My best friend and I started a creative project together two years ago that we were both passionate about, but now we're in completely different life phases and I can feel us both quietly resenting the commitment while being afraid to say it out loud because we don't want to hurt each other. We keep having these surface-level check-ins where we both say everything's fine but nothing real gets done and I can feel the friendship getting strained under the weight of this thing we can't figure out how to release or recommit to.
More people experience this than they realize.
The difficulty of navigating competing loyalties when a shared commitment no longer serves both people but the relationship itself feels too precious to risk with honesty.
“Where Are You with Cult dynamics — when belonging becomes captivity?”
Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.