Ep 13: Friendship Breakup After 60. Can Loneliness Create Connection? | Barb Braaten

By age 68, you’d think friendship drama would be behind you. For Barb, it wasn’t. And what she learned from a painful friendship breakup could help all of us think differently about friendship and loneliness as we age.After years of close friendship, a seemingly simple misunderstanding created a divide between Barb and her best friend. She was devastated and confused. And to make matters worse, they were neighbors.In this conversation, Rachel presses Barb to look beyond what happened and consider why it happened. Together, they explore grief, friendship, self-protection and the assumptions we make about the people closest to us, leading Barb to consider something she hadn’t in four years.It’s a conversation about friendship at an age we don’t talk about nearly enough—and an epiphany you’ll want to hear for yourself.If you are a younger listener, consider sharing this episode with your mom. Talk about it together. You might learn things about her, and about her friendships that could bring you even closer. Support the show