Friends! And you know we don't use that word lightly... 

This is the second episode in our Friendship for Real Women series - and we're calling in an expert. 

Danielle Bayard Jackson, a certified women's coach, focuses primarily on female heteronormative friendship and communication. She conducts surveys, creates research-based strategies, and teaches women how to have better relationships with one another. Out of her love for all things female friendship, she founded Friend Forward, a digital community that provides coaching, research articles, and connection events for women looking to create and maintain true friendships. She's changing women's lives through her gift of coaching, and we're so grateful for how she's paving the way for women on mission to dig deep together.

In this episode, Danielle helps us dive in head first, answering questions like: 

- ​Is friendship hard for everyone? Do all of us feel like we’re the only ones who never quite figured it out?
- Why does it seem like women especially struggle with friendship? Where are we going wrong?
- How do we define friendship? Is the definition different from woman to woman?
- How can we readjust what hanging out looks like to maximize the time we have?
- How do we communicate expectations and find balance in our friendships?
- How do we handle 'friendship breakups'?
- And more! (Seriously, this is a power packed episode.)

We're so grateful for Danielle's generosity in sharing with us. There's no blueprint for friendship - no one has laid it out or given us a guidebook, so we're grateful to have a friend who's doing just that.

We’re so excited about this series, because we were made to be in community. Share about it with your friends, or join in the conversation with other mission-minded women in the Go + Tell Gals community Facebook group. Who knows - you might just spark a new friendship!

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We love you and commission you to go and tell the good news, in Jesus’ name.