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Rhaina Cohen: Center Friendship and Thrive
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English - May 29, 2024 10:00 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MB - ★★★★ - 259 ratingsEducation Health & Fitness simplify non fiction nonfiction nonfiction books nonfictionbooks books self improvement personal development work life balance learning Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
You know a magical connection when you feel it—that undeniable magnetism that pulls you together for a fit that's as much like home as it is an adventure. We see these sorts of connections in romcoms all the time, but they're not just relegated to the romcom realm. Magical connections happen in friendships, too, and Rhaina Cohen wants to dignify them.
This conversation with the writer and NPR Embedded producer/editor draws on some key stories and insights from her new book: The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center. Caitlin and Rhaina talk about why it can be beautiful and beneficial to distribute the "significant other" title across many people, what it looks like to treat friendships more like life partnerships, the friendship tradition and where we might have lost passionate platonic significant otherships, and the important work of letting the ones who love us see our mess.
In the Bookend, Ben and Caitlin discuss friendship, awkwardly thank each other for their friendship, and make further learning and reading recs. And thank you, listeners, for bein' a friend. :)
Caitlin's Rec: Rituals Roadmap by Erica Keswin
Ben's Rec: Caitlin's Guide on Adult Friendship and The Lonely Century by Noreena Hertz
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This episode of Simplify was produced by Caitlin Schiller, Ben Schuman-Stoler, Maria Levacic & Stéphane Obadia at Blinkist