Friendship breakups are normal when you reach your 30s | Life in Progress Podcast

* We filmed this outdoors, so the audio might be a bit noisy. This is an experimental episode where we wanted to capture the realness of just talking with a camera and a mic.

Reaching the age of 35 gives you the right perspective in life, and especially in friendships. You don't give space to people who don't value the same things as you. You speak of goodness to only those who also support your growth.And that's okay. In fact, it's necessary.In this episode, we're talking about one of the most unspoken transitions of adulthood — the quiet drifting, the deliberate distancing, and sometimes the painful but necessary ending of friendships that no longer serve who you're becoming.

Nobody warns you that growing up also means growing apart, and that losing a friend in your 30s can hit just as hard as a romantic breakup.We'll unpack why your social circle naturally gets smaller as you get older, why quality starts to matter so much more than quantity, and why letting go of certain friendships isn't betrayal, it's self-respect. Because the version of you at 30-something has worked too hard, healed too much, and come too far to keep pouring energy into connections that drain rather than sustain.