Your Girlfriend Next Door Podcast
20 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsHey Bestfriend, Sister, Girlfriend. Your Girlfriend Next Door Podcast is a girlfriend gathering spot for women seeking strong, truthful, and meaningful friendships and relationships. Created by Andrea Smoak, a Master Certified Coach Practitioner, is here to empower women to live the most effervescent life through exploring friendships, honesty, enlightenment, and fun, with an open ear, lots of laughs, and a teardrop here or there all in the name of life, love, and our journey.
There's nothing like having a good girlfriend next door. Well, I'm here, your everyday girlfriend, to shake up your life's journey, be your best lifeship partner, friend, and neighbor. Join me weekly as we navigate through this jungle we call life. I'll provide you with a compilation of scenarios, hypotheticals, advice & The Truth that we all can relate. Join me, and let’s start this journey together.
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Episodes
The Foundation Of All Friendships
March 16, 2023 08:40 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBHey, Best Friend, Sister, Girlfriend Generally, whoever cared for and nurtured you, rather your mom, dad, or extended family, we all bored a foundation of love and trusted someone. However, as we move through adult life, we must decide whether or not those essential instructions ultimately work for us. Today we explore the foundation of what we've learned and how to move forward, Thanks for joining me this week!
Friendship The Energy We Put Out & Expectations
February 02, 2023 21:45 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBTrue friends improve all aspects of our lives. They give us encouragement, confidence, joy, and happiness. We must be very distinctive with our selections and what instinctively brought you together. This week understanding our friendship energy and how it affects the friendship.
Welcome Back! Your Girlfriend Next Door 2023
January 26, 2023 09:40 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBAre you sure what types of friendships you are nurturing? Today we are getting back to the basics of friendships and learning where and how to identify each friendship type. Learn how to treat each friend type to keep and maintain balance and harmony. Remember true friendships improve all aspects of our lives. They give us camaraderie, encouragement, confidence and joy. All the qualities that improve our health and bring happiness to us.
Be You In 20-22 Friends and All
January 13, 2022 09:40 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBCelebrating being you in 2022. I'm so glad we've made it to our 1 year anniversary. This year we're showing up more authentically and staying true to ourselves. We're focused on the people and places that we feel liked, loved, and never tolerated. Raise your hand if you understand. Life is too short not to be with the ones you love and the feeling is mutual.
Comparison Envy & Jealousy
December 17, 2021 09:40 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBAs we approach a new year, let's leave some things behind. The spirit of Comparison, Envy & Jealousy will destroy your happiness and joy. You are enough. You are doing well and exactly where you should be. As Your Girlfriend Next Door & Friendship Coach, I want you to know I'm proud of everything you've accomplished this year. You are here! You have survived, and you are thriving. We can all proclaim, "It' a new you in '22!" So say it with me, "It' a new you in '22!" Put all fears as...
Friendship Marriage & Support
December 03, 2021 09:40 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBDiscussing what do friendship, marriage, and support look like in 2021. From Gen-X to Millennials and Gen-Z, how do they value marriage and friendship? Have we moved so far away from marriage we need to redefine what supportive relationships look and feel like today? This discussion is food for thought and an open and honest conversation on life and experience.
It's A New Season. Focus On Your Small Circle.
October 21, 2021 08:40 - 16 minutes - 15 MBFriendship Coach Andrea Smoak Looks at focusing on smaller circles of friendship. It's a new season! Listen up... It's dismissal season. Let's focus on our small circles. The friends who give us balance, joy, and love. It's ok to take away those who are draining, not helping you focus on positivity or your goals in life, dismiss and move forward.
The Bond Of Female Friendships | A Discussion
September 30, 2021 08:40 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBA discussion on female relationships and bonds. How do they begin? Why aren't we taught how to maintain relationships? Why is opting out such an easy option? -Learning to create a connection and growing that connection to a friendship that lasts a lifetime. Friendship Coach Andrea Smoak and Stephanie Cortese of the "That's for Company" podcast discuss multi-layers of girlfriends. What started as an organic conversation ended in a teachable moment on friendship. How friendships start, how we...
Friendship and Travel... Choose Wisely
August 26, 2021 08:40 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBAlways choose your travel buddy wisely. Girl.... this could make or break a friendship. Not understanding or choosing the wright personality could be detrimental to any relationship. Let's chat about it! Per The Washington Post-In theory, a vacation with close friends — known as a friendcation — sounds like a great idea. But while you might enjoy someone’s company over dinner, on the tennis court or while cheering on children from the soccer sidelines, a getaway with the same person or p...
Have Patience With Your Friends
August 19, 2021 08:00 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBHey Best Friend, Sister, Girlfriend Today I wanted to share my heart. With the state of the world we have to lend each other grace. It's important to be patient with your friends. Learn to read their energy. Learn to be ok with simply being ok. It's important to allow friendships to breath. As we all know breathing gives of life and balance. Much like most species or plant we must feed, give water, and allow light for them to flourish. This serves true in friendships and relationships to...
Trauma Bonding
August 05, 2021 08:40 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBYou have to ask yourself-- Do you have a healthy friendship or trauma bond? Trauma Bonding friendships can occur and you're not aware. You may have formed a connection based on a painful experience or shallow things you may not be proud of. Be careful when meeting people during a difficult time in your life, it may not have the positive outcome you're seeking. This could easily become known as a "Toxic Bond."
When You've Done All You Can. When Should You Throw In The Towel?
June 02, 2021 08:40 - 25 minutes - 23 MBHey Bestfriend, Sister, Girlfriend We are taking on the challenge to getting past the hurt in a relationship and moving to the other side of happiness, clarity, and understanding. Join the conversation as we explore what to do when we've exhausted everything within us. Your Girlfriend Next Door & Friendship Coach Friendshipcoaching.com
Girl! Take A Solocation. You Deserve It!
April 22, 2021 08:40 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBYour Girlfriend Next Door & Friendship Coach, explains why its so important to love your own company. Spending time with yourself in a place you love is healing. Discovering a new experience alone and sharing it with others when you return can be refreshing. Try going somewhere and doing it on your own terms. Just you, simply you.
Girl Chat: What should we expect in relationships today?
April 06, 2021 08:40 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBFriendship Coach, Andrea Smoak and Meronda Chenault of I'm Bougie Girl, continue their girl chat. This episode takes on what relationship expectations are versus the reality of what most people are not prepared for. Hey ladies! Are our expectations unrealistic? Are we able to live up to what we're asking for? Website: frienshipcoaching.com Youtube: YouTube.com/yourgirlfriendnextdoor Follow Your Girlfriend Next Door & Friendship Coach On Instagram: @yourgirlfriendnextdoor @friendship...
Friendship Over Forty, Fun and Fabulous
March 24, 2021 08:40 - 57 minutes - 53 MBAs we move through the decades things aren't quite so simple. It's more of a challenge to make friends as an adult because this group of people is often in the prime of their lives building their career and families. Eventually our schedules work around children's schools and sports schedules, plus have their own work schedules, and some adults take on caregiver roles for their parents. Managing the day-to-day family unit is tough enough, let alone trying to find time to squeeze in a socia...
Moving On When A Relationship Has Hit The Expiration Date
March 12, 2021 09:40 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBFriendship Coach, Andrea gives you pointers on how to overcome the hurt, pain, and sadness of loosing a long relationship or friendship. Breaking up with a friend can feel worse than splitting up with your partner—at least after a union ends, you’ve got your girl or guy to turn to. And while everyone acknowledges the trauma of romantic breakups, people rarely talk about the feelings after a platonic fallout. It's been said your brain doesn’t know the difference between a romantic or plat...
Find Love Past The Lakes and Rivers | Look Beyond The Boarders
February 24, 2021 09:40 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBLet's look beyond the rivers and lakes and look across the oceans to find what's right for you. Opening your mind to what's possible in love, could be the best decision you could make.
How To Start Friendships and Relationships
January 19, 2021 09:40 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBHey Best Friend Sister Girlfriend It's Your Girlfriend Next Door with a new episode! This week we're talking about how friendships and relationships start and what we should look for. It's important for us all to know what we really desire before starting any relationship. What energy are you putting out, and what are you receiving? Let's chat about the best ways to garner what you want, from the people and situations you surround yourself with. Your Girlfriend Next Door & Friendship...
It's Time To Work On Trust
January 04, 2021 09:40 - 6 minutes - 5.68 MBWe've made it! It's officially 2021 and Your Girlfriend Next Door and Friendship Coach door is open. Welcome to the neighborhood. Every good friendship and relationship begins with TRUST. We will explore building a sound foundation before we allow anyone in or around us. Are you ready?
Trailer
December 03, 2020 04:23 - 5 minutes - 5.2 MBHey Best Friend, Sister, Girlfriend, the neighborhood is finally constructed, and you're welcomed any time. Brought to you by, Your Girlfriend Next Door & Friendship Coach, Andrea Smoak. Here to shake up the the neighborhood. Welcome to the neighborhood....Friendship Coaching Is a place of fun and refuge to chat all things friendship, life, love, marriage, work, relationship, and more. As your Friendship Coach, I’m here to support and partner with you on achieving your life goals. I’m y...