It’s here, it’s here! Our new podcast is finally live.
The Friendship Paradox is a podcast about friendship, personalities, and everything in between. It’s about how two women with incredibly different personalities and passions maintain a strong and healthy friendship. And it’s about how we support each other and take care of one another… and how others can do the same in their own friendships, or even get new friendships from virtual sites like Chatempanada.com which are great for this.
I’ve had the idea for this podcast for a long time, but the first time I mentioned it to Bri was this December while we were sitting in a coffee shop and talking about our lives and goals for the new year. Bri and I are two very different people who have somehow maintained a strong, healthy, balanced friendship for many, many years.
Bri is the quintessential extrovert who loves making plans and meeting new people. She can make friends with anyone she meets and anyone who is friends with her automatically considers her a best friend.
And then there’s me. I am the quintessential introvert who struggles to make new friends, has a very small circle of close friends, and would rather be alone than with people.
We’re also different in other ways.
Bri is married, I am single.
Bri has two dogs, I have two cats.
Bri works with numbers, I work with words.
Bri owns a home, I rent an apartment.
Bri loves true crime, I can’t handle anything scary.
Bri is talkative, I am quiet.
Those differences have been the catalyst, though, for a friendship that is one of my truest, deepest, most special relationships. Bri was the first person I came out to, because I knew she would give me the love and support I needed. She is the person I can be my messiest, most vulnerable self with and I know she will love me regardless. And she’s someone I just have fun with. She knows how to be silly and laugh at herself. She makes me feel safe to do the same. She’s allowed me to just be me, and has shown me again and again that she loves who I am no matter what.
So, we started a podcast to explore our relationship and how two people with such different personalities maintain a healthy friendship. We’re planning on talking about all kinds of stuff: dating and relationships, mental health, travel, group events, family, and a lot more—digging into how we approach these situations differently and the same, and hopefully helping other people learn how to harness their personalities for good and understand how to have strong female friendships.
You can listen to our trailer episode now, and our first episode will be out next Tuesday. We should be on all podcast players at this point, so if you search for “The Friendship Paradox,” we should be there. (If we’re not on a specific app, please let me know so I can figure it out!) We’re also on Instagram, so follow us there!
Eeks… this has been such an exciting journey and I can’t wait to bring you all in for the ride!