Your Circle Matters

The Trent Shelton Podcast

Trent Shelton

Self-improvement, Mental Health, Education, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Ka'Chava: Get 15% off your next Ka’Chava order at kachava.com with code TRENTSTRAIGHTUP. MasterClass: Right now, our listeners get an additional 15% off any annual membership at MasterClass.com/TRENT. Indeed: Speed up hiring with Indeed! Now get a $75 sponsored job credit when you go to Indeed.com/trent Shopify: Start your $1/month trial at Shopify.com/trent Not everyone who smiles with you is for you. And not everyone who’s close to you deserves access to you. In this episode, I’m breaking down how to spot fake friends, the signs you’ve been ignoring, the energy that feels off, the support that disappears when you need it most, and the loyalty that only shows up when it’s convenient. This isn’t about paranoia, it’s about protection. But we’re not stopping there. I’m also challenging you to look in the mirror and ask the real question, are you being a good friend? Because real friendships aren’t built on convenience, clout, or constant validation, they’re built on honesty, consistency, and growth. If you’ve been hurt, betrayed, or disappointed by people you trusted, this episode will help you heal without becoming bitter, set boundaries without guilt, and choose real connections that add to your life instead of draining it.

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0:00.0	What's up, rehabs across the world.
0:02.0	Welcome to Straight Up with Trent Shelton.
0:04.0	Throughout my career from the NFL to sold out stages speaking to thousands,
0:08.0	I built up a toolkit to break through negative mindsets,
0:12.0	let go what's holding you back, and start rehabbing your life.
0:15.0	Now, I'm sharing those tools with you in a whole new way.
0:19.0	I'm always going to be real with you and give you the 100%
0:21.3	truth, even when it's going to pierce your heart. This is me, Trent Shelton, straight up. How to detect fake friends, right?
0:43.4	Detect people in your life that aren't real.
0:45.7	And this has been a popular subject, I think, for a lot of people.
0:50.2	It's been a popular subject for me over time, for sure.
0:53.7	One of my biggest videos, we'll actually watch watch it today came from friends, but I'm looking in my DMs a lot. There's so many of you that are dealing with fake friends, right? And when we say this, it seems so immature, right? Like fake friends, I'm 40 years old, but there's people in your life that really don't want you to win. So today we're going to dive deep
1:10.9	on those things. Today we're going to touch on a lot of subjects that, you know, not just from a
1:17.2	standpoint of just having real conversation, but even scientifically, how this affects you. You know what
1:22.7	mean? Because, and I'm not talking about casual acquaintances. I'm not talking about people that you
1:27.2	barely know, right? I'm talking about the ones that you think'm not talking about people that you barely know, right?
1:28.0	I'm talking about the ones that you think are solid,
1:30.2	the ones that you think should have your back, but they don't.
1:32.8	And today we're going deep on this.
1:34.2	And there's a lot of layers to it.
1:36.7	And I want to take time to peel those layers back.
1:40.2	But before we get started, actually, let me talk about this real quick.
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