The WHY in Your 20s

EP02: Adulthood Friendship - Why are adulthood friendships so challenging?


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In this week’s episode, we are exploring friendships in adulthood. We are born wired for connections, it is a fundamental need of human beings that is just as important as the need of food and water to survive. With the continuous increase of friends/followers on social media platforms, we somehow remain feeling disconnected? It almost feels like the older we get, the fewer friends we have. Do you have friends that just slowly lose contact? Do you maintain friendships in a similar way when compared to your teenage years? How does conflict resolution style in childhood plays a role in friendship in your 20s? In this episode, you will hear us sharing our experience in…

  • How did our highschool friendships look like?

  • How does it differ from adulthood friendship?

  • What causes friendship fallout in early adulthood?

  • How to manage friendship conflicts/fallouts? What are our conflict resolution styles?

  • How do we approach friendships as adults?

Sit with us and let the journey begin:)

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Referenced

  • How Friendships End: Patterns Among Young Adults by Suzanne M Rose.

  • Longitudinal spillover effects of conflict resolution styles between adolescent-parent relationships and adolescent friendships by Muriel D Van Doorn and colleagues.

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The WHY in Your 20sBy Nat & Viv