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Chapter 1: What is the significance of Best Friends Day in this episode?
I'm Jenna Fisher. And I'm Angela Kinsey. We were on The Office together. And we're best friends. And now we're doing the ultimate Office Lovers podcast just for you.
Each week, we will dive deeper into the world of The Office with exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes details, and lots of BFF stories. We're The Office Lady 6.0. there, Angela.
Chapter 2: What heartfelt message did a listener share about friendship?
Hey, good morning. Good morning. We have a really fun friendship episode for you today in honor of Best Friends Day coming up. We teamed up with the folks at the podcast, The Moth, to help us share some stories about the power of friendship.
You know, last year for Best Friends Day, we shared our own stories of friendship as well as some of yours.
Chapter 3: What advice do Jenna and Angela give about making friends?
It was such a lovely episode. So I'm excited to dive into the theme of friendship again this year. So big thanks to The Moth. Yeah. But first, let's start with our chit-chat suggestion from Sienna in Australia. Sienna says, hi, Angela and Jenna. My name is Sienna and I'm an 18-year-old osteopathy student from Australia.
Chapter 4: How do personal experiences shape our views on friendship?
I've had a rough couple of years as I was severely bullied by my so-called friends. Found out my mother has a luckily benign vasovagal tumor as well as being diagnosed with ADHD all within my final year of schooling. I was aiming for a career in medicine and fell short, which was honestly devastating for me as it felt like I had failed my one and only lifelong dream.
However, then I found your podcast. And having struggled with friendships recently and always being told I was born 40, it was so comforting to find my two new best friends that I could listen to anywhere. The show is honestly just so comforting to me and has helped me to feel supported, less alone, and like I can continue to strive for dreams even after setbacks.
Your friendship has helped me know what I would like in a friendship and has helped me to build the confidence to make lots of new friends at university with you behind me. So I just wanted to say thank you for the comfort that this podcast brings me. It always helps me to calm down and feels like I'm having a chat with old friends. Love you guys. P.S.
I've also started a crochet business at at Sienna Rose Crochets and love to make wacky little decorations that are perfect for a podcasting closet or that's what she said. Oh, Sienna, thank you for your really touching and vulnerable letter. And she included a photo of her with her friends. That is just amazing.
Chapter 5: What stories about friendship are featured from The Moth?
Just such a lovely group. You know, Sienna, you are a bright spot in the world. I loved your letter. I also went and checked out your crochet business. You are so talented. And I just want to thank you for writing in. I want to thank you for sharing your journey with friendships. I'm just sending you a big hug.
I also want to say to Sienna and anyone else out there that might be experiencing a rough patch in friendship is that I've had ebbs and flows of friendship bonds in my life too. I had a really tough middle school experience. It was that kind of subtle mean girl energy, but coming from people who were my friends. And it was just such a heavy load. And I actually ended up leaving that school.
And I found a wonderful friend group at my new high school. But then in college, I had a hard time making really good friends again. Like I had the theater folks, but I didn't have like that really great bond. So like middle school was rough.
Chapter 6: What lessons can we learn from the first story shared?
High school was great. College was meh. And I know I've shared this before, but it really wasn't until Angela and I met in my 30s that I experienced that kind of best friendship bond that I had felt with my high school friends. So I had droughts too. I related to that.
There's definitely hills and valleys in the course of your life when it comes to friendships. My mom gave me advice years ago. I was in my late 20s and struggling with some friendships. It's hard when you move away or if your life takes you in new directions. I was feeling a little lost. And my mom said, Ange, you have so many amazing people in your life.
I encourage you to invest in those that invest in you.
Chapter 7: How does the second story illustrate the importance of connection?
That has stuck with me. I remember it like the day she said it and something just clicked for me. And I looked around at the people in my life, at my friends at that time, and there were always people that I was chasing after to be my friend. And then there were these core people who were there for me no matter what. Mm-hmm. And they offered me this unconditional love and friendship and support.
And so I made the decision right then and there, I'm going to choose to invest in this group of people who builds me right back up. And that really was a turning point for me and how I look at friendships. That's great advice. Yeah.
Well, this is a little bit of a tangent, but I just read the book, The Correspondent. Oh, you said you loved it. I loved it. It lived up to all the hype. People have been talking about this book. This is like a late to the party moment.
Chapter 8: What are the lasting impacts of the friendships discussed in the final story?
Like in the book world, everyone's like, yeah, we read The Correspondent already. Yeah. But I just read it. It's great. It's told all through letters. So it's just a series of letters. And the main protagonist is this woman. She's in her 70s. And you're seeing her write to all kinds of people. And then you see their responses.
But I was particularly taken with the letters between her and her best friend. It was such a wonderful friendship. Angela, it reminded me of our friendship because there was just this unconditional love between these two women. who had known each other for a very, very long time. And I just loved it.
And I think if anyone out there is looking for like a really good example of a great female friendship, you can find it in this book.
Well, I've got to read it. Oh, it's so good. So good. Well, listen, why don't we take a break? And when we come back, we will hear three wonderful stories from the folks at The Moth.
Yeah, The Moth is hosted by Chloe Salmon, and it features true stories told live. It's real people, anyone from like an astronaut to an actor, a teacher, a truck driver, scientists, singers, people who are getting up on stage, and then they tell a story about their own lives in their own words.
I love nights like this. I did some of this back in my theater improv days. I did it too. Open mic nights where they'd have a monologist. Yes. They're so great.
Well, the stories featured on The Moth are really funny, sometimes enlightening, heartbreaking, sometimes all three at the same time. Mm-hmm. And we think that if you like the sense of connection and fun that is Office Ladies or that feeling where you're getting a new perspective on someone's life, that the moth has a lot of those same vibes.
Absolutely. And the episode we're sharing today, BFFs, is about something we explore quite a bit on Office Ladies, and that is friendship.
And then later, we will be back with some final thoughts on friendship.
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