Oct 13, 2026 · 45 min · 11 segments
Nobody warned me that one of the hardest parts of friendship in your 30s would be realizing that some of the people you've spent years growing with may no longer be growing with you. We're talking…
Kala RigginsHost
So this conversation, this episode [laughs] has been in pre-production for, like, four months.

It's changing my life literally, and sometimes I just need to stay away from things while I'm in the thick of them.

I also am very mindful of the fact of people who are actually in my life and love and support me listen to my work because they're supportive friends.

And so I'm always mindful of how I talk about personal things on the Internet because there are real people attached to these things.

The things that I sit here and talk about, the way I pour my heart out, it's real.

You know what I'm saying? And so I'm mindful of the fact that there are real people with real heartbeats attached to that, and I never want anybody to hear anything and misunderstand what I mean or think things are, like, pointed.

Um, sometimes they are, and you know, if this is, this is my art, this is a way that I choose to express myself, so I always feel confident in the approach I take when I have to share these types of things.

You know, there's just general consensus that people are almost, like, inundated with friendship talk, especially online, and I think sometimes people are irritated with things because they think it comes just from the Internet.

I think some things are just viral Internet chatter, but I also think some conversations constantly pop up in your feed because they are a reflection of the realities of what people are going through.

So this conversation, this episode [laughs] has been in pre-production for, like, four months.

It's changing my life literally, and sometimes I just need to stay away from things while I'm in the thick of them.

I also am very mindful of the fact of people who are actually in my life and love and support me listen to my work because they're supportive friends.

And so I'm always mindful of how I talk about personal things on the Internet because there are real people attached to these things.

The things that I sit here and talk about, the way I pour my heart out, it's real.

You know what I'm saying? And so I'm mindful of the fact that there are real people with real heartbeats attached to that, and I never want anybody to hear anything and misunderstand what I mean or think things are, like, pointed.

Um, sometimes they are, and you know, if this is, this is my art, this is a way that I choose to express myself, so I always feel confident in the approach I take when I have to share these types of things.

You know, there's just general consensus that people are almost, like, inundated with friendship talk, especially online, and I think sometimes people are irritated with things because they think it comes just from the Internet.

I think some things are just viral Internet chatter, but I also think some conversations constantly pop up in your feed because they are a reflection of the realities of what people are going through.
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