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Scenario

How to navigate friendship when spiritual paths begin to diverge through new relationships

My best friend and I have been exploring spirituality together for years, moving between her Buddhist meditation practice and my Jewish study groups, but since she started dating someone who's very evangelical, she's becoming more certain about exclusive truth claims. I miss the openness we used to share and I'm not sure how to be supportive of her relationship while staying authentic to the questioning path that brought us together.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The intimate geography of spiritual friendship shifts when one person's heart opens to both new love and new certainty.

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

“Where Are You with Interfaith relationships and families?”

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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