How to choose our Friends

Written By Sharon Pakir

Episode #41

How do you assess your friendships and connections?

Today’s episode is a solo one with me, Sharon Pakir, sharing my process for choosing and engaging in friendships and connections.

In this episode I cover 6 things to watch out for to assess and engage new friendships and connections:

  • Dishonesty or distrust

  • Control and disapproval

  • Avoidance behaviour

  • The trifecta: Insecurity, envy and jealousy

  • Codependency

  • Drama, drama, drama

Listen Here.

Prefer to read? Click here for this episode in an article instead!

Hit that subscribe button so you don’t miss the upcoming episodes featuring tools and insights to living invincibly.  And you know what I’d ultimately love? If you loved this episode, please drop us a rating and/or review, it would bluddy make my day!

This podcast was produced by @sarahharneymakes and @theinvincible.co

Follow me on Instagram to be notified of new episodes.

Great communication? Is so so difficult.⁠ ⁠ It requires you to distil so many variables into every single delivery. ⁠ ⁠ They don't teach you to communicate like this in school.⁠ ⁠ They teach you language, and how to use it.⁠ ⁠ What we need to learn a
Glossophobia or speech anxiety is the fear of public speaking. ⁠ ⁠ But did you know there is no opposite word for Glossophobia?⁠ ⁠ How do I know?⁠ ⁠ Because I went looking for it. ⁠ ⁠ And it doesn't exist. ⁠ ⁠ So apparently, there is no word that def
I have spent a large part of my adult life explaining to people how I don't really swim in the sea because I'm terrified of sharks.⁠ ⁠ I haven't personally been attacked by a shark. And cognitively, I *know* that not all sharks are man-eating monster
Exactly a year ago, I left Melbourne abruptly after 20 years living there as a resident. ⁠ ⁠ What was supposed to be a slow buildup to departure, a cacophony of multiple farewells across different cities, a savouring of my last few weeks in Australia
Since I was a kid, I've had a deep desire to bring the world together. ⁠ ⁠ I don't know what it is inside of me - but it burns with passion. ⁠ ⁠ To help people connect better, to help us articulate our truth, to create momentum and strength in our to
One year ago today, we had our farewell party in Melbourne.⁠ ⁠ My husband left a few days later.⁠ ⁠ The plan was for me to stay in Australia 6 more weeks, finishing up contracts with all my corporate clients, then stop off in Singapore, then take the

Instagram @theinvincible.co

Sharon Pakir
Previous

Profit & Purpose | Fiona Johnston
Next

Leading with Empathy | Anne Koopmann