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HER Replay: Everyone Needs THAT Friend - Part 2

This week we are talking about FRIEEENNDDS!!! I discuss the importance of hobbies and hobby friends, why you need a friend who doesn’t care if your house is clean, and how to navigate new friendships. Plus, the most helpful text messages to send (and receive) when friends are going through a hard time! Please enjoy this episode from the HER Archives.

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HER Replay: Everyone Needs THAT Friend - Part 1

This week in the #HERwithAmena living room we are talking about the friends WE NEED: the cussing friend, the curator friend, the foodie friend, and the fashion friend! Listen in for why these friends are so valuable and to find out which of these you might be to your friends! Please enjoy this episode from the HER Archives.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 88: Friends Who Work Together (featuring Leigh Kramer)

I’m bringing my friend and podcast production assistant, Leigh Kramer into the HER living room! Leigh and I talk about our journey from internet to IRL friends and how we transitioned into working together. Listen as we give some tips on how to work well with your friends and talk about why Leigh is one of my favorite cussing friends.

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Show Notes:

A Storied Life by Leigh Kramer

Internet Friend episodes

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 76: Everyone Needs THAT Friend - Part 2

This week we are talking about FRIEEENNDDS!!! I discuss the importance of hobbies and hobby friends, why you need a friend who doesn’t care if your house is clean, and how to navigate new friendships. Plus, the most helpful text messages to send (and receive) when friends are going through a hard time!

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 65: Everyone Needs THAT Friend - Part 1

This week in the #HERwithAmena living room we are talking about the friends WE NEED: the cussing friend, the curator friend, the foodie friend, and the fashion friend! Listen in for why these friends are so valuable and to find out which of these you might be to your friends!

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 50: #AskAmenaBrown: Questions about Friendship - part 3

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I’m answering your questions about friendship this week, from how to end a friendship that is no longer healthy for you to tips on how to make and keep friends as an adult. Listen in for practical tips on how to have healthy friendships.

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 46: #AskAmenaBrown: Questions about Friendship - Part 2

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I’m answering your questions about friendship this week! From friendship boundaries to what to do when a friend ghosts you and what to do if you are the caretaker friend, we are covering a lot! Listen in for practical ways to navigate the good things and the hard things we can experience in our closest friendships.

Participate in the One Year Anniversary episode:

The one year anniversary of HER With Amena Brown is coming up and we want to hear from you! For possible inclusion in the episode, leave a one minute voice message on Speakpipe with your name and where you're from, if you feel comfortable sharing. Then tell us your favorite episode of the podcast and why you loved it.

Deadline: September 3

Show Notes:

HER With Amena Brown Episode 42: #AskAmenaBrown: Questions about Friendship - Part 1

HER With Amena Brown Episode 38: Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves (featuring Makeda Lewis)

HER With Amena Brown Episode 40: How To Survive a Friend Breakup Part 1 (featuring Celita Williams)

HER With Amena Brown Episode 41: How To Survive a Friend Breakup Part 2 (featuring Celita Williams)

Insecure

Ghosted: Love Gone Missing

Enneagram

Give Her A Crown: none this week

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 45: Behind the Poetry: Girlfriends Poem

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For the past few weeks we’ve been talking about friendship so I thought it would be fitting to take you behind the poetry of Girlfriends Poem. In this episode I talk about the real life moments with my girlfriends that inspired this poem and why it’s one of my favorites to perform!

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 42: #AskAmenaBrown: Questions about Friendship

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What does it mean to be a good friend? Talking about friendship brings up a lot of feelings so this week I’m answering YOUR questions about friendship. Check out this episode to hear my thoughts on what to do in a one-way friendship, how to build new friendships and how to navigate friendship when you or your friend are going through a tough time.

Show Notes:

HER With Amena Brown Episode 38: Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves (featuring Makeda Lewis)

HER With Amena Brown Episode 40: How To Survive a Friend Breakup Part 1 (featuring Celita Williams)

HER With Amena Brown Episode 41: How To Survive a Friend Breakup Part 2 (featuring Celita Williams)

Meetup.com

Apps: Voxer, Zello, Marco Polo

Give Her A Crown: none this week

Ask Yourself This:

In your friendships, are you mostly giving or are you mostly taking? 

Who are your friends where you experience mutuality and how can you connect with them this month? 

If you are wanting new friends in your life, what is one thing you can do this week to make some new friend connections?

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 41: How to Survive a Friend Breakup - Part 2 (featuring Celita Williams)

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In this episode Celita and I talk through what our lives were like during the years after our friend breakup and what caused us to reconnect all those years later. We also share some tips on how to handle a friend breakup, what healthy friendship looks like, and how to reconnect with old friends.

You can follow Celita on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/11locs/ and you can follow her podcast and poetry on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/imsimplyartistic/. To learn more about her creative work visit https://www.imsimplyartistic.com.

Show Notes:

HER With Amena Brown Episode 40: How To Survive a Friend Breakup Part 1 (featuring Celita Williams)

Cola Rum

I’m Simply Artistic #12: Interview with Amena Brown Owen

Dear TV Sitcoms by Amena Brown

HER With Amena Brown Episode 38: Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves (featuring Makeda Lewis)

Life Kit podcast

UglyDolls

Give Her A Crown: none this week

Ask Yourself This:

Do you have any friends in your life that you need to reach out to reconnect with, to see how they're doing, to have an honest conversation, to let them know you're thinking about them, to apologize to them and make things right when possible? 

How can you show up for your friends? 

Have you asked your friend lately how they would like you to show up for them or hold space for them? 

How can you show up for yourself?

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HER With Amena Brown Episode 40: How to Survive a Friend Breakup - Part 1 (featuring Celita Williams)

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Have you ever been through a friend breakup? I have and this week my friend Celita Williams is joining us in the HER Living Room to talk all about it. Celita and I have known each other since college and in this episode we share the challenges of post-college friendship and what led up to our friend breakup in our twenties.

You can follow Celita on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/11locs/ and you can follow her podcast and poetry on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/imsimplyartistic/. To learn more about her creative work visit https://www.imsimplyartistic.com.

Show Notes:

HER With Amena Brown Episode 38: Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves (featuring Makeda Lewis)

No More Sheets by Juanita Bynum

I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua Harris

Pages of Life by Fred Hammond

Purpose By Design by Fred Hammond

Hezekiah Walker

John P. Kee

Kirk Franklin

Tye Tribbett

Donald Lawrence

Love & Basketball

INROADS

Give Her A Crown: none this week

Ask Yourself This:

In your closest friendships, is there something that isn't working for you that you need to be honest about? 

Have you felt distanced from a friend? And if so, what is causing you to feel distant? 

Does one of your friendships require a breakup? And if so, how can you handle the breakup with care, honesty, and gentleness towards the other person and yourself?

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