Episode 455: Relationship series: Maintaining Meaningful Friendships with Danielle Bayard Jackson

<span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re talking about friendships on the show this week! We often focus on partners or familial relationships, so I knew I had to dedicate more than one episode in this series on friendships. Danielle Bayard Jackson joins me to talk about how women can create and maintain meaningful female friendships. </span> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Danielle is a certified friendship coach and national speaker dedicated to teaching women how to create and maintain meaningful female friendships. She has been featured on NBC News for her expertise, and her advice has been quoted in several other media outlets including Psychology Today, Well + Good, The Tampa Bay Times, and Insider.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Making friends refers to cultivating something meaningful with another person.” Danielle Bayard Jackson</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We talk about:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Some ways a woman can create (and maintain) friendships (7:18)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How to approach a friendship that feels one-sided when it comes to being vulnerable or trust (14:17)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Advice for women who have been hurt before in past female friendships (24:11)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How long does it take to make friends? (31:28)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What Danielle would say in response to someone saying, “Women are so catty…” (38:27)</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "http://andreaowen.com/455">http://andreaowen.com/455</a></span></p>