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Adult Friendships: How to Start, Nurture, and When to Let Go with Dr. Joy Berkheimer

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Delanie Fischer chats with licensed therapist and relationship specialist, Dr. Joy Berkheimer, about the challenges and rewards of adult friendships. Dr. Joy shares practical strategies for finding new friends as an adult, building trust, navigating conflict, and knowing when it’s time to let a friendship go — all while honoring your own capacity, interests, and boundaries.

Discussed in this episode:

  • Find Your Purpose, Find Your People
  • Clarify Desire & Capacity: Close Friend or a Casual One?
  • 7 Ways to Make New Friends as an Adult
  • 3 Apps That Help You Build Aligned Friendships
  • Effective Conversation Skills for New Friendships
  • When "Letting It Fizzle" Doesn't Work
  • Friendship Breakups: Talking vs. Blocking
  • Let’s Talk About the Term “Best Friend”
  • Setting New Boundaries in Old Friendships
  • Friendship Takes Many Forms: The Remarkable Life of Ibelin

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Delanie Fischer chats with licensed therapist and relationship specialist, Dr. Joy Berkheimer, about the challenges and rewards of adult friendships. Dr. Joy shares practical strategies for finding new friends as an adult, building trust, navigating conflict, and knowing when it’s time to let a friendship go — all while honoring your own capacity, interests, and boundaries.

Discussed in this episode:

  • Find Your Purpose, Find Your People
  • Clarify Desire & Capacity: Close Friend or a Casual One?
  • 7 Ways to Make New Friends as an Adult
  • 3 Apps That Help You Build Aligned Friendships
  • Effective Conversation Skills for New Friendships
  • When "Letting It Fizzle" Doesn't Work
  • Friendship Breakups: Talking vs. Blocking
  • Let’s Talk About the Term “Best Friend”
  • Setting New Boundaries in Old Friendships
  • Friendship Takes Many Forms: The Remarkable Life of Ibelin

CozyEarth.com - Right now, you can stack my code HELPLESS on top of their sitewide sale - giving you up to 40% off in savings.

____

If Self-Helpless has supported you, a quick 5-star rating or review (if you haven’t already) means so much! ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/self-helpless/id1251196416⁠

Free goodies including The Quote Buffet and The Watch & Read List: ⁠https://www.selfhelplesspodcast.com/⁠

Ad-free episodes now available on ⁠Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/selfhelpless⁠

Your Host, Delanie Fischer:⁠ https://www.delaniefischer.com⁠

____

Episodes related to this topic:

Craving A Healthy Relationship? Understand Your Attachment Style with Thais Gibson: https://www.delaniefischer.com/selfhelplesspodcast/episode/228cc412/craving-a-healthy-relationship-understand-your-attachment-style-with-thais-gibson

How To Un-F*** Your Relationships: https://www.delaniefischer.com/selfhelplesspodcast/episode/22c987e4/how-to-un-fck-your-relationships

The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman: https://www.delaniefischer.com/selfhelplesspodcast/episode/dd3a637b/the-5-love-languages-by-gary-chapman

How Enmeshment Trauma Impacts Every Relationship You Have with Dr. Kate Balestrieri: https://www.delaniefischer.com/selfhelplesspodcast/episode/316bfe5c/how-enmeshment-trauma-impacts-every-relationship-you-have-with-dr-kate-balestrieri

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