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Mar 2024
25m 11s

Keeping Friends Is Harder Than Making Th...

JENNA PALEK
About this episode

It’s time to talk about making friends as adults, but more importantly how hard it is to keep them! I’ll share stories of how my personal friendships have evolved over time through life changes such as engagements, weddings, moving, and pregnancy and how I’ve been able to maintain friendships (while cutting some off along the way). 

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