{"podcast":{"title":"Grace & Grit Podcast","slug":"grace-grit-podcast-991716","podcast_index_feed_id":991716,"rss_url":"https://graceandgrit.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://graceandgrit.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/f/4/4/0/f4405a4688bbcbb088c4a68c3ddbc4f2/Grace_and_Grit_Podcast_3000px.png","author":"Courtney Townley","episode_count":608,"summary":"The Grace and Grit Podcast takes the health fairy tale you've heard all your life and turns it upside down and inside out, helping women rebuild their relationship with their body once and for all. Placing the focus on love and respect, rather than the aggressive demands and unrealistic expectations that have become the norm, Courtney Townley is determined to help women mend the fabric of what is driving the female health story.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T14:20:56.758135+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 533: Friendship Hangovers — When Socializing Drains Instead of Fills","slug":"episode-533-friendship-hangovers-when-socializing-drains-instead-of-fills","published_at":"2026-05-11T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716/episode-533-friendship-hangovers-when-socializing-drains-instead-of-fills","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716","url":"https://graceandgrit.libsyn.com/episode-533-friendship-hangovers-when-socializing-drains-instead-of-fills","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/graceandgrit/May_11.mp3?dest-id=329309","summary":"Have you ever come home from a social event, a lunch, a phone call with a friend — and felt more drained than when you left? That's not introversion. That might be your nervous system telling you something important about which relationships are feeding you and which ones are feeding on you. Not all social interaction is created equal — and for midlife women, learning to tell the difference is a genuine health skill. Courtney introduces the concept of relational discernment and the post-interaction check-in, a simple practice that helps you stop spending your energy by default and start investing it with intention. Get your free chapter of The Consistency Code at https://theconsistencycode.com/freechapter #friendshiphangover #drainingrelationshipswomen #relationalenergymidlife #emotionalexhaustionsocialsituations #settingboundariesfriendships #energyandrelationshipswomenover40 #nourishingvsdepletingrelationships #socialburnoutwomen #emotionalagilityrelationships #introvertvsextrovertenergy #midlifefriendships #socialenergymanagement","meta_description":"Have you ever come home from a social event, a lunch, a phone call with a friend — and felt more drained than when you left? That's not introversion. That…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":456,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/grace-grit-podcast-991716/episodes/episode-533-friendship-hangovers-when-socializing-drains-instead-of-fills/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716/episode-533-friendship-hangovers-when-socializing-drains-instead-of-fills.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}