A Love Letter to Friendships . . . And How to Break Up with Mediocre Friends

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Erin Falconer is an author, digital entrepreneur, and the editor-in-chief and co-owner of PickTheBrain, one of the most trusted self-improvement communities online. She was named "one of the top digital entrepreneurs in Los Angeles" by Los Angeles Confidential and one of the "Top 10 Women Changing the Digital Landscape for Good" by Refinery29. She has a master’s degree in clinical psychology and is the author of the books, How to Get Sh*t Done: Why Women Need to Stop Doing Everything So They Can Achieve Anything and, with Sounds True, How to Break Up with Your Friends: Finding Meaning, Connection, and Boundaries in Modern Friendships. In this podcast, Sounds True’s founder, Tami Simon, speaks with Erin Falconer about the unique power of our personal friendships and how we can work to improve them—or let them go if necessary. Tami and Erin also discuss: opening to our inner guidance and the voice of truth within, why taking 100 percent responsibility for our lives leads to 100 percent freedom, taking an audit of your friendships—including what Erin calls "exposing the mediocrity," self-knowledge and personal energy management, bringing clearer intentionality and deeper commitment to our friendships, difficult conversations and applying the concept of "rupture and repair" to relationships with friends, making amends in previous friendships, Erin's "friendship questionnaire," and much more.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Insights at the Edge, produced by SoundsTrue.
0:06.4	My name is Tammy Simon, I'm the founder of SoundsTrue, and I'd love to take a moment
0:11.1	to introduce you to the SoundsTrue Foundation.
0:14.6	The goal of the SoundsTrue Foundation is to provide access and eliminate financial barriers
0:21.3	to transformational education and resources, such as teachings and trainings on mindfulness,
0:28.8	emotional awareness and self-compassion.
0:32.2	If you'd like to learn more and join with us in our efforts, please visit SoundsTrueFoundation.org.
0:44.2	You're listening to Insights at the Edge.
0:46.4	Today my guest is Aaron Falconer.
0:49.6	Aaron is an author, digital entrepreneur, and the editor-in-chief and co-owner of Pick the
0:55.4	Brain, one of the most trusted self-improvement communities online.
1:01.0	She was named one of the top digital entrepreneurs in Los Angeles by Los Angeles Confidential,
1:07.2	and one of the top ten women changing the digital landscape for good by Refinery29.
1:14.2	Aaron has a master's degree in clinical psychology and lives in Los Angeles, and with SoundsTrue,
1:21.6	she's released a new book, it's called How to Break Up with Your Friends, finding meaning,
1:27.6	connection, and boundaries in modern friendships.
1:32.1	Truth be told, I felt a little nervous when I saw the title of Aaron Falconer's new book,
1:38.6	How to Break Up with Your Friends, and that we'd be having this conversation.
1:42.8	To me it's such a tender topic, with so much nuance, there's so much love and complexity
1:53.3	in many of our friendships.
1:55.4	Aaron is a terrific guide for this conversation, bringing us to what always seems like the
2:02.2	most important thing when a tender heart is involved.
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