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March 5, 2025 18 mins

This episode is for anyone who has felt the sting of jealousy from a friend or has been unsure about managing the jealousy they themselves may feel. We discuss the important role of trust in friendships and emphasize the necessity of communication to address these feelings before they lead to resentment. Additionally, we offer practical tips on protecting your energy and striving for an abundant mindset.

By fostering environments of support rather than competition, we can empower each other to celebrate wins rather than sulk in jealousy. Listen in to gather clarity on navigating these tricky waters, and don’t forget to share your stories with us. Together, let’s break the cycle of jealousy and build friendships that uplift and honor both parties. Subscribe, share, and leave a review if you find the conversation valuable!

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, loves, welcome back to another captivating
episode of Love, Our Talks, thepodcast where we dive into all
things juicy about love, dating,relationships, entertainment
and wellness.
I am your host, k-love, andtoday our topic is I don't even

(00:23):
know if I should say the topicright now or should I just hold
out, but I'm going to go aheadand tell y'all the jealousy
factor.
So I think I talked to you lastepisode and we're working on a
six-part series.
We're only going to do sixparts because I want to make
this short so we can move on toother juicy topics later on.

(00:46):
So, but this one is dear to me.
Like I said, we're working on asix part series and it's mainly
about sisterhood friendships,and in this six part series
we're going to break downdifferent dynamics of the
friendship, how things can gosour.
Our last episode was aboutsisterhood gone sour, so we

(01:09):
broke that down and we talkedabout that.
So today is the jealousy factor.
So I need you to go ahead, grabyour wine, coffee, tea,
smoothie, whatever your drink ofchoice is, sit back and relax.
Whatever your drink of choiceis, sit back and relax, because

(01:33):
today we are getting intosomething that's been lurking in
the shadows of way too manyfriendships.
You know, like I said, it's aword that we don't want to
mention.
Yeah, jealousy, yep, but we'regoing to go ahead and talk about
it, the thing that nobody likesto admit, but we all know it

(01:55):
exists, right, okay?
So don't act like you don'tknow that.
So have you ever had a friendswitch up on you the moment your
life started getting better?
Or have you ever felt thatsomeone close to you was
secretly competing Everythingyou began to do?
They wanted to do it as well.
Okay, they claim to be cheeringfor you, right?

(02:21):
Or have you ever had todownplay your own success just
to keep a friendship intact?
And if so, then you alreadyknow that's the jealousy factor
and that it is real.
Like I said, today we arebreaking it down.
Where does this jealousy comefrom?
And why do women get jealous ofeach other instead of uplifting

(02:45):
one another?
And, most importantly, how doyou deal with it?
You know.
So, like I said, grab whateveryou're going to drink and let's
go ahead and get into it.
So what jealousy really lookslike in a friendship?
Jealousy doesn't always looklike hating.
It doesn't always come in theform of somebody outright saying

(03:07):
I don't want you to win.
No, no, no, no.
Jealousy is slick, it's verysubtle, you know, it's quiet,
shade, right, it's energy shifts.
It's those little backhandedcompliments.
Energy shifts, it's thoselittle backhanded compliments.

(03:29):
Also, it's those moments whereyou feel the tension but you
can't quite put your finger onit.
You find yourself questioningyour own sanity, right as if did
I just hear that?
Or, okay, well, am I tripping?
So, you know, you tell yourfriend, for example, you got a
promotion and instead of girl,I'm so proud of you, girl, you

(03:51):
rock you amazing, right, you areamazing, you doing a thing?
Hmm, you get a.
Oh, that's nice, must be nice,and y'all know must be nice,
come on, come on, must be nice.
You know that, shade, you knowthat shade, you know that shade.

(04:13):
You show up looking good, right, feeling good, living your best
life, and instead of love youget oh, I see you trying to be
all fancy now, huh, you know,let me get just a little bit
more personal for y'all.
You know, this is going to belike a confession of what really
happened in one of myfriendships.

(04:35):
You know, I was just starting myacting journey and, as you all
know, you have to start from thebottom up.
You have to start somewhere andearn your stripes to get
further in your career now as anactor.
You don't just pop up and be ontv or you don't just get casted
for a show because you justshow.

(04:56):
You know you sent in something.
There's a process, there's,there's a lot to it, right?
So my beginnings I started outas a body double slash stand-in
for a well-known supermodel backin the day for a popular show,
and this is about 2013, 2012.

(05:16):
So at the time, I had a bestfriend and the thing is, she was
in the industry before I evengot into it and I was doing
modeling, but she was more ofthe acting side, doing
commercials and things of thatnature.
I can't say film or tv, but Iremember her doing commercials.
Yeah, I remember that.

(05:37):
And so, um, you know, when Ifirst started, like I said, I
started out doing backgroundwork and, like I said, she was
in the doing background work and, like I said, she was in the
industry.
So at first she was giving meinformation and tips like, okay,
this is where you get yourheadshots, you should shoot with
this particular photographerbecause they're well-known in

(06:00):
the industry.
She was seeming supportive atfirst and then that turned into
what we mentioned backhandedcompliments shade, and then it
went from me beginning toadvance and move further in my
career and as the shows went on,I was getting more recognition,

(06:20):
I was getting to know people onthe set and things of that
nature.
So one particular job came upand it was out of town and I
submitted for it and I gotbooked for nine days and I
remember clearly she said out ofher mouth you shouldn't do it,
you shouldn't take the job,because who goes out of town to
do background work?

(06:41):
You're just, you know, you'rejust doing background.
But with this particular job Iwanted to do it because I had
never filmed a movie like a boxoffice movie and so I wanted
that experience.
I wanted to know what it waslike to be on that type of set.
I wanted to work with aparticular actor.
He's well known in the industry, not going to name names, but

(07:05):
he was a well-known wrestler,like skin, good looking, big
muscles.
You can go from there, butanyway.
So I really wanted to be onthat set, right, and so, that
being said, I booked, I wentanyway and, like I said, I
remember her comments youshouldn't do it.

(07:26):
These are reasons why youshouldn't do it.
She really tried to deter me butI did not let her words and
everything she had stop me.
So she kind of got mad at mebecause I didn't listen to her
and that turned our relationshipinto it drifting apart.
I kind of blocked her for aminute because I didn't want to
hear her negativity or anythinglike that while I was there.

(07:48):
But I remember I unblocked andwe had a conversation and we
talked and I felt that herenergy shifted a bit.
Now she's seeming to be moreexcited, like I'm glad you made
it there, hope you have a goodtime, blah, blah, blah and so,
hmm, so her trying to stop me,it didn't work and I did it

(08:11):
anyway.
And now what she had to get onboard, okay, fine.
So anyway, fast forward.
I remember her and myself and amutual friend we were sitting
down for brunch or lunch orwhatever and I was excited
because you know I was workingon the show here and I was

(08:32):
telling both of them myexperience being on the show and
I clearly remember her tellingme and her pulling out her phone
and she was like I know thisgirl.
She lives in another city.
Now I've been friends with thisgirl almost 15 years.
I've never heard of this personbefore.
Out of her mouth she's nevermentioned this girl or whoever

(08:55):
she is, because she wasn't apart of our friend circle or
anything like that.
So I'm more closer to my bestfriend because she was my best
friend.
And so she brings out her phoneand she proceeds to show me the
girl's page or whatever, andshe says clearly, oh, this is
so-and-so, so-and-so, she's areal actress.

(09:17):
She's doing X, y and Z, blah,blah, blah.
And so I'm sitting here like,okay, you saying that she's a
real actress, okay, but I'm sureshe started somewhere.
She has a journey, just likeeverybody else.
You have to have a journey, youhave to follow the process.
Where she is now, yes, butguess what?

(09:41):
Who's to say that I won't getthere?
It was like she was discountingme and I will never get there.
I will never get there.
She didn't see the vision, orif she did see the vision, she
wanted to distract me from thevision.
However it was, it just was nota good look, and so that really

(10:06):
hurt, because someone that Ithought was my best friend, I
thought she would uplift me, Ithought she would be there for
me.
She's been in the industry, shehas some tips and some things
of that nature, so she'd be agood resource as well and we can
go on this ride together andmaybe it can open those doors
back up for her as well.

(10:27):
That's how I see things,especially with my friends.
If there's something that I'mdoing and it could segue over to
you or it can help opensomething for you, hey, let's do
it.
I am that type of friend.
So fast forward that mutualfriend.
They end up falling out and sheended up.
My best friend ended up callingme and was telling me about

(10:50):
their falling out or whatever,was telling me about their
falling out or whatever.
And the very first thing when Icalled her back to talk to her,
she was already on 10.
Because of her and the othermutual friend, they had a
disagreement.
She was already on 10.
So instead of us talking aboutmending and getting our

(11:10):
relationship together, shevented about the other girl, the
mutual friend, and thatspiraled into a heated argument
and harsh words.
Harsh words were exchanged andwe hadn't spoken since.

(11:37):
So my thing is the friendship,the latter part of our
friendship, threatened by whatwas happening in my life.
I know she had challenges atthe time and at the time, for me
, things were looking great andI think she was threatened by

(12:01):
that.
But yeah, I did not see thatfriendship dissolving like that.
I did not see that coming.
Because we've been through somuch, I did not see that Some
people can see the potential inyou well, before it even
happened, and they do getthreatened by that, and that's
how jealousy forms.

(12:21):
That's how jealousy moves.
It hides behind jokes.
It hides behind oh, I was justplaying, you know, I was just
messing with you, but no, youfelt that you just messing with
you, but no, you felt that youfelt what they said.
You felt those sly comments,those supposed to have been
jokes, or I was just messingwith you.

(12:41):
You felt that.
And you know it really hurts,right, it does.
So that's my personal story,y'all.
So let's talk about where doesjealousy come from and why do
women get jealous of each other,like I said, instead of

(13:02):
uplifting one another, why doesa win for me look like a loss
for you?
So insecurity, right.
Number one thing is it could beinsecurity and comparison,
right.
So let's keep it real.
Some people don't even know whothey are outside of comparing
themselves to others.

(13:22):
They don't see their own value,so they look at your life as a
measurement of what they don'thave, instead of focusing on
their own lane.
Second thing it could be is fearof being left behind.
Sometimes it ain't even thatthey hate you.

(13:44):
It's that they fear you areoutgrowing them.
They feel like you're keepingit moving, you're moving up and
you'll leave them behind.
Instead of getting inspired,they get intimidated.
Third thing could be scarcitymindset.

(14:04):
Women have been conditioned tobelieve that there's only so
much success, love, attentionand happiness to go around.
There's only so much success,love, attention and happiness to
go around.
So if you have it, that mustmean there's less for me, but
that's a lot.
There is more than enough forall of us.

(14:25):
Boo, there's more than enough.
There's more love out there.
There's more caring for eachother.
There's so much more out there.
How do you deal with jealousfriends?
And keep your peace, becausethat's important.
Keeping your peace is extremelyimportant.

(14:45):
One thing you got to do is stopignoring the signs Because, sis
, you ain't crazy.
You are not crazy.
You feel what you feel for areason.
If the energy is off, trustthat.

(15:08):
Trust that your gut feeling,trust that.
Second thing is address it.
You either address it or youlet it go.
You got those two choices.
So you talk about it or youwalk away.
If it's a real friendship, youmight be able to work through it
.
But if it's jealousy and it'sdeep rooted baby, ain't no
fixing that.
No, they're going to sit withthat and they're going to have

(15:31):
that ego and it's not going toget fixed.
No, there's no compromise andthere's nothing.
Third thing is you have toprotect your energy.
Some people are just not meantto be in your front row seat, so
keep your wins sacred toyourself.
Move in silence.
I know you see this all overthe internet.

(15:51):
Stop speaking about certainthings.
Stop telling the world whatyou're going to do, what you're
about to do.
Stop, move in silence.
I know you see this all overthe internet.
Stop speaking about certainthings.
Stop telling the world whatyou're going to do, what you're
about to do.
Stop.
Move in silence and stopexpecting people to clap when
they don't even want to see youon the stage in the first place.
And lastly, do not dim yourlight.

(16:12):
Don't dim your light.
The worst thing you can do isshrink yourself to make someone
else comfortable.
You better.
Keep shining, because the rightfriends will celebrate you, not
compete against you.
Period, period, okay.
So listen, jealousy is afriendship killer, and it's real

(16:36):
out here.
But let me tell you somethingyour purpose is bigger than
somebody else's insecurity andyour blessing, your blessings.
They ain't up for debate.
You do not have to shrinkyourself to keep people in your
life.
Okay, now, if this episode spoketo you, let's talk about it.

(17:02):
Have you ever had a friend getjealous of you?
How did you handle it?
I want you to DM me.
Figure out a way how to get intouch with me.
Okay, because I want to talk toyou guys.
I'm building this whole.
I want to talk, dm me, figureout a way how to get in touch
with me.
Okay, Because I want to talk toyou guys.
I'm building this whole.
I want to talk about this.
Like I said, it's a six partseries and at the end of the six
part series, I'm going to havea whole surprise for you guys.

(17:22):
Okay, so it's going to beamazing.
And do me a favor If you knowsomeone who needs to hear this,
send this episode to them,because, sis, we are not about
to let jealousy hold us back in2025.
All right, so until next time,protect your energy, keep

(17:43):
shining and always keep growing.
Okay, and I'll see y'all on thenext episode and don't forget
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