What if the hardest breakup you ever go through isn't romantic at all? If you've ever felt more heartbroken over losing a friend than a romantic partner, you are not alone, and you're definitely not overreacting. Friendship breakups don't come with a script. No agreed-upon custody battle for mutual friends, no ritual to eat ice cream and listen to a sad playlist. Just silence, and a grief most of us have never been taught to name.
Dr. Miriam opens the first of a two-part Office Ours series on friendship breakups with the question underneath all the others: why does losing a friend hurt so much? She walks through the three types of friendship breakups: a sudden rupture, a slow fade, or a life transition that quietly pulls two people apart, and gets honest about a friendship from her own childhood that she wishes she'd ended sooner. Along the way, she debunks the myths that keep people stuck, and makes the case for why letting go of a friend isn't always the failure it feels like.
This is for the friend you still think about, whether you lost them, left them, or just drifted somewhere in between. Just... hold off on texting it to them until you've heard next week's episode.
Pull up a chair. Office Ours are in session.
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Two Peas on a Pod is hosted by Dr. Miriam Kirmayer. Executive produced by Zoe Travis, Matthew Hoffman, Katya Kaminsky, and Dr. Miriam Kirmayer. Produced and edited by Podcast Nation (Producers: Madison Brit and Alesha Pannier, Audio Engineer: Miles Carter). Original music by Sarah Walk. Created by Zoe Travis and Matthew Hoffman. Two Peas on a Pod is recorded in Montreal and Los Angeles. Cover photo by Katya Kaminsky.
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