This episode was originally recorded in 2022 with my two lifelong best friends, Abbie and Mallory. And when I say lifelong, I mean it. Our parents were close friends growing up, and the three of us have been connected since birth. Through every version of ourselves, every life change, every heartbreak and every new beginning, our friendship remained one of the deepest roots in our lives.
Today, I am sharing this conversation again in loving memory of Mallory, my Mal Pal, who tragically lost her life in the Broad Peak avalanche.
Listening back now, more than four years later, feels both heartbreaking and incredibly sacred. In this episode, we talk honestly about female friendship, growing apart and back together, releasing expectations, having the hard conversations, checking on the strong friend and making time for the people we love.
We also talk about how lucky we felt to have one another and how excited we were to continue growing, changing and experiencing life side by side. None of us could have known how precious those words would one day become.
I hope this episode reminds you not to wait. Call your friend. Make the plan. Say "I love you." Tell the people who have walked beside you exactly what they mean to you.
Mallory was bold, honest, adventurous, hilarious and deeply loving. She knew every version of me, and I will carry her friendship, her wisdom and her love with me for the rest of my life.
This episode is for her.
Rest in Peace, Mal Pal. 🕊️
1986–2026