the 6 friendship rules i use to build a real village

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subscribe to my newsletters: Inner Circle for lifestyle, glow up, and relationships : http://bit.ly/42kZ7bq Soft Boardroom CEO for business: http://bit.ly/3Kv9d3p follow me on: instagram: / nadeenhui tiktok: / nadeenhui ---- In this episode, Nadeen tackles the complex reality of adult friendships and why they often feel harder to maintain than childhood connections. She explores how friendships shift from proximity-based to value-based as we grow, drawing on research about Dunbar's circles that shows we can only sustain about 5 true inner-circle friends. Nadeen emphasizes the importance of women gathering together for emotional healing and regulation, while sharing her personal friendship rules — from remembering birthdays to never tolerating disrespect. She challenges listeners with the mantra "if you want a village, you have to be a villager", encouraging women to initiate connections rather than wait passively. The episode concludes with a practical friendship audit exercise to help listeners categorize their relationships as nourishing, neutral, or draining, reminding us that building a supportive circle requires intentionality, standards, and the courage to choose friendships that truly serve our growth. adult friendships, building meaningful female friendships, friendship boundaries for women, choosing quality friends as an adult, jealous girls, why adult friendships feel difficult, girls girl, friendship rules and standards, healing through community and gathering, goddess circles, creating your chosen family, friendship breakups and outgrowing friends, value-based vs proximity-based friendships, Dunbar's circles and inner circle friends, intentional friendship building for women, vetting friends like romantic partners, emotional regulation in women's circles, friendship reciprocity and mutual support, friendship audit and boundaries, loneliness in women and making new friends, quality over quantity in friendships, celebrating friends without jealousy or comparison, toxic friendship red flags, when to let go of friendships, friendship time investment and closeness, women supporting women and sisterhood, navigating friendship changes during personal growth, low maintenance friends, creating safe spaces for women to gather