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The Friend Lab

The Friend Lab

Written by: Liz McKean and Bryce The Third
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The Friend Lab is a curious, candid, and sometimes chaotic exploration of what it means to be human together.


Hosted by Liz McKean: coach, hypnotist, yoga teacher, and professional untangler of shame, and Bryce The Third: performing artist, recovery advocate, speaker, author, and all-around creative force; this show lives at the intersection of friendship, growth, and real-life transformation.


Liz and Bryce come from different worlds, but their chemistry is undeniable. Their creative partnership is rooted in honesty, humor, and a shared obsession with understanding why we connect the way we do.


Each episode is a deep dive into the messy, magical terrain of being a person:

•friendships that evolve

•identities that shift

•coping tools that help (and sometimes don’t)

•recovery and what it looks like beyond the clichés

•personal growth that feels exciting one day and overwhelming the next

•the courage it takes to stay authentic, even when it’s uncomfortable


They’ll talk about the things people think about but rarely say out loud: the awkwardness, the misunderstandings, the breakthroughs, the belly laughs, the spiritual moments, the self-awareness spirals, and the quiet truths that change us.


This is not a show about having it all figured out.

It’s a show about experimenting with what it means to belong to yourself and to each other, one honest conversation at a time.


Whether you’re navigating recovery, building healthier relationships, reimagining your life, or just craving a podcast that feels like sitting on the couch with two friends who are delighted to be spending time with you, welcome to The Friend Lab.


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Episodes
  • Friendship On the Move: What Leaving Teaches You About Staying

    Friendship On the Move: What Leaving Teaches You About Staying
    Jun 17 2026

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    Liz is moving. Again.

    What does packing up your life and starting over teach you about the relationships that actually last? Bryce and Liz get into identity, geography, and why the real ones stay tapped in no matter the zip code.

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    About Liz McKean: Liz is a hypnotherapist, yoga teacher, and creator of spaces where people can unshame their coping tools and finally feel better.

    About Bryce The Third: When it comes to the most authentic and impactful voices rising out of Detroit, Michigan, Bryce The Third is a name you can’t afford to leave out. Not just an artist, he’s an emotional engineer with a live show that a mix of performance art, storytelling, high level lyricism and community building. Not only does Bryce have a story to tell, when you witness it, you’ll wanna tell yours

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    More about Liz → lizmckean.com

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    41 mins
  • Boundary Setting 101: The Thin Line Between Consideration and Self-Advocacy

    Boundary Setting 101: The Thin Line Between Consideration and Self-Advocacy
    Jun 10 2026

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    How do you show up fully for the people you love without losing yourself in the process? In this episode of The Friend Lab, Bryce and Liz get into one of the most honest conversations the pod has had yet — the real tension between being a considerate person and being a self-advocate.

    Liz opens up about how recovery literally forced her to break through a lifelong pattern of people-pleasing, and how "life or death" became the threshold that finally gave her permission to choose herself. Bryce reflects on what it means to move through the world rooted in self-inventory — and why staying too long in spaces where you're seen as inconsiderate can quietly erode how you see yourself.

    They also get into the difference between guilt and shame (thanks, Brené), what it looks like to repair a relationship without abandoning your own truth, and why the messiest, most honest version of growth happens in the brackish water — that murky in-between where the people who challenge you and the people who know you end up in the same place.

    This one is for anyone who's ever apologized when they didn't need to, stayed silent when they should've spoken, or wondered if caring about others and caring about yourself can actually coexist. Spoiler: they can. But it takes work.

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    About Liz McKean: Liz is a hypnotherapist, yoga teacher, and creator of spaces where people can unshame their coping tools and finally feel better.

    About Bryce The Third: When it comes to the most authentic and impactful voices rising out of Detroit, Michigan, Bryce The Third is a name you can’t afford to leave out. Not just an artist, he’s an emotional engineer with a live show that a mix of performance art, storytelling, high level lyricism and community building. Not only does Bryce have a story to tell, when you witness it, you’ll wanna tell yours

    Join The FriendLab Community! → https://substack.com/@friendlabpodcast

    Call into the show to be featured → https://www.speakpipe.com/TheFriendLabPodcast

    More about Liz → lizmckean.com

    Follow Liz on Instagram → @liz.mckean

    More about Bryce → BryceTheThird.com

    Follow Bryce on Instagram → @brycethethird
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    26 mins
  • Moshpits, Broken Legs and Human Connections...?

    Moshpits, Broken Legs and Human Connections...?
    Jun 3 2026

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    Sometimes friendship looks like family counseling. Sometimes it looks like catching a stranger in a mosh pit. This week on The Friend Lab, Bryce and Liz unpack a Baby Keem concert that went sideways (in the best and worst ways), talk about the "scrolling season" ( are you a SCROLLy Polly??) we all fall into, and remind us that real conversation is still the best antidote for feeling stuck. Welcome to the buddy hood.

    Follow The Friend Lab on Instagram

    About Liz McKean: Liz is a hypnotherapist, yoga teacher, and creator of spaces where people can unshame their coping tools and finally feel better.

    About Bryce The Third: When it comes to the most authentic and impactful voices rising out of Detroit, Michigan, Bryce The Third is a name you can’t afford to leave out. Not just an artist, he’s an emotional engineer with a live show that a mix of performance art, storytelling, high level lyricism and community building. Not only does Bryce have a story to tell, when you witness it, you’ll wanna tell yours

    Join The FriendLab Community! → https://substack.com/@friendlabpodcast

    Call into the show to be featured → https://www.speakpipe.com/TheFriendLabPodcast

    More about Liz → lizmckean.com

    Follow Liz on Instagram → @liz.mckean

    More about Bryce → BryceTheThird.com

    Follow Bryce on Instagram → @brycethethird
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    39 mins
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