Friendship Fizz with Loopie & Liz: Recent Episodes
Lisa Najarian & Liz Pryor
Friendship Fizz with Loopie and Liz is a show that offers candid straight-talk on female friendship from the inside out. Putting the truth, the struggle, the pain, and the gain of female friendship on the table for all to hear and learn. Popping the cap on subjects left off the societal radar: listener letters, toxic friends, stories, and personal experience push the content and invite us to work through friendship terrain with practical usable take away both laywoman and expert. From how women end friendship and the emotional aftermath it leaves, to the seemingly harmless friend who always shows up late. The stuff we keep buried, we unearth on this show, and look for ways through it. Check out MyGirlfriendships.com for more on our friendships blog.
Our final episode of the season recaps take aways and reminds us how we can show up best to our friends. We say goodbye to guest cohost Liz Pryor, who is moving on to a different podcast, and we look forward to the exciting changes and additions to the My Girlfriendships brand as we help you strengthen and deepen your girl-friendships. Happy New Year!
We checked in with two of our previous callers to hear where they are now after implementing previous advice offered on the show.
Our caller today shares the implosion of life after facing a sudden and dangerous divorce, and the gratitude she has for her friends who have risen in support from far and wide.
Our caller this week shares her story of a love bomb with a new female friend—a fast and furious infatuation that (usually) doesn’t end well. The value of taking our time and listening to our gut prevails here.
This week, our caller shares her journey of realization around her friendships—both lost and found—as the isolation of the pandemic awakens and motivates her to make changes.
If you have a letter, comment, story, question, or an idea for us to talk about, please send it Liz's way. Go to www.lizpryor.com and select "Contact Liz".
Our caller today shares the experience of a few past friendships that were silently ended with no acknowledgment, and the pain that has caused. She then reveals something going on right now which she fears might be leading to the same outcome. Unwilling to confront the two friends who have most recently shunned her, we gently walk our caller through options until we find one she can wrap herself around and impart in ways that feel comfortable.
If you have a letter, comment, story, question, or an idea for us to talk about, please send it Liz's way. Go to www.lizpryor.com and select "Contact Liz".
Our caller today takes us through the story of relocating with her family during middle age— she leaves friends and family behind but shares the unexpected success of finding new friends in a new place.
If you have a letter, comment, story, question, or an idea for us to talk about, please send it Liz's way. Go to www.lizpryor.com and select "Contact Liz".
Our caller walks us through the disappointment of a losing a friend who was recently a bridesmaid in her wedding and is still her coworker today. We unpack options for how to address this friend to help her navigate the uncertainty of their relationship.
If you have a letter, comment, story, question, or an idea for us to talk about, please send it Liz's way. Go to www.lizpryor.com and select "Contact Liz".
Our caller today shares her experience of how and why she made the decision to step back from a friend group. We wind in and around ideas to better serve ourselves inside groups of friends and how to recognize if they no longer serve us. We also explore options to best deal with an ex friend going through loss or tragedy.
If you have a letter, comment, story, question, or an idea for us to talk about, please send it Liz's way. Go to www.lizpryor.com and select "Contact Liz".
Ever feel like you're the only one making the effort in a friendship? You make the plans, initiate, call first, and follow up first? Today we talk about reciprocity inside friendship. The dynamic between friends that can sometimes feel lopsided—hidden expectations and owning your part in it surface as we unpack and navigate the importance of seeing and understanding why we do the things we do.
If you have a letter, comment, story, question, or an idea for us to talk about, please send it Liz's way. Go to www.lizpryor.com and select "Contact Liz".
Our caller today asks several thoughtful questions on the subject of finding and forging new and lasting friendships in her mid twenties. We discuss the importance of seeking opportunity and shifting our state of mind on making new connections in new ways.
If you have a letter, comment, story, question, or an idea for us to talk about, please send it Liz's way. Go to www.lizpryor.com and select "Contact Liz".
Our caller this week shares the story of her enmeshed best friendship inside a tight knit military community in Virginia Beach. The two families are as close as friends can get. With stakes higher than most, the two women relied heavily on each other for strength and patience as their husbands deployed for duty, risking their lives year after year...until during one deployment, the best friend’s husband breaks military protocol and inappropriately fraternizes with a female sailor, which begins a dark tunnel down to a stand off between the military men and the ending of a long and beautiful friendship.
If you have a letter, comment, story, question, or an idea for us to talk about, please send it Liz's way. Go to www.lizpryor.com and select "Contact Liz".
A caller walks us down the path of a 12-year best friendship that abruptly ends without a word of acknowledgment or any explanation. Does how you react to the loss of a friend relate to anything from your past? And what does it mean when it's been so long that you've become indifference towards the friend who dumped you but are upset by those still close with them?
Emotions always run deep in the silent world of female friendship ending.
If you have a letter, comment, story, question, or an idea for us to talk about, please send it Liz's way. Go to www.lizpryor.com and select "Contact Liz".
We share other listeners' responses from last week's episode: Are you there the way you want to be when a friend is in need? What do you say when you feel like you have nothing to say? And is it ever too late to show a friend in struggle that you care?
If you have a letter, comment, story, question, or an idea for us to talk about, please send it Liz's way. Go to www.lizpryor.com and select "Contact Liz".
A beloved family faces blindsiding judgment from an entire community. Our caller this episode, mother of two teenaged daughters shares the anguish she felt during a time when she needed support. What do you do when someone you know is faced with the unimaginable? Do you look away? Or do you show up? This episode gives us a deep dive into who we want to be when the people we know and love are suffering.
If you have a letter, comment, story, question, or an idea for us to talk about, please send it Liz's way. Go to www.lizpryor.com and select "Contact Liz".
Ever had a friend repeatedly tell you that you're not holding up your end of the friendship? We explore with our first guest caller inside her twenty year friendship—which has grown and changed situationally through the years—options as her friend lands on the idea that perhaps they just have different ideas of what friendship really is.
If you have a letter, comment, story, question, or an idea for us to talk about, please send it Liz's way. Go to www.lizpryor.com and select "Contact Liz".
My Girlfriendships welcomes our new cohost, relationship expert Liz Pryor, to our newly formatted podcast: Friendship Fizz with Loopie and Liz. In our first episode of the season, Liz introduces take-down letters. Our very own Loopie received a letter from a friend, citing all the things the friend doesn't like about her. We read it on air and Liz dissects.
If you have a letter, comment, story, question, or an idea for us to talk about, please send it Liz's way. Go to www.lizpryor.com and select "Contact Liz".