This episode is part pep talk, part permission, and part mindfulness around the nuance and energy of friendship. I'm sharing about loneliness, the benefit to shallow friends, the necessity of friends who make you talk, and the call to look closer at old friendships (and whether or not they're all serving you).

Related or mentioned episodes:

Ep 2: Are you lonely?

Ep 28: Motherhood through adoption (A conversation with Lindsay Lawler)

Ep 49: Where are your bandaids?

Ep 75: Who are you talking about?

BONUS Ep: How white women can stop avoiding hard conversations. (A conversation with Jenna Arnold)

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I'm Laura Tremaine.

I live in Los Angeles. I'm a reader, a podcaster, a wife, and a mom.

At all times, I have (at least) 10 Things To Tell You. And I know that YOU have 10 Things To Tell.

This place is about connection, with each other and with ourselves. We can only do this by opening our eyes and seeing others and (even harder) by letting ourselves be seen.

Let’s tell our stories.

Let’s share our stuff.

I’ll go first.