PODCAST RELATIONSHIPS Is it Time for a Friendship Reset?
For many of us, the upheaval brought on by the pandemic became an unexpected opportunity to take stock of our relationships. As writer Jennifer Senior puts it, “It was sort of like sending all my friendships
through centrifuge, and the thick ones were at the top and all the thin ones kind of disappeared.” This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, though — our friendships have an enormous impact on our happiness, stress levels, and even longevity, but we often don’t give them the attention we give to the other relationships in our lives. Senior moderates a conversation with psychologist Marisa Franco, writer Eric Barker, and podcast host Jen Hatmaker as they pick apart the inner workings of friendships, share research and personal insight into making and keeping friends, and provide tips for when it might be time to let a friendship go. Listen
INTERVIEW PSYCHOLOGY How to Make—And Keep—Friends
A psychologist whose work focuses on friendship, loneliness, and connection, Marisa Franco wants us to know that our social worlds are a lot safer than we believe — “people are way less likely to reject you than you think they are,” she says. So what are the main misconceptions we have about making friends, and how are those holding us back from healthy and long-lasting friendships? Learn what the science tells us about attachment and how longstanding perceptions of relationships might be inflaming the loneliness crisis. Read
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