The Friendship Tour | How to Make Friends, Female Friendship, Adult Friendship, Friendship Tips and Advice, Christian Friendship - 32 | Feeling Left Out? You're Not Alone - featuring Lauren Gray

32 | Feeling Left Out? You're Not Alone - featuring Lauren Gray

12/24/24 • 25 min

The Friendship Tour | How to Make Friends, Female Friendship, Adult Friendship, Friendship Tips and Advice, Christian Friendship

Have you ever been left out? Maybe you weren’t invited to the birthday party or to brunch with the girls. Perhaps your cousins left you off of the group chat or maybe your coworkers didn’t tell you about happy hour after work. Maybe it was intentional, maybe it wasn’t. Maybe it hurt you a lot, maybe you didn’t care all that much. Maybe you pretended not to care all that much. Whatever the case, it happened.

It's possible you weren’t exactly left out, but life has you feeling a bit left behind. Perhaps your best friend got married and another friend had a baby. These life transitions might have you feeling left out or like you’re somehow on the outside looking in - even if it’s not really anyone’s fault.

The truth is, we’ve all been left out. It starts in childhood, and it never really ends. When we’re left out, it’s only natural to get in our feelings, but don’t stay there! Being left out and feeling left out is a part of life, albeit an unpleasant part. If and when it happens to you, just remember - you are not alone. We’ve all been there.

Join guest, Lauren Gray and me for a discussion about times we felt left out and left behind.

If you liked this episode, you’ll love the following episode:
29 | Boundaries: What They Are, Why We Need Them, and How We Establish them - featuring Ashley Cook.

Other Episodes with Lauren Gray:

1 | What is a True Friend - featuring Lauren Gray
15 | MOMS! Want Your Kids to Have Friends? Show them How! - featuring Lauren Gray
26 | My Best Friend Has Another Best Friend! Now What??? - featuring Lauren Gray and Tolibah Davis

Join guest, Lauren Gray and me for a discussion about times we felt left out and left behind.

If you liked this episode, you’ll love the following episode:
29 | Boundaries: What They Are, Why We Need Them, and How We Establish them - featuring Ashley Cook.

Other Episodes with Lauren Gray:

1 | What is a True Friend - featuring Lauren Gray
15 | MOMS! Want Your Kids to Have Friends? Show them How! - featuring Lauren Gray
26 | My Best Friend Has Another Best Friend! Now What??? - featuring Lauren Gray and Tolibah Davis

Previous Episode

31 | What Do You Do When a Friend Moves Away (other than cry, of course)? - featuring Michelle Dallas

There’s nothing quite like finding THAT friend - the one you have so much in common with, the one you can be completely yourself with, the one your husband and your kids love, too. When you’re lucky enough to find that friend, you just want to hold on forever, but that’s not always the way life goes.

It’s a real bummer when a true friend moves away, but that doesn’t mean the friendship is over. It really doesn’t have to end, but it does have to change.

What will the new, long-distance friendship look like? Will you talk weekly? Will you visit one another? Will you still celebrate life’s big milestones together?

Join Michelle Dallas and me for a conversation about what we did when she moved away and how, all these years later, we’re still successfully navigating our long-distance friendship.

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! And THANK YOU for joining me on The Friendship Tour in 2024. It's been quite a year!
As you know, relationships are important to me, so I'll be spending time with the people I love during the holiday season.
See you in 2025!