u/CustomReplicant

I'm an adult in my 40s, as is my best friend who I met in high school. We haven't been in consistent contact for a few years and in that time she's transitioned and started going by a different name. I'm 100% supportive and consider myself nonbinary, but I'm having a hard time thinking of her as her new name and femme identity. She doesn't seem to be too bothered when I slip up in conversation, and I always correct myself, but I'd rather just not make those mistakes.

Is there some sort of brain hack to re-conceptualize a person in your mind? We only talk every week or two so it feels like not enough exposure to reinforce her in my mind via repetition.