Every friendship needs an about and the about needs to be clear and compelling. But when you become a parent,

your priorities have radically shifted. For your friends that aren't parents, that can be a real shakeup

of what is our about now. So the best thing you can do is talk about it. I'm not available for

dinners, but I can do coffee. I'm not abandoning you.

You're still important to me. I still value you. But it's also going to be a grieving of the

transition of what our friendship is is changing. I'm Amy. And I'm Abby. And as women, we are constantly comparing ourselves to others.

But your life isn't supposed to look like hers.

Being your best self means standing firm in your decisions and always being willing to grow with a purpose.

We get vulnerable and real with an honest look into the challenges and triumphs we all face.

Every woman listening gets an opportunity to choose what life looks like for herself.

Today we have the pleasure of interviewing Anna Goldfarb and she is an author that talks all about

modern friendship. Abby and I learned so much during this interview. It is different from the

other friendship episodes we've done. I feel like it gave really good perspective. It gave

really good things to think about. It validated how you

might be feeling in some of your friendships and also gave advice on how to go out and make

friends that really fit into your life now. So I highly, highly recommend that you listen to this

episode. And here is Anna.

So for the listeners who have been around for a while, you know that we love talking about friendships on our podcast. It's just something that is super important in this stage of life.

It's super important to each of us as individuals. But we also know that it can be really

challenging. And then you, Anna, you speak on modern day friendships,

which is a little bit of a different piece than we've brought to the podcast before. So why do

modern day friendships feel so hard for so many women? Oh, that's a great question. I wrote a

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