My best friend and I started a business together two years ago and we're finally successful, but success has meant we hardly see each other outside of work anymore and when we do it's hard not to talk shop, and I miss my friend but I don't know how to separate the person I love from the person I depend on professionally.
More people experience this than they realize.
Achievement in one domain is revealing how much intimacy was lost in service of a shared dream, leaving two people successful but estranged.
“Where Are You with Grief for lost relationships — ambiguous loss of divorce?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.