Ep. 81 | Friendships in Adulthood: Breaking Up or Breaking Through? with Terri Cole
In this episode, Dr. Avanti is joined by Terri Cole, a licensed psychotherapist and relationship expert. The conversation focuses on the complexities of adult friendships, including the importance of setting boundaries, reassessing relationships, and recognizing how past traumas and attachment styles affect our friendships. They also discuss the value of healthy female friendships, the "liking gap" and cultural influences on definitions of love. The episode wraps up with practical tips for nurturing healthy friendships!
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Today on The Healing Catalyst:
Adult friendships: voluntary relationships that require reassessment
The value of satisfying, healthy female friendships and setting boundaries
The “Liking Gap”: how people like you more than you think
Exploring cultural influences and beliefs about love and partnership
Family dynamics & deconstructing your beliefs about love
Trauma, attachment, and communication in adult friendships
Resources:
Avanti’s Book: The Health Catalyst
Energy Fix Quiz: avantikumarsingh.com/quiz
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Connect with Terri Cole:
Website: www.terricole.com
Instagram: @terricole
Podcast: The Terri Cole Show
Listen: Ep. 22 Support Your Mental Health by Becoming a Boundary Boss with Terri Cole
Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh is an Ayurveda Wellness Expert on a mission to show how Ayurveda can be a health catalyst for achieving optimal wellness in modern life.
Over the two decades of her training, study, and research, Dr. Kumar-Singh has shared her expertise with Fortune 500 companies at elite undergraduate and graduate institutions and prestigious industry and medical conferences. She has been featured in the Huffington Post, goop, Thrive Global and mindbodygreen, and served as the co-lead facilitator of the Faculty Scholars Program in Integrative Healthcare at the OSHER Center for Integrative Medicine at Northwestern Medicine. Dr. Kumar-Singh is also the author of The Longevity Formula and The Health Catalyst.
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