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How Being A Bridesmaid Can Make Or Break A Friendship - Jen Glantz, A Bridesmaid-For-Hire Spills The Tea
Friend Forward - April 18, 2024 09:00 - 29 minutesWould you ever pay someone to be your bridesmaid? And how would you feel if you were a bridesmaid at a wedding and you learned that a fellow bridesmaid had been hired to stand beside you? And finally, what reasons would a woman even have to pay for an extra bridesmaid? Today, on the Friend Forw...
Six surprising ways to be vulnerable in your friendships (that don't involve having an emotional breakdown)
Friend Forward - April 11, 2024 12:35 - 21 minutesOftentimes when we hear people speak of "vulnerability," we picture an image of someone tearfully sharing about their childhood or expressing heavy feelings. But there are other ways to show vulnerability that can help you grow closer to friends that don't involve sharing secrets or having an em...
Four Questions To Ask Yourself To Identify If Your Conflict Avoidance Is Becoming An Issue
Friend Forward - April 04, 2024 09:00 - 16 minutesIt’s been a few weeks since you first noticed a pattern emerge in one of your friendships. You’ve been trying to convince yourself that it’s not a big deal and that it’s not even worth addressing, but over time you’re realising that your silence on the issue is costing you in more ways than one....
What to do when you realize you're not your bestie's bestie
Friend Forward - March 28, 2024 18:34 - 15 minutesThe research on women's friendships finds that women tend to greatly value "mutual prioritization" in our same-sex friendships. So when we discover that we're NOT our bestie's bestie, it can be a major gut punch. In today's episode of the Friend Forward podcast with host Danielle Bayard Jack...
Authenticity, Oversharing, and the Value of Not-So-Deep Friendships: A Conversation with Israa Nasir
Friend Forward - March 21, 2024 13:00 - 24 minutesYou’re walking home from a friend’s party when you begin to replay a conversation you had with someone you met and, as you recall the way you dived right into personal life details within the first three minutes, you’re wondering if you overshared… Other people might regret opening up in tha...
Why We Yearn For Friendship Groups, And The Pros & Cons of Groups vs Dyads
Friend Forward - March 14, 2024 13:00 - 14 minutesYou’re out shopping and you see a group of four women walk by, sipping on coffee, pushing their carts and laughing at something together, and you feel a little sting. You’re wondering if you’ll ever experience that group dynamic again the way you did when you were younger, and you’re secretly wi...
Four Reasons Why Your Friends Are Not Being Vulnerable With You
Friend Forward - March 07, 2024 14:00 - 20 minutesYou’re walking home after a coffee date with a new friend and begin to reflect on the time that you spent together. You really like hanging out with her, but you realize that she doesn’t share anything about herself with you, at least not anything personal, and come to think of it, you have anot...
Three Surprising Ways Your Friendships Impact Your Marriage
Friend Forward - February 29, 2024 14:00 - 14 minutesHere, on the Friend Forward podcast, we’ve explored the issue of friendship at the intersection of our romantic relationships in a myriad of different ways, but today on the show we are specifically exploring the question of, how do your friendships impact your marriage? This is a question t...
What to do when you're stuck in the middle of a boyfriend and a best friend who don't get along, with Ore Agbaje-Williams, author of “The Three of us”
Friend Forward - February 22, 2024 14:00 - 16 minutesA recent survey of 13,000 recipients found that 44% of people have reduced the time they spent with a friend because they didn’t like her partner. So what can you do if your best friend and your partner don’t get along? If you’re feeling stuck in the middle, then this episode is for you. Tod...
[REBROADCAST] Platonic Love vs. Romantic Love -- Notes on Prioritizing Friendship with Dr. Christina Douyon
Friend Forward - February 15, 2024 14:00 - 32 minutesFor women, is romantic love more valuable than platonic love? And if so, what role does our culture play in influencing the ways that we prioritize these relationships? Today, on the Friend Forward podcast, we are rebroadcasting an episode that first aired three years ago, because it is one t...
6 Hot Takes On Female Friendships
Friend Forward - February 08, 2024 14:00 - 23 minutesThese days, when somebody says that they have a “hot take”, it can, especially on social media, be a way of being purposely controversial and going against the grain to create some spicy content that elicits comments, likes and engagement. However, when it comes to friendship, there is s...
Girl Problems: “How Do I Feel Less Guilty After Setting A Boundary and Stepping Back From A Friendship?”
Friend Forward - February 06, 2024 14:00 - 6 minutesWelcome to "Girl Problems" a bi-weekly segment from the Friend Forward podcast, coming to you every other Tuesday. Today’s episode addresses a listener’s friendship question regarding the notion of guilt. Our listener is currently undergoing a friendship transition, where she is stepping ...
What We Get Wrong About "Accountability" In Friendship
Friend Forward - February 01, 2024 14:00 - 15 minutesThe word “accountability” is used pretty often both on social media and in real life situations, but what does it really mean, and how does it play out with regard to friendships? You may be able to recall a time when you attempted to hold a friend accountable for a decision she had made,...
How Burnout Is Affecting Your Friendships And What You Can Do About It, with Emily Ballesteros
Friend Forward - January 25, 2024 14:00 - 26 minutesBetween financial stress and the many other ongoing demands on our time and energy in this modern world, the issue of burnout is real. It’s not about being lazy or not being invested, it’s simply about not having anything left to give. With no capacity left to nurture our friendships, burning i...
Girl Problems: “I’m Finding It Tough To Make New Friends And I’m Feeling Hopeless - Am I Missing Something?”
Friend Forward - January 23, 2024 14:00 - 8 minutesWelcome to "Girl Problems" a bi-weekly segment from the Friend Forward podcast, coming to you every other Tuesday. In today's episode we address a listener’s issue, where she is finding it tough to meet like-minded women and make new friends and is starting to feel a little hopeless about th...
Four Phrases To Say In A Fight With A Friend, To Help Resolve Conflict
Friend Forward - January 18, 2024 14:00 - 13 minutesYou’re sitting alone in the living room, phone in hand, mouth hanging open, suspended in total disbelief - you just got off a call with a friend and what started as a seemingly normal conversation took a turn when she surprised you by sharing that you rubbed her the wrong way recently with somet...
Friendship Breakups - A Personal Reflection On Recent Events
Friend Forward - January 11, 2024 14:00 - 8 minutesThis episode is a little different for the Friend Forward podcast, as our resident friendship expert Danielle Bayard Jackson shares a personal story of her own, relating to a struggle she has recently gone through in one of her own friendships. In the five or six years that Danielle has ...
Girl Problems: “My Friend Just Blocked Me On Instagram And I Have No Idea Why”
Friend Forward - January 09, 2024 14:00 - 7 minutesWelcome to "Girl Problems" a bi-weekly segment from the Friend Forward podcast, coming to you every other Tuesday. While I've never blocked a friend, I've certainly unfriended a friend in an emotionally impulsive state. It was so regrettable, and I often hear women talk about being on bot...
Picking Your People: Choosing the Right Friends to Prioritize and Pursue – A Conversation with Nina Badzin
Friend Forward - January 04, 2024 14:00 - 19 minutesIf you had it your way, you’d be open to grabbing coffee or drinks with anyone who asks and, because of that attitude, you’ve probably developed a pretty broad social network. However, this attitude may also leave you feeling overwhelmed, overextended, and confused about who to give your preciou...
Three Ways To Deepen Your Surface-Level Friendships
Friend Forward - December 28, 2023 17:00 - 14 minutesA lot of us have friendships that we just accept will stay as surface-level relationships, or perhaps we talk ourselves out of taking the next steps to explore if there might be capacity for something deeper to evolve after all. Today, on the Friend Forward podcast, our resident friendship exper...
Girl Problems: “My Friend Isn’t Putting The Same Amount of Effort Into Maintaining Our Relationship As I Am - Should I Give Up?”
Friend Forward - December 26, 2023 17:00 - 4 minutesWelcome to “Girl Problems”, a bi-weekly segment from the Friend Forward podcast, coming to you every other Tuesday. Today’s question comes from a listener whose relationship with her best friend of 7 years has recently grown distant and, after several failed attempts to cultivate more connect...
How To Apologize To A Friend
Friend Forward - December 21, 2023 17:00 - 15 minutesThere are many resolutions that we tend to make as we enter the new year and when it comes to friendship, we might commit to making more time for friends or making new friends altogether. But what about making things right with friends? If there’s a friend in your life to whom you owe an apolog...
Three Ways To Manage Feelings Of Rejection In Your Female Friendships
Friend Forward - December 14, 2023 17:00 - 13 minutesIt happened last week when you reached out to a new-ish friend, and she never got back to you. It also happened last month with a friend who went off on a coffee date with a mutual friend but didn’t extend an invitation to you. And it happened last night when you had a moment of vulnerability wi...
Girl Problems: “How Do You Respond When A Friend Gets Defensive?”
Friend Forward - December 12, 2023 17:00 - 6 minutesWelcome to "Girl Problems" a bi-weekly segment from the Friend Forward podcast, coming to you every other Tuesday. Today's episode addresses a listener’s question regarding a situation where she tried to speak to her friend about an issue that had hurt her, and was met with defensiveness ...
An Honest Conversation with Taryn Delanie Smith - Friendship envy, guy's girls and how to be a good hype woman
Friend Forward - December 07, 2023 17:00 - 31 minutesOur resident friendship expert, Danielle Bayard Jackson, first met Taryn Delanie Smith at a launch party that Bumble hosted for its new App, Bumble For Friends, earlier this year in New York City. Taryn Delanie Smith has over a million followers on TikTok and is a former Miss New York, taking th...
How To Maintain Long-Distance Friendships When You're Scared The Relationship Will Fade Away
Friend Forward - November 30, 2023 17:00 - 11 minutesYou’re in the middle of a late-night social media scroll, and you notice that your feed is showing you video after video of women doing things with their friends – picnics, target runs, book clubs – and on nearly every video, you find yourself tagging your bestie, sending her ideas of activitie...
Girl Problems: “My Best Friend Still Hasn’t Invited Me Over To Her New House... Is It Petty Of Me To Feel Hurt?”
Friend Forward - November 28, 2023 17:00 - 4 minutesWelcome to "Girl Problems" a bi-weekly segment from the Friend Forward podcast, coming to you every other Tuesday. Today's episode addresses a listener’s question regarding a situation where her best friend has moved to a new house on the other side of town and is yet to invite her over t...
Walking with Friends Through Depression: An Honest Discussion, with Dr. Ayanna Abrams, Farah Harris and Trayonna Barnes
Friend Forward - November 23, 2023 17:00 - 30 minutesYou’re working out at the gym when you realise you’ve been coming solo for the last few weeks as your usual gym buddy has been MIA. It’s not like her, so on your way to the parking lot, you give her a call but she doesn’t answer… Also unlike her. And that’s when it hits you – you remember that s...
Four Ways To Find Like-Minded Friends
Friend Forward - November 16, 2023 17:00 - 16 minutesYou’re looking through your calendar to figure out a date to spend time with an old friend and as you search for some availability, you realise two things – one, that we’re only a few weeks out from a new year, and two, that you’re putting in a lot of effort to maintain a friendship that you’re...
Girl Problems: “I’m contemplating a friendship breakup… but how do I navigate this when I have to see her every day?”
Friend Forward - November 14, 2023 17:00 - 6 minutesWelcome to "Girl Problems" a bi-weekly segment from the Friend Forward podcast, coming to you every other Tuesday. Today's episode addresses a listener’s question about how to navigate a friendship breakup with someone she works with and therefore will have to continue to see every day. Tune...
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