Black Women talking about Boundaries: Part 3 - Friendships Edition

Stop being everyone's 'safe space' at the expense of your own. It’s time to build connections that pour back into you. Join us for an open discussion on how to navigate the messy parts of friendship. It’s okay to disagree.

What we’ll tackle:

· Access vs. Intimacy: Learning that not everyone deserves a front-row seat to your life.
· Healthy Friction: How to disagree without disconnecting.
o Question: Do you tend to "ghost" (withdraw) or "fawn" (over-apologize) when a friend disagrees with a boundary you’ve set?
o Question: How do we differentiate between a "deal-breaker" argument and a "growth" argument?
· Acceptance Over Fixation: Accepting your friends’ flaws without letting them become your problems.
o The Concept: Accepting that your friends are allowed to disagree with your choices, just as you are allowed to keep making them.
o Question: Can you be "okay" with a friend being temporarily upset or disappointed in you? How do you sit with that discomfort without rushing to "fix" it?
· The "Respectful No": Setting boundaries during a conflict so things stay productive, not destructive.
· Exit Strategies: Knowing when a disagreement has revealed that the friendship is no longer a fit.
Hope to see you there.