S2E10: When Friendship feels like Competition - Creating Safe, Honest, Life-Giving Female Friendships

Send us Fan MailCompetition in female friendships is rarely talked about—but many of us have felt it. The quiet comparison, subtle jealousy, and the sense that we’re in a race we never agreed to run.In this episode, I open up a grace-filled conversation about where competition in friendship comes from, how it shows up, and why it undermines safety and belonging. We’ll explore how to name jealousy without shame, release comparison, and move toward friendships marked by honesty, celebration, and secure identity.Because healthy friendship doesn’t grow from rivalry—it grows from wholeness.At the end, we'll have a series of journal prompts for you to dig a bit deeper in your own life and move to a place of greater healing, wholeness, and confidence.Romans 12:10 — Honor & loveRomans 12:15 — Shared joy and sorrowGalatians 5:26 — Warning against rivalry James 3:16 — Envy and disorder Proverbs 17:17 — A friend in adversity Ecclesiastes 4:9–12 — Mutual support and strength Proverbs 18:24 — A friend who sticks closer than a brother Proverbs 27:17 — Iron sharpens ironProverbs 27:6 — Faithful wounds of a friendProverbs 27:9 — Sweet counsel of a friend Proverbs 16:24 — Words like honey Matthew 18:15 — Going directly to one another 1 Corinthians 12:12–26 — Many parts, one body John 15:12–15 — Love and friendship defined by Jesus1 Samuel 18–20 — David & Jonathan Philippians 2:3–4 — Humility, going low Follow me on Instagram!Join me on Substack!