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!
How exciting! I added it to my feed. (I used Podcast Addict and when I searched the title, it did not show up, but the trailer episode DID show up in the episode list, so I found it, but had to do a bit of digging). Can’t wait to listen!
Thanks for doing all of that digging to find the podcast! Hopefully it’s easier to find now; I think some podcast apps took a bit to add our podcast.
Awww! This was such a lovely tribute to your friend! Bri sounds awesome!
Your trailer is so great. 🙂 You two are adorable.
How many episodes have you recorded?
We’ve recorded 5 episodes for our first season! It has been really fun so far. 🙂 Thanks for listening!
This is so exciting and, to me, feels like a HUGE creative step!!! Gold stars to you both.
Thank you so much! It’s been fun to work with someone else in a creative project, and we’re both having a lot of fun. 🙂
This is so fun! I subscribed to your podcast in my ap and will listen to the trailer this week sometime. What a fun new adventure for you 2! I think 2 people can be very very different and be the best of friends. I think it comes down to sharing values/outlooks on life, or maybe that makes it easier to have a friendship. I am very very different from some of my college friends, but we are lifelong friends because we see the world similarly and enjoy similar things.
Yes, I think that’s exactly it! We have the same overall values, but just very different personalities and energy levels. And I can’t wait to explore how we maintain our great friendship, even though we are so very different. 🙂
Wow, this is exciting- congratulations! I love podcasts and will definitely listen.
Thanks so much, Jenny!
Congratulations you two! I love that you have each other in your lives!
I subscribed and listened to the first episode! Great MB breakdown. Do you think you will remember all the 16 types now that you talked through them? My MB problem is not that it wasn’t made by psychologists but that I can’t remember any letters past I/E or 16 types. That is why Enneagram is easier for me, LOL!
This is so exciting, Stephany. As you know, I am not huge into podcasts, but I will give yours a listen. Promise!
That is so sweet of you! I do not expect anyone to listen and love it – the topic isn’t for everyone! – but I would love for you to give it a try. 🙂
You know I listen mostly – if not exclusively – to sports podcasts, butbutbut! I listened to the first and second episodes and loved them. And now I see that the third one is available in my app so I shall listen to that tomorrow while I cook-and-clean. 🙂 I love how it’s like listening to a conversation between two friends, which is really what it is! So happy for you!
I have recently discovered this podcast and love it! It encouraged me to take the personality and enneagram tests and now I’m obsessed!! I’m an enneagram 9 and INFJ, just like Steph. I’ve been obsessed with trying to get my other friends to take the tests too, so I know where they fall. But for me, I feel like I have to have friends that are the exact same type as me. However, I see your blossoming friendship with such different personalities and remind myself that I need to put those feelings aside and just let things flow. No wonder I’m so bad at making friends 🤪 Every episode I listen to, I’m nodding my head smiling in agreement. It’s so nice to hear someone talking that I can relate to! Keep making this podcast, please!