possibility open up to you. |
| 1:19.2 | And what do you do with that? |
| 1:22.2 | Well, that's the question. |
| 1:24.5 | What will you do? |
| 1:26.3 | Let's find out. |
| 1:32.2 | Sometimes listening to a podcast is enough, |
| 1:38.0 | but sometimes you'll feel inspired to go deeper. If you hear things that speak to you in today's episode, consider it your invitation to a complimentary coaching workshop. On this live interactive Zoom call with me, |
| 1:46.5 | you'll get a taste of the power of this work when applied in real life. You can participate or be a |
| 1:52.8 | silent observer, but you have to take a step if you want to truly see change in your life. |
| 1:59.1 | Two steps, actually. Head to Jodymore.com forward slash free coaching and |
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