The Better Friend Guide: When To Let Go, Ditch Shallow Friendships, and Make REAL Godly Friends with Grace Valentine

Happy & Healthy with Jeanine Amapola

That Sounds Fun Network

Christianity, Self-improvement, Education, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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In this episode, we’re joined by bestselling author and speaker Grace Valentine to have a real, honest conversation about friendship. We talk about when it’s time to end a friendship, how to handle situations like gossip, shallow friendships, and jealousy, and what to do when you are in different seasons than your friends, and overall, become a better friend! Grace shares personal stories of friendship breakups, learning how to set boundaries, and how her faith has shaped the way she navigates relationships. Whether you’re struggling to make friends in a new season of life or healing from a friendship that ended, this episode will remind you that you’re not alone—and that real, meaningful connection is still possible. Connect with Grace: • Website: gracevalentine.org • Instagram: @thegracevalentine Grace’s Latest Book: • The Better Friend: 12 Truths to Shift from Shallow and One-Sided Connections to Vibrant Friendships ORDER JEANINE’S BOOK HAPPY & HEALTHY or get it free through our partner at Cru. If you’d like to partner with Jeanine as a sponsor for the Happy & Healthy podcast, fill out our Advertise With Us form! Follow us on Instagram! @happyandhealthypodcast @jeanineamapola @jeanineandkaleb Follow us on TikTok! @happyandhealthypodcast @jeanineamapola Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:43.1	When do you say goodbye to a friend?
0:44.8	When do you have a friend breakup?
0:45.9	How can that be holy?
0:47.3	How do you know if someone just doesn't want to be your front?
0:50.2	Like how do you handle that emotion when someone is kind of ghosting you?
0:53.2	I think sometimes when you're clinging onto it so tight, you make the friendship worse by suffocating
0:58.5	it because you're like, no, this friendship has to work out.
1:01.8	If you haven't made plans within 24 hours, you are never going to get that lunch or that coffee.
1:06.3	Let's call a spade a spade and this person doesn't want to be my friend.
1:10.4	There's a lot of bitterness in my friendships where I would kind of hold records
1:13.4	wrongs, and I was like, I'm showing up, I'm doing this, I'm caring more, and then I feel
1:17.7	pathetic. Do I need to have like this friend breakup, or do I just need to refine my circle
1:22.0	and kind of just put them in a place where the Lord has me to love them well, but not to trust them as much. God's just done
1:29.8	using that friend in that season for you. You have to walk away. Just remember that you will never
1:34.5	have to beg to sit at a table the Lord is prepared for you.
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