How Can You Rebuild a Broken Friendship? – Pete O’Dell

Would you rekindle a friendship with someone you considered dead to you? In this episode, our guest Pete O’Dell shares the story of reconnecting with a once-inseparable friend after years of silence and resentment and why sending one uncomfortable email changed everything. Pete also shares why he does a yearly friendship assessment, why the maximum number of friends you can have is 150, and why making friends as an adult is so difficult. ABOUT GUEST Pete O’Dell is a retired tech executive, author of “Dying for Friendship and Community,” and co-founder of Conexus, a platform designed to help people build meaningful real-world friendships (https://getconexus.com). CHAPTERS (0:00) Introduction (0:30) Meet Pete O’Dell (1:02) Rekindling a Broken Friendship (2:49) The Email That Worked (3:47) Dunbar’s Number Explained (5:39) Friendship Circles (6:43) Annual Friendship Assessment (8:53) Community Groups Matter (10:34) Why Making Friends Is Hard (11:28) Building Conexus (13:41) Friendship as Lifeline (15:36) Conclusion