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Friend Forward

Danielle Bayard Jackson -- Female Friendship Expert

Society & Culture

Frequency: 1 episode/8d. Total Eps: 237

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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🇺🇸 USA - relationships
31/07/2025
#73
🇨🇦 Canada - relationships
30/07/2025
#70
🇺🇸 USA - relationships
30/07/2025
#58
🇨🇦 Canada - relationships
29/07/2025
#58
🇺🇸 USA - relationships
29/07/2025
#42
🇨🇦 Canada - relationships
23/07/2025
#75
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14/07/2025
#65
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12/07/2025
#90
🇬🇧 Great Britain - relationships
10/07/2025
#83

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Are you currently settling for "unwanted friendships"?

Season 5 · Episode 207

jeudi 29 août 2024 • Duration 15:46

In this week's episode of the Friend Forward podcast, host and friendship expert Danielle Bayard Jackson shares insights for women who feel like they've passively cultivated a friendship network filled with relationships that they don't even really want.

Tune in to learn how to navigate this situation with more clarity and confidence.

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Looking for your next book club read? Order your copy of Fighting for our Friendships: The Science and Art of Conflict and Connection in Women's Relationships. and we'll send you an exclusive "facilitator's guide" (free!) to help you lead the conversation with your book club. Send confirmation of your order number to hello(at)betterfemalefriendships(dot)com and we'll send you this free resource.

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Want Danielle to speak at your event? Email our team at info(at)tellpublicrelations(dot)com.

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In this episode, Danielle briefly hinted at an event taking place in Tampa, Florida on March 8, 2025. We can't share too much yet, but save the date!

To the woman who's afraid to let her guard down in new friendships

Season 5 · Episode 206

jeudi 22 août 2024 • Duration 19:37

Got trust issues? In this week's episode, host and friendship expert Danielle Bayard Jackson shares 4 ways to gradually and responsibly allow yourself to be more trusting in your female friendships.

Want two bonus strategies? We reserve extra content (including bonus episodes!) for members of the private Friend Forward Group Chat. Join here.

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LAST CHANCE TO JOIN OUR GROUP COACHING PROGRAM, "FRIENDSHIP ELEVATED".

We have our welcome call kicking off next week which means you have three days left to register. Join at betterfemalefriendships.com/friendship-elevated

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Want Danielle to speak at your event? Email our team at info(at)tellpublicrelations(dot)com.

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Are you in a transitional period in your life and ready to take a serious friendship inventory? We strongly suggest this activity to experience genuine "aha" moments about what needs to shift in your friendship landscape.

Friends are not enough. Use the "5-3-1 Rule" to improve your social health// With social scientist Kasley Killam

Season 5 · Episode 197

jeudi 20 juin 2024 • Duration 21:34

What is social health, and how can you improve it? Today we're speaking with Harvard-trained social scientist Kasley Killam who's been studying social health for ten years. Her new book, The Art and Science of Connection, is the world's first book on social health, and we're going to get clear on why this is an actual domain of our overall health.

Spoiler: It can't be solved by just talking to your bestie once a week. It's much deeper than that.

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Take the Friend Forward Friendship Inventory, including an activity workbook and 45-minute guided video. You will immediately gain clarity on who to prioritize and what shifts need to be made in your friendship landscape:

https://www.betterfemalefriendships.com/inventory

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Buy Danielle's book Fighting for our Friendships: The Science and Art of Conflict and Connection in Women's Relationships

Girl Problems: "What do I do if I can't afford friendship therapy or coaching?"

Season 4 · Episode 27

mercredi 21 septembre 2022 • Duration 06:20

"Girl Problems" is a new weekly mini-segment from the Friend Forward podcast where resident friendship coach and educator Danielle Bayard Jackson attempts to address a personal DM in five minutes or less with the help of fellow listeners. To learn more about friendship coaching (yes, it's a thing!), visit Betterfemalefriendships.com and follow Danielle on Instagram at @daniellebayardjackson NOTE: We are working on a program to support those who need support but aren't able to financially invest in personalized, professional help. Stay tuned!

Before you end that friendship... feat. Erin Falconer, psychotherapist and author of "How to Break Up with your Friends"

Season 4 · Episode 26

vendredi 16 septembre 2022 • Duration 18:12

I recently asked 600 women about their friendships. Nearly 30% of those women said that they had a friendships that they were currently considering terminating. If that's the case, we need to spend some time thinking about not only how to do it, but why we're making that choice. To join me in this conversation, Erin Falconer comes to shed some light on the issue. She's a psychotherapist and author of the book "How to Break Up with Your Friends", and I spotlight her in this conversation to just let her drop gems without interruption. As always, the full, unedited conversation is available for members of our GROUP CHAT, which you can join at any time by visiting Betterfemalefriendships.com. Follow Danielle on Instagram Buy Erin's Book

Girl Problems: "How do I balance my boyfriend with my friends?"

Season 4 · Episode 25

mardi 13 septembre 2022 • Duration 06:15

Welcome to our new weekly segment: GIRL PROBLEMS-- a mini-episode where resident friendship coach and educator Danielle Bayard Jackson will answer a question directly from either our Instagram DM's (@friendforward) or emails we receive at Betterfemalefriendships.com. To share your thoughts on today's "girl problem", visit us on Instagram. And to submit a "girl problem" of your own, DM us or send an email to hello@betterfemalefriendships.com. Don't want to want for your chance to be selected? Join our group chat to ask other women for help OR book a 1-on-1 session with Danielle (spaces limited!)

Is it time to change your "friendship algorithm"? Feat. Dr. Marisa G. Franco, Author of "Platonic"

Season 4 · Episode 24

jeudi 8 septembre 2022 • Duration 21:31

How is your "friendship algorithm" secretly impacting your relationship with other women? To help define and unpack the concept, Dr. Marisa G. Franco--psychologist, speaker, and author of the new book "Platonic: How the Science of Attachment can Help you Make and Keep Friends"-- is here to break it all down. Order Dr. Franco's book here in time for our book club meeting, and then book your one-on-one coaching session today. Follow resident friendship coach and educator Danielle Bayard Jackson: Instagram TikTok YOUTUBE!

Girl Problems: "Where do I find more BIPOC friends?"

Season 4 · Episode 23

mardi 6 septembre 2022 • Duration 06:44

Three reasons why you just can't take a compliment

Season 4 · Episode 22

jeudi 1 septembre 2022 • Duration 17:37

Your friends are there to hype you up-- but you can't allow yourself to accept the praise. Why is that? In today's episode of the Friend Forward podcast, resident friendship coach and educator Danielle Bayard Jackson explains why (some!) women have this tendency, along with a surefire strategy to help stop it. *** THE "Friendship Elevated" GROUP COACHING WAITLIST IS NOW OPEN! Visit Betterfemalefriendships.com/membership for more details. *** Not ready to commit to a full program? Join our group chat instead. See you over there! Follow Danielle on Instagram @daniellebayardjackson Or TikTok at @thefriendshipexpert

Her TikTok video went viral...so her friends dumped her.

Season 4 · Episode 21

samedi 27 août 2022 • Duration 22:45

This week we talk to Ali, a young woman whose social media video went viral-- and shortly afterwards, there was a falling out. Listen as we interview her to learn what inspired the video, and what happened after it began to circulate online. We'll end the episode with a takeaway for women who are conflict averse people-pleasers, because there's a lot that they can learn from Ali's experience.