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the friend I needed

the friend I needed

By: your friend
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This is for the likeminded people who crave connecting over authenticity and meaningful living. This is a space for sharing and encouraging growth and self-discovery — nourishing the spirit, bettering the self, analyzing the human experience, struggle, inspiration, realizations, understanding the nature of reality, and wherever else the mind explores. Created from a journey through depression, anxiety, and OCD and being quite analytical — it has become a mission to encourage and support others and let you know you’re not alone. I want to be a friend to you in a world where it is hard to findyour friend Hygiene & Healthy Living Psychology Psychology & Mental Health
Episodes
  • dealing with overwhelming emotions in a healthier way
    Apr 21 2026

    [season 2 ep 4] come here. we’re going to group therapy. today I’ll be sharing a particular life struggle and sowing seeds of positivity and growth. I share vulnerable moments so you don’t have to feel alone if you’re experiencing similar times.

    the other week I had dealt with an utterly overwhelming situation in a better way than I ever had. I'm experiencing utter burn out from being someone’s emotional crutch for far too long. Compared to before, I would have drowned in the emotion and gone to a dark place. I’m going to walk you through my exact process that allowed me to properly process these emotions without supressing nor letting them overrun me. this process included creating space between me and the emotion, intention setting and connecting to the light and love around us. this ultimately allowed me to go to bed in a relative state of peace.

    more topics include:

    - worry being your minds attempt to help you but recognizing when it’s counterintuitive.

    - creating a positive and larger perspective on a situation we see as “negative” in the moment

    - stillness being the answer

    - improvement not being linear

    - being there for ourselves even when it is uncomfortable and not choosing the easy way out

    - letting go of the need to learn and absorb information, and knowing that we are already equipped to practice or enact the tools we have

    I’m here to give you the reminders to support yourself but also to challenge you to discover more strength and wisdom within you

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    58 mins
  • why we actually care what others think of us and addressing the root cause
    Apr 7 2026

    [season 2 ep 3] I’ve been having invasive social anxiety at work worrying about other people having negative thoughts of me. these consistent worries have been draining me of my energy and I am aware how unnecessary it is. so I have been asking myself…WHY? why do I care so much? how can I stop this? a dream came to answer my question. it took me down a path of looking further into the ego and the way we relate to it and how we must change our relationship with ego to truly be free from caring about other’s thoughts and free as a whole

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    35 mins
  • challenging our thought patterns and practicing presence
    Mar 24 2026

    [season 2 ep 2] if you're feeling overwhelmed in thought and emotion right now, you're not alone. today I am sharing the 2 ways I've been rewiring my mind to create emotional resilience and increasing quality of life. if you don't know how to help yourself right now, I think this is a good starting point because they can be applied at any time.

    let's discuss our ability to challenge negative thoughts, disidentifying with emotion, and creating greater awareness of our mind's patterns.


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    39 mins
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