Friend Forward

Apr 25 2024 83
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This is a podcast for modern women looking to understand the complexities of female friendship. Hosted by Danielle Bayard Jackson --female friendship coach and educator-- Friend Forward provides research, strategies, and tough-love truth to answer your questions about how to navigate relationships with other women. Tune in every week for new insights about how to create and maintain better female friendships. (And in between episodes, follow along on TikTok at @thefriendshipexpert or IG @daniellebayardjackson)

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The Three Affinities of Female Friendship-- A Framework of Women's Connection by Danielle Bayard Jackson

Apr 25 2024 15 mins  
Sometimes it can feel like there are so many "girl codes" to memorize along our journey toward connection with other women. But after six years of studying the research on women's conflict and cooperation, host and female friendship expert Danielle Bayard Jackson noticed three themes that continue to emerge. She synthesized what she's learned and created an original framework calle

How Being A Bridesmaid Can Make Or Break A Friendship - Jen Glantz, A Bridesmaid-For-Hire Spills The Tea

Apr 18 2024 29 mins  
Would 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 Forward podcast, our resident friendship expert is joined by Jen Glantz, writer and an officia

Six surprising ways to be vulnerable in your friendships (that don't involve having an emotional breakdown)

Apr 11 2024 21 mins  
Oftentimes 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 emotional breakdown. If you've committed to being a bit more vulnerable in your female fri

Four Questions To Ask Yourself To Identify If Your Conflict Avoidance Is Becoming An Issue

Apr 04 2024 16 mins  
It’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. In today’s episode of the Friend Forward podcast, our resident friends

What to do when you realize you're not your bestie's bestie

Mar 28 2024 15 mins  
The 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 Jackson, female friendship expert, you'll learn three guiding questions to ask to help you

Authenticity, Oversharing, and the Value of Not-So-Deep Friendships: A Conversation with Israa Nasir

Mar 21 2024 24 mins  
You’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 that way but not you, because you often say - if it’s not a deep friendship, the

Why We Yearn For Friendship Groups, And The Pros & Cons of Groups vs Dyads

Mar 14 2024 14 mins  
You’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 wishing that you had a solid friendship group, in the way so many other people see

Four Reasons Why Your Friends Are Not Being Vulnerable With You

Mar 07 2024 20 mins  
You’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 another friend who’s the same… In this episode of the Friend Forward podcast, o

Three Surprising Ways Your Friendships Impact Your Marriage

Feb 29 2024 14 mins  
Here, 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 that’s been top of mind for our resident friendship expert, Danielle Bayard Jackson,

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”

Feb 22 2024 16 mins  
A 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. Today I am joined by Ore Agbaje-Williams, author of the book, “The Three Of U