How would you react if you found out that your friends purposely planned a birthday party when you were out of town so you wouldn’t attend? And what if you found out from a video that went viral on TikTok? That’s exactly what happened to Marissa Meizz.
Mar 17
Revisited: What Dying Teaches Us About Living with Death Doula Alua Arthur
Team Simon here! While A Bit of Optimism is on a short break, we’re revisiting a few episodes you helped make some of our favorites. We’ll be back with brand-new conversations next week, on March 24th, 2026. In the meantime, we’re bringing back an episode that explores a word mos ... Show More
45m 7s
Mar 10
Revisited: The Kennedy Family and the Search for Self with Journalist Maria Shriver
Hello from Team Simon! We’re taking a short hiatus, but A Bit of Optimism will return with brand-new episodes March 24th. In the meantime, we’re revisiting some of our favorite episodes. Episodes that many of you who listened, shared them, and told us what resonated. This week, w ... Show More
43m 48s
Mar 3
Revisited: How to Turn Stress Into Creativity With Grammy-Winner Jacob Collier
Team Simon here! As we take a short hiatus, A Bit of Optimism will return with brand-new episodes on March 24, 2026. Until then, we’re revisiting some of the conversations you loved and we still think about long after the microphones turned off. This week, we’re rewinding to Simo ... Show More
58m 33s
Apr 2023
how to deal with TOXIC PEOPLE | 9 signs of a toxic friend and how to cut them out of your life!
How to spot FAKE FRIENDS...This video covers the 9 types of toxic friends, how bad friendships affect your life, how to deal with this, how to cut them off, cope with the loneliness and heal from the aftermath of a friendship breakup.WANT LIKE MINDED FRIENDS? https://discord.gg/q ... Show More
22m 54s
Sep 2022
How to Break Up with Your Friends ... The Ultimate Adult Friendship Episode | Boundaries, Break ups & Finding Meaningful Friendships
<p>Kenzie Elizabeth sits down with Erin Falconer, author of How to Break Up with Your Friends, to talk all things adult friendship. They're covering how to make new friends as an adult, how early friendships affect our friendships later on, setting boundaries & finding meanin ... Show More
1h 4m
Feb 2024
How To Evolve a Friendship
In part two of our series on friendship, we're looking at how to revitalize a relationship that began in a previous phase of life. Michelle and Blair became fast friends in grad school. That bond survived graduation, marriages, and even a cross-country move. They now live just a ... Show More
37m 16s