# It's Time to Rethink Your Friendships

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/two-peas-on-a-pod-7851533/it-s-time-to-rethink-your-friendships
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/two-peas-on-a-pod-7851533/it-s-time-to-rethink-your-friendships.md
Podcast: [Two Peas on a Pod](https://stenobird.com/podcast/two-peas-on-a-pod-7851533)
Published: 2026-05-21T08:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/213/rss.art19.com/episodes/3c9ff0b9-e9c5-406e-9605-54c7d5b49900.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0
Audio file: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/213/rss.art19.com/episodes/3c9ff0b9-e9c5-406e-9605-54c7d5b49900.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/two-peas-on-a-pod-7851533/episodes/it-s-time-to-rethink-your-friendships
Duration seconds: 2576

## Resource

Here's a secret nobody's talking about: you're probably undervaluing your friendships. And it's not your fault. Dr. Miriam Kirmayer is a clinical psychologist and one of the world's leading experts on adult friendship. She's spent two decades trying to understand why friendship is our most valuable and most overlooked relationship. In this very first episode, she's making her opening argument. She calls it the friendship paradox. The reality that friendship shapes your mental health, your physical health, your confidence, your sense of self and yet it's still the first thing we let go when life gets busy. Dr. Miriam gets into what we'd do differently if we truly felt that truth: have the hard conversation we've been avoiding, let go of the friendship we've been ambivalent about for years, or finally admit that what we've been calling "busy" might actually be loneliness. She breaks down the five ways friendship is unlike any other relationship in your life, why friendship therapy is something we need to be talking about, and  what we get wrong about loneliness. She also shares the origin story behind it all: a Spice Girls cover band, a group called Call U L8R, and what it taught her about the moment we go from treating connection like a promise to treating it like a platitude. So, pull up a chair. This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. -- Your friendship questions deserve answers. Reach out at hello@thetwopeasonapod.com, on social media or, pick up the phone and call or text with your friendship story or questions at 615-PODLINE (That's 615-763-5463). Stay in touch with us: @twopeasonapod @miriamkirmayer www.miriamkirmayer.com -- Two Peas on a Pod is hosted by Dr. Miriam Kirmayer. Executive produced by Zoe Travis, Matthew Hoffman, Katy…

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/two-peas-on-a-pod-7851533/episodes/it-s-time-to-rethink-your-friendships/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/two-peas-on-a-pod-7851533/it-s-time-to-rethink-your-friendships.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.