Comments on: Best of Both Worlds podcast: Modern friendship with Anna Goldfarb https://lauravanderkam.com/2024/06/best-of-both-worlds-podcast-modern-friendship-with-anna-goldfarb/ Writer, Author, Speaker Fri, 14 Jun 2024 19:09:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2024/06/best-of-both-worlds-podcast-modern-friendship-with-anna-goldfarb/#comment-510506 Wed, 12 Jun 2024 01:00:39 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19594#comment-510506 In reply to K.

@K- this is great advice – and I love the idea of helping your newly separated friend think through their goals and helping them create the life they want. Their schedule will probably be different — and a good friend will be aware of that and accommodating. Thanks for sharing this!

]]> By: K https://lauravanderkam.com/2024/06/best-of-both-worlds-podcast-modern-friendship-with-anna-goldfarb/#comment-510460 Tue, 11 Jun 2024 18:51:28 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=19594#comment-510460 Thinking about the question regarding family friends going through a divorce…following my break up, I really appreciate friends who have made an effort to ask about my schedule and who understand that it might not be as flexible as it was. My son is with me on a Saturday morning and we’d love to meet up with your family at the park. He’s at his Dad’s on a Monday evening, so if you ask me to go to an exercise class then I’ll say yes. The two can’t be swapped though, because keeping a stable routine for my son really matters so if he’s with me we’ll be together and if he’s at his dad’s then I’m on my own. And if I’m on my own, I’m very grateful to the friends check in and send a message because my son being away is an adjustment for me. I think today’s guest spoke about figuring out how you can support others to work towards their goals through your friendship, and it seems like this can apply in this situation – helping your friends to create the life they want for themselves and their child(ren).

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