5 Ways to Shake Up a Stale Friendship

Friendship IRL: Real Talk About Friendship, Community, and What It Actually Takes · Sep 10, 2026 · 23m · transcript

Have you ever realized that every time you hang out with certain friends, you do the exact same thing?

That happened to me recently with a group of friends. We were all sitting around my living room when one friend named what I think a lot of us had been feeling: the hangout was still good, but it had started to feel stale.

In today’s episode, I’m talking about what it can mean when a friendship starts to feel like it is maintaining instead of growing. Because I think there is a big difference between a friendship that is dying and a friendship that needs a refresh.

Sometimes you just need to…