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Scenario

When longtime friend groups avoid confronting toxic dynamics

Our friend group has been together since college and one person has become increasingly difficult — always the victim, never accountable, sucking up all the emotional energy — but we're all too scared to address it because it might mean the end of something that's been central to all our lives for fifteen years.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A community must choose between comfort and honesty when one member threatens the whole.

Your guide for this
Rabia
Rabia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Maintaining friendships across distance and time?”

Peri

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.

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