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When They Need You Too Much: Boundaries With Clingy Friends | The Friendship Project
In this episode of The Friendship Project, host Kari Hearn explores the complex and often exhausting dynamic of setting boundaries with clingy or emotionally dependent friends. This guide is essential for women who feel drained by one-sided relationships, struggle with codependency, or fear that saying 'no' will destroy their connections. We unpack the hidden tax of deep friendship, where emotional labor becomes a drain rather than a mutual exchange, leaving you feeling like a resource instead of a partner in care.
We dive deep into the psychology behind why it is so hard to say no…
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