We Need to Talk About Age Gap Friendships

Loneliness chips away slowly, not like a crisis you can diagnose with an MRI. Making friends as adults feels impossibly hard because we don't realize childhood forced us together, creating friendships that seemed magical but were really just proximity. Age-gap friendships carry a weird taboo, like something's inherently wrong with befriending people outside your generation, yet these connections offer nutrients your soul desperately needs. I share a personal story about a 20-year-old waitress that meets a couple in their 60s who show her what kindness looks like through small acts. RESOURCES: WORK WITH NIKKI 1:1 30 DAYS TO PEACE COURSE PATREON COMMUNITY INTRO TO BOUNDARIES THE BOUNDARIES INTENSIVE BOOK CLUB NARCISSIST ABUSE RECOVERY WORKSHOP THE FREE MORNING ROUTINE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SIGNUP THE PATTERNSCAPES WELLNESS DECK BRAIN FM: CODE: emotionalbadass for 20% off your membership

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We Need to Talk About Age Gap Friendships is an episode from Emotional Badass by Nikki Eisenhauer.

This episode is 44:28 long.

This episode was published on Jan 11, 2026.

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