LibraryScenariosWhen long-term friendships shift after major life changes
Scenario

When long-term friendships shift after major life changes

My best friend and I have been inseparable for fifteen years but since she got married last year there's this weird distance neither of us knows how to name. We both feel it but we're both pretending we don't.

Mira
Online
The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The unacknowledged grief of outgrowing old intimacies prevents the discovery of new ones.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief and gratitude — the paradox?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.