Dr. Marisa Franco - The Profound Science Of Friendship

ManTalks Podcast

Connor Beaton

Relationships, Mental Health, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Seriously, this was a fantastic and mind-opening conversation. I get asked a lot about how to make—and keep—friends, and in a world that increasingly tries to isolate us, it's more important than ever to cultivate the SKILL of making friends. Dr. Franco and I lean into how friendship impacts depression and purpose, her NYT bestselling book (which is @#$%ing good), how attachment style impacts how you perceive friends, and of course, why you should build your friend circle consciously and deliberately. Dr. Marisa Franco is a New York Times bestselling author, professor, and psychologist. She communicates the science of connection in digestible ways and is passionate about sharing research with the people it could help the most. Franco holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Maryland and works as a professor there currently. She writes for Psychology Today and has been a featured psychologist in The New York Times, NPR, and Good Morning America. Dr. Franco delivers talks about connection and belonging all over the country to private companies, universities, and non-profit organizations. Connect with Dr. Marisa Franco -Website: https://drmarisagfranco.com/ -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drmarisagfranco/ -Book: Plantonic; How The Science Of Attachment Can Help Us Make —And Keep — Friends: https://drmarisagfranco.com/about/platonic-the-book/ Did you enjoy the podcast? If so, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Podchaser. It helps us get into the ears of new listeners, expand the ManTalks Community, and help others find the self-leadership they’re looking for. Are you looking to find purpose, navigate transition, or fix your relationships, all with a powerful group of men from around the world? Check out The Alliance and join me today. Check out our Facebook Page or the Men's community. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify For more episodes visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, team, welcome back.
0:11.6	Maybe this sounds like an interesting topic to you based on the title.
0:15.1	Let me first tell you a little bit about my guest today.
0:17.6	Dr. Marissa G. Franco is a New York Times best-selling author, professor,
0:22.9	and psychologist. She communicates the science of connection in digestible ways and is passionate
0:29.1	about sharing research with people it could help the most. So she's done a tremendous amount of
0:36.0	work. Her words, her thoughts, her work featured in
0:40.8	major outlets like psychology today, Scientific America, and the New York Times. And she often does
0:46.5	speaking engagements where she talks about how to build relationships in many different ways,
0:51.8	not just intimate relationships or friendships, but also relationships at work. So that's what we're going to talk about today. She wrote a book called
1:00.8	Platonic. And really this book is about how to develop deep and meaningful friendships.
1:07.9	And the reason why I wanted to have this conversation is because I'm sure that we've all
1:11.8	sort of seen the rise and the epidemic of loneliness that has started to penetrate our culture.
1:18.6	And specifically within men, I've seen a lot of guys over the years. I mean, I can't tell you
1:23.8	how many men I have reaching out to me asking me questions like, how do I make friends? Where do I meet good men to have friendship with? And the truth, from what the data shows,
1:33.2	the research shows, that men are far more likely to not have friends, to be friendless.
1:39.9	So in this conversation, we are going to talk about the importance of friendship.
1:45.6	We are going to talk about how to develop those deep and meaningful relationships.
1:50.6	We're going to talk about what it will require of you.
1:53.2	And Dr. Franco does an exceptional job of sharing some very profound and meaningful research and data about our attachment styles,
2:04.8	how to keep and develop friendships, and the importance of those relationships.
2:10.4	So if you're interested in human beings at all, just to be a little, you know, combative
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