#536 – Toni Collier – Don’t Do It Alone

The Sister Circle Podcast

Chrystal Evans Hurst

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🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Who do you call when you need help? When life really starts life-ing, who do you lean on to get through hard times? Unfortunately, it’s easy to notice who’s not there when things get tough, but how much better would life be if you developed friendships when everything is going well?

In this episode of The Sister Circle Podcast, I chat with my good sister-friend Toni Collier about her new book, Don’t Try This Alone, and the blessing that is true friendship and community. Get ready to laugh and lean into a good conversation between two women who have experienced the blessing of real community.

Highlights from Today’s Episode

Finding friendship through authenticity
Thriving in safe environments
Slowing down in hectic seasons

Related Resources

Connect with Toni Collier on Instagram, Facebook, or her website.
Order a copy of Toni’s book: Don’t Try This Alone: How to Build Deep Community When You Want to Hide From Your Pain
Watch episodes of Toni’s Still Coloring Podcast.
Listen to my previous conversation with Toni on the path to healing.

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0:00.0	Hi there. Thanks for listening to the Sister Circle podcast. My name is Crystal Evans-Hurst,
0:09.5	and I'm your host. Thanks for tuning in to another episode of the podcast that's designed to help you
0:15.7	live your life well and to make it a life you love. Listen, you get to choose.
0:34.6	Y'all, I'm going to try to do my job today. I'm going to try to ask the questions. I'm going to try to be
0:39.9	serious. I'm going to try to make sure you get value out of this podcast. But here's what I can tell
0:46.3	you for sure. I am going to get value out of this podcast. And there's two reasons why I know this to be
0:50.9	true. Three, number one, I know I'm going to laugh. Number two,
0:55.8	I know we're going to talk about deep and authentic things. No fake things here. And number three,
1:00.3	it's because I'm having a great conversation with a friend. Y'all, Tony Collier is the bomb diggedy,
1:06.6	for real.com. And she is here with me on the podcast. I don't know why, but I can, it's like a girl scream that wants to come up, but I want to stay kind of civilized.
1:17.4	Why?
1:18.0	We just, we just talked about.
1:21.5	I mean, okay, how much restraint.
1:25.6	It's still coming.
1:26.6	Okay, let it.
1:27.3	Just be free.
1:28.5	I'm good.
1:29.0	Okay.
1:29.2	This is that kind of church where if you need to run around and scream and do whatever you need to do, it's fine.
1:32.6	If you want to go prostrate, go prostrate.
1:34.2	You need to know you are free.
1:35.5	So my question is, do you ever, how much of your life because you have such a big personality but also big emotions.
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