F*CK, LET'S TALK ABOUT FRIENDSHIP! WITH MADDIE MARSH
Guest: Maddie Marsh
Season 1, conversation 10 · Published 25 July 2025
The friendships that carry you and the ones you quietly outgrow.
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We keep saying “Let’s catch up.” Shall we actually do it? Maddie and I talk about the friends who see us through all the busy, messy seasons. The honest chats, the showing up, the things we do together. Who do you keep meaning to see, and why does the catch-up always end up at the bottom of the list?
- Look at the pattern across several catch-ups, not one rough patch.
- Arrange a chat without little ears listening.
- Offer a practical job and ask if a listening ear would help.
Turn ‘let’s catch up’ into an actual plan.
Who do I keep meaning to see?
Try this week: Message one friend today and suggest a specific time.
These ideas come from our conversation. The activities are a few suggestions to try, when you’re ready.
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Maddie Marsh · 5:23
I mean, I think the only child piece is really important, because I know we're going to talk about friendships, and I think, you know, we've talked about this a lot, I think particularly when you don't have a big family, from a sibling point of view, or maybe have siblings and they meet certain needs, but not all your needs, I think you end up building this, like chosen family around you, and I think that's certainly really core to who I am, is, how do you build a community around you for all different parts of your life, the people that you truly consider your family, and to your point is like, when the time's awesome and when the shit hits the fan, who are Those people that you're going to call? And there's not many of those people that really when the going gets super tough, who are you going to pick up and call and who's going to rock up on your doorstep and really help you through some pretty tricky times? Yep, yep.
Topics: RELATIONSHIPS
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