145. HERself Expert: Dr. Marisa Franco on the Importance of Adult Friendship
HERself
Abby and Amy
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2022
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
One subject that comes up over and over again with our community is friendship, so we’re excited to bring Dr. Marisa Franco, a psychologist and friendship expert, back on the podcast today!
Some of the things we cover in this episode include keeping friendships healthy when we’re in a busy season of life, tools for navigating conflict in friendship (and why conflict isn’t necessarily a bad thing), and ways to approach ending a friendship if the time comes for this to happen. Dr. Marisa also shares her best tips for making new friends, what to say when first engaging with new people, how strong friendships benefit our overall well-being, and so much more.
We really want to make friendship uncomplicated for you and meet you where you are, because it’s normal to feel nervous about these topics. If friendships are something that you’re working on, like we are, we are proud of you because we recognize that this can be hard!
If you enjoy what Dr. Marisa shares today, you’ll want to get a copy of her brand new book, Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make--and Keep--Friends, which is available now! As always, we also want to hear your biggest takeaways from this episode, and you can tag us on Instagram, @DrMarisaGFranco and @herselfpodcast. We’d love for you to share this information with others, because it’s so important for us to work on and build the friendships we all have in our lives!
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| 0:00.0 | Part of you being the best wife, part of you being the best mother is also being a good |
| 0:08.2 | friend because our friendship, our social support networks, are a resource that helps |
| 0:13.1 | us show up so much better in all of the other relationships we're looking to succeed at |
| 0:17.5 | in our lives. |
| 0:21.5 | I'm Amy and I'm Abby and as women we are constantly comparing ourselves to others but |
| 0:28.8 | your life isn't supposed to look like hers. |
| 0:32.1 | Being your best self means standing firm in your decisions and always being willing |
| 0:36.2 | to grow with a purpose. |
| 0:37.8 | We get vulnerable and real with an honest look into the challenges and triumphs we all |
| 0:43.1 | face. |
| 0:44.1 | Every woman listening gets an opportunity to choose what life looks like for herself. |
| 0:54.2 | One subject that comes up over and over again with our community is friendship. |
| 0:58.6 | So we're excited that today we're bringing Dr. Marissa Franco, a psychologist and friendship |
| 1:03.4 | expert back on the podcast today. |
| 1:05.9 | Dr. Marissa was back on episode 59 so definitely go back and listen to that one if you have |
| 1:10.9 | not already. |
| 1:11.9 | Marissa, we'd love if you reminded our audience why you became interested in studying |
| 1:16.5 | friendships and also why you feel like this subject is so important. |
| 1:20.4 | Yes, first thank you so much for having me, Abby and Amy. |
| 1:23.7 | I love talking about friendship anywhere I can and that's really because I have really |
| 1:29.6 | regretted how I've treated friendship to be honest in my younger years. |
| 1:33.5 | I thought romantic love was the only form of love that matters and I would go through |
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