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How to Be Fine

Can This Friendship Survive Success?

How to Be Fine

Kristen and Jolenta

Society & Culture, Education, Self-improvement

4.75.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Sometimes - as much as we hate to admit it - we feel insecure around certain friends - or even jealous of them. What’s the best way to cope with these feelings? David Klein, close friend and cousin of Winona Ryder, and author of “The Plus One,” shares his thoughts.  We want to hear from you! Share your own experiences with friendship and loneliness on our private facebook community: facebook.com/groups/kristenandjolenta or write to us at [email protected]    And join our Patreon Community to get biweekly episodes of our new show: Dean & Kristen Look Back! In each episode, Dean and Kristen revisit their time on By The Book, share behind-the-scenes secrets, and give updates on their lives. Patreon is also the home of our weekly advice column, our Patreon-only season of By The Book, nearly 200 minisodes, the written rules of every self-help book we’ve lived by, and more: patreon.com/listentobythebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:38.2

Hey, Kristen. Yeah, Jolenta. You're someone who tends to be very, very happy for your friends when things are going well for them. You're an amazing cheerleader. Oh, I just love cheering. You know, I'm a big fan of cheering. That's why I love the marathon day so much at New York. The only point of going out there is to cheer. Just a day to cheer. It's so fun. You don't have to know anyone running even. Nope. Don't even need to do that.

2:18.8

But I do have to ask, do you ever get jealous of those friends you're cheering on, whether they're running the marathon or doing other very cool things? Because I'll be honest, I do sometimes get jealous. Even when I'm cheering on a friend's success, I'm like,

2:26.2

oh, I wish I could do that. Oh, Jolenta, come on, you know, I have absolutely struggled with jealousy,

2:33.0

with insecurity, with envy. I have had to grapple with it. And it turns out many of our listeners have told us that they have as well.

2:35.2

Yeah. And it's, it's something I'm not proud of. Yeah, I don't think any of us are proud of those

2:40.5

feelings. Very true. Which is all the more reason we should face those feelings head on. And today,

2:48.0

we're going to, because we have a guest who's done just that with a circle of

2:52.5

friends that might make anyone a little insecure or a lot yes indeed i cannot wait to talk to him

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