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Headspace Studio. Hi friends, it's Rosie here.
Welcome to Radio Headspace and to Thursday.
Have you ever had a friend you were inseparable from?
the kind of friendship where you did everything together, traveled, worked on projects, helped each other through breakups, the whole thing, and you thought, this is it.
We're going to be in each other's lives forever.
But then slowly, without either of you meaning to, life started moving in different directions.
So far this week, we've been talking about aging—the physical, the emotional—and today, we're going to get into something that might be one of the hardest parts of growing older—friendships.
Because as we evolve, so do our relationships, and sometimes, that's really uncomfortable.
I had a friend with that kind of bond.
And she got married, had kids, and was building a whole new chapter of her life.
Meanwhile, I was focusing on my career, traveling, and working on myself.
And at first it didn't feel like anything was changing.
We'd still check in, we'd still say, we need to catch up soon.
But over time, soon, started stretching longer and longer.
I didn't think much of it.
Until, one day, I saw her posting about an all -girls road trip with her and her best friends.
And let me tell you, it hurt.
It wasn't that I expected to be invited.
It wasn't even that I felt left out, exactly.
It was that something had shifted.
And I wasn't sure when or how it happened.
Friendships, like everything else in life, aren't meant to stay the same forever.
And that's not a bad thing.
Some people grow together.
Some people grow apart.
But all relationships evolve.
The key is learning to honor what the relationship was, without clinging to what it used to be.
And for a long while, I felt so guilty.
I had this fear that maybe I had done something wrong or maybe I wasn't being a good enough friend.
But then I realized there wasn't anything wrong.
We hadn't had a falling out.
There was no drama, no hurtful words exchanged.
We had just changed.
And the love was still there.
It just looked different.
it. Instead of weekly calls, it became occasional check -ins, the occasional Instagram reel.
Instead of constant texts, it became a quiet appreciation for what we had shared.
And when I stopped resisting that, when I stopped seeing change as loss, I found so much more peace.
One thing to note, however, there's this old saying about time heals all wounds.
I remember reading Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy disagreed with this.
She said, I do not agree.
The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens.
I liked that a lot more.
So friends, if you felt a shift in a friendship, try this.
Instead of mourning what's changed, take a moment to celebrate what was.
Write down three things you love about that friendship, or three memories that make you smile.
Gratitude can soften the edges of loss and remind you that just because something isn't the same doesn't mean it wasn't deeply valuable.
And look, not all friendships are meant to last forever in the same way.
And that's not a failure.
It's just life moving forward. The more we allow relationships to evolve naturally, the more we make space for new meaningful connections to enter our lives.
If you're looking for some extra guidance, check out the Impermanence and Change video in the app.
It's a good one. Thanks for being here today.
Don't forget to send me your thoughts on Instagram Tomorrow, we're wrapping up the week by talking about something that definitely comes with aging.
Learning to embrace solitude.
I'll see you back here soon.
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