Lit from Within

Ep 12: When Your Friends Don’t Support Your Business


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What do you do when the people closest to you don’t support your business?

We expect our friends to be our biggest cheerleaders, but often, they’re the quietest. Some don’t buy, don’t share, don’t even ask how it’s going. And that silence can hurt.


In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on:
✨ Why friends often don’t support (and why it’s not really about you).✨ How to reframe disappointment so it doesn’t derail your journey.✨ Practical steps to navigate the silence, detach from expectations, and keep building anyway.✨ A reminder that your biggest supporters will probably be strangers at first — and that’s completely normal.


If you’ve ever felt let down, frustrated, or alone in your business because your friends aren’t clapping for you, this episode will remind you: you don’t need their approval to succeed.


What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

  • The real reasons your friends may not support your business.

  • How to stop tying your self-worth to outside validation.

    • 5 practical steps to focus your energy on growth, not on chasing claps.
    • Why is your dream yours to build, with or without your friends’ backing

  • Resources & Links Mentioned in This Episode:

    • Follow me on Instagram: @tarshwendt

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    Lit from WithinBy Tarsh Wendt, Elevate Society