Strengthening Our Friendships :: Susan Seay [Ep 289]
Don't Mom Alone Podcast
Don't Mom Alone Podcast
4.9 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2020
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Deep friendships are essential to our lives. Whether we’re extroverted or introverted, have a lot of friends or a few, we all need someone else to walk through life with. I’m excited for you to hear from Susan Seay, a mom of 7 and a mentor to many. She shares some great advice on keeping our friendships strong during life’s challenges.
“We're all in the same storm. We're just not all dealing with it in the same way. We don't even have the same viewpoint on just how big this issue is or how small it is. If I need to remember, that's not why I chose them as friends. I didn't choose them because we agree on everything. We're always going to be different and unique and varied. It's our foundation that keeps our relationship strong.”
We talk about fighting back against insecurity and comparison which can break down friendships. And we get into how to have a healthy disagreement with a friend and stay close. Susan also shares tips for staying connected with friends and extending grace for misunderstandings and miscommunications that happen in our hyper-connected world.
Connect with Susan:- Website: susanseay.com
- Facebook: facebook.com/SusanLSeay
- Instagram: @susanlseay
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| 0:00.0 | Hey y'all, welcome back to the Don't Mom Alone podcast. |
| 0:10.6 | I'm your host Heather McFadian and this is the place where I'm going to walk alongside |
| 0:15.6 | you and connect you with people and resources so you know that you don't mom alone. |
| 0:22.0 | In this episode number 289, I'm bringing back a popular guest, one of our favorite mentors, |
| 0:29.0 | Susan C. |
| 0:31.2 | Even though we're all in the same battlefield, we're all in the same storm. |
| 0:36.6 | We're just not all dealing with it in the same way. |
| 0:38.9 | It's not impacting us in the same way. |
| 0:41.8 | We don't even have the same viewpoint on just how big this issue is or how small it is. |
| 0:48.6 | Like we don't agree even or not. |
| 0:50.6 | But yeah, if I can remember, that's not why I chose them as friends. |
| 0:56.2 | I didn't choose them because we agree on everything. |
| 0:59.0 | I did not choose them because we have the same viewpoint. |
| 1:03.0 | On the things that matter, like I say, we're clear on that. |
| 1:06.3 | We share that together, that we have in unity. |
| 1:09.6 | But the particulars of how we govern our lives are always going to be different and unique |
| 1:15.0 | and varied. |
| 1:16.5 | And the ways in which we navigate that and love and support is our foundation in that relationship |
| 1:23.0 | is what keeps our relationships strong. |
| 1:26.6 | Susan first came on the show six years ago. |
| 1:30.0 | You can find a link to that episode in the show notes where she talked about being focused |
| 1:33.9 | instead of frustrated and she's all about being intentional. |
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