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Stop Being Your Friend's Therapist: How to Set Boundaries with Love | The Healing Conversation
In this episode of The Healing Conversation, host Tonya Pitts addresses the exhausting phenomenon of becoming your friend's unpaid therapist. Many of us find ourselves drained by endless phone calls where we absorb others' trauma, anxiety, and relationship problems, often at the expense of our own mental health and emotional reserves. This episode explores why we fall into the role of the designated listener, how it creates codependent dynamics, and why true friendship requires mutual support rather than one-sided emotional labor. If you have ever felt hollowed out after listening to a friend…
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