Anxie-TEA: Have you been dying to get the scoop, but also still practicing CDC guidelines for social distancing? Are you finding your social circles are so small there’s not one ounce of gossip to be had? Are you missing that pre-COVID storytelling and camaraderie? Well, have we got the podcast series for you! ANXIE-TEA is like catching up with your best friends. And like your best friends, we’ll be sipping the tea on relationships and dating, both pre-COVID and during our transition into quarn. Each episode will focus on specific relationship topics, and offer insight from us and guests. It’s rough out there y’all, and what better way to know you’re not alone than by listening to strangers talk about figuring themselves out, and growing up in a GLOBAL PANDEMIC?
Welcome to the first Anxie-TEA episode, along with co-host @emilyjeanericson, where we chat with our first guest, Hannah, all about friendship anxiety, friendships in relationships, and all things friendships in general. Hannah is a panicked millennial originally from Illinois, and she moved to several states before landing in North Carolina the year before she started middle school. She graduated from a high school in Raleigh and went on to get her B.S. in Special Education from Appalachian State University. She currently teaches students with disabilities at the high school level. Outside of teaching, she is an avid reader and walker of her goofy dog, Phi. She loves to hike, kayak, and visit her old stomping grounds in the mountains.
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Things We Mentioned
- The Atlantic article: What if Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life?
- Shows mentioned:
- TikTok: “I simply cannot afford it” with Jordan Flores
- “Sex With Emily” Podcast with Emily Morse
- Five Second Rule book from Mel Robbins
- Emily’s therapist: Ann Murphy
Favorite Quotes
18:50: There are some really beautiful aspects of friendships you don’t get to have in romantic relationships because there is still some level of wanting to keep sexiness alive. - Emily
27:35: We put up with a lot more from our partners than we ever would our friends. - Emily
37:05: Before I met Emily, I was a “but” person... if I had two ideas, I would insert a “but” between them like two ideas couldn’t exist at the same time, but Emily has taught me to just insert “and also”. - Hannah
1:09:38: My new strategy with men is that, whenever I feel like texting them, I do it, but then I throw my phone across the room afterwards, and I put my phone on Do Not Disturb. - Hannah
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