# Creating Authentic Friendships

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Podcast: [This Teenage Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-teenage-life-668254)
Published: 2025-12-31T21:25:00+00:00
Episode link: http://thisteenagelife.org/
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## Resource

It can be challenging to navigate between being yourself and trying to fit in. It can feel vulnerable to express enthusiasm yet nonchalence can get in the way of making true friendships. How do we create honest and authentic friendships with other people? What has worked or not worked for us in the past? In the spirit of starting off 2026 with some reflection, hope, and desire for increasing authenticity, we share this episode on friendship. Happy New Year! To share your episode ideas or just say hi, email us at team@thisteenagelife.org.

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