Hello and welcome back to practicing human, the podcast where every day we're getting a little better at life.

I'm your host, Corey Miscara, and in today's episode, we're going to talk about why we might lose friends on our path of personal growth and awakening.

More to come on that in a moment. First, let's settle in together

with the sound of the bells. Okay.

So when we embark on the journey of bettering ourselves, we start meditating, we become a little more mindful. We're reading personal development

books, maybe even some spiritual books. It can be really exciting. We start to see all these

different blind spots. We've had ways that we interact with ourselves, with others, and it can be a bit of a wake-up call for us.

But if we're leaning into it with curiosity, it's quite energizing because we see where we've

been, how it's been perpetuating certain results in our life, meaning it could be actions

we've taken in the world and the fruits that those

actions have been able to bear. Or it could just be how we're feeling on a regular basis. And

once we understand that better and why something is leading to a certain outcome, well,

then we have an opportunity to change it. And so, you know, if you're like me,

I'm sure you've experienced the energy around this. It might be one of the reasons you listen to this

podcast. There's some inspiration about the person that you're growing into. And it would seem

that the people who are closest to us, that we most love and who most love us,

so it seems, would be happy about this growth, would be as excited as we are for all the things

that we're learning and all the ways that we're changing.

However, as you may have also experienced, it doesn't always work this way.

Not all of your friends or family members will be happy about your growth,

even people who have seemed like good companions on your journey, who have seemed supportive,

who have seemed excited about you, for you, in your past.

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