Trusting life (and Friendships) Enough to Stop Forcing It - How Deep Listening, Surrender, and Trust Bring Clarity in Friendships, Decisions, and Life

This friendship podcast episode explores deep listening, letting go of control, and how clarity emerges when we stop forcing outcomes.

This is an experiment in presence.

Fawn and Matt explore what happens when we stop forcing clarity, stop bracing for outcomes, and begin listening—deeply—to others and to ourselves. From Friedships and parenting to decision-making, fear, regret, and faith, this conversation unfolds without an agenda.

They reflect on how control blocks truth, why silence often reveals more than words, and how real clarity arrives only after we let go.

This episode isn’t about having answers.
It’s about making space—and trusting what shows up and trusting that right friends will show up.

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