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“I’m very quick to cut people out of my life!" - Has ‘pruning’ friends increased since the pandemic?

Alexandra Ryan, CEO and founder of Goss.ie, Sarah Jayne Tobin, Evoke and author, Carline Grace Cassidy joined Andrea to discussing pruning friends and being 'pruned'...

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13.30 2 Feb 2022


“I’m very quick to cut people out of my life!" - Has ‘pruning’ friends increased since the pandemic?


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13.30 2 Feb 2022


Lockdown made us all reevaluate our relationships - but did you ‘prune back’ your friendships? Sociologists say that the pandemic has made people focus those most important to them, in turn pruning friendships that didn't mean that much to start.

Alexandra Ryan, CEO and founder of Goss.ie, Sarah Jayne Tobin, Evoke and author, Carline Grace Cassidy joined Andrea to discussing pruning friends and being 'pruned'...

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