In this exclusive interview, Kate Love shares her therapeutic insights on the power of ritual in friendship. These relationships profoundly shape our lives yet rarely receive the ceremonial acknowledgment they deserve.
During our conversation, we explore how friendships, like romantic relationships, move through distinct phases that benefit from intentional marking. We discuss the importance of acknowledging beginnings, celebrating milestones, navigating the highs and lows, and honouring endings when friendships shift or conclude.
Friendships are among the most significant relationships in our lives, yet we often lack the language and rituals to honour their depth and importance. Unlike romantic partnerships, friendships don’t come with built-in milestones or ceremonies to mark their evolution.
A friendship ritual can help you acknowledge the feelings you might be holding in connection with a new friendship forming, a recognition of a friend going through a challenging time, or the ending of a friendship that has run its course. It could be tied to a significant anniversary, a geographic transition, or simply a moment when you want to express gratitude for the role someone plays in your life.
Kate Love is a Registered Psychotherapist who works virtually with clients in Ontario. She is also the co-founder of Seeking Ceremony with Megan and has helped us develop courses, ritual content and daily practices that weave in her therapeutic knowledge around mental health, emotional regulation and ceremony.
Kate has worked extensively supporting clients with parenting issues, perinatal loss, perinatal anxiety, and managing the symptoms of grief. She lives by the belief that everyone she sees is doing the best they can with what they have. Ritual and ceremony are steeped in her therapeutic approach and in how she scaffolds and self-resources, both personally and professionally. You can learn more about Kate here: https://www.katelovestherapy.ca/
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