Episode 77: Making Friends & Keeping Friends with Danielle Bayard Jackson

No One Told Us

Rachael Shepard-Ohta

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 590 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Today we welcome Danielle Bayard Jackson, a certified friendship coach, to chat all about MOM FRIENDS- how to find them, how to keep them, and how to not let small stuff get in the way. We also chat about healthy conflict resolution and modeling strong friendships for our kids! Inside this episode: common challenges Moms specifically face when it comes to making new connections practical ways to find new friends and nurture fulfilling relationships with other women why some friendships fade or fall away after having kids how to create boundaries and express needs within female friendships what to do if a friend makes different parenting choices than you, and how to separate parenting differences from core values or character judgements how to model healthy friendships for our kids and much more! Danielle teaches women how to make and maintain better friendships through research-based methodology. Since studying the ins and outs of female friendships, her teachings include how to solve common female friendship conflicts, creating connections with depth and closeness, and the impact of friendship on our physical, mental, and emotional health. Danielle is also the author of Fighting for our Friendships: The Science and Art of Conflict and Connection in Women's Relationships. This book aims to explain the mechanics of female friendship from an aerial view, as well as provide tangible strategies to equip women for the day-to-day business of being friends. As the spokesperson for Bumble For Friends and with work that has been featured in NBC News, The New York Times, and Psychology Today, Danielle's insights and frameworks have been trusted by many Danielle’s instagram: @daniellebayardjackson Danielle’s book: Fighting for our Friendships: The Science and Art of Conflict and Connection in Women's Relationships. Rachael is a mom of 3, founder of Hey, Sleepy Baby, and the host of this podcast. Instagram | Tiktok | Website ✨For sleep support and resources, visit heysleepybaby.com and follow @heysleepybaby on Instagram! 😴☁️🤎✨ If you enjoyed this episode, please rate 5⭐️ and write us a review! ⬇️ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.7	welcome to no one told us the podcast that tells the truth about parenting and talks about all the stuff you wishing you before having kids.
0:40.3	I'm your host, Rachel Shepard Ota, and today I'm so excited to speak with Danielle Bayer Jackson, a certified friendship coach.
0:47.9	Danielle teaches women how to make and maintain better friendships through research-based methodology.
0:53.6	Danielle is also the author of
0:55.2	fighting for our friendships, the science and art of conflict and connection in women's relationships,
1:00.7	and she's the spokesperson for Bumble for Friends. And with that work has been featured in
1:05.5	NBC News, The New York Times, and Psychology Today. Danielle's insights and frameworks have been
1:10.7	trusted by many,
1:11.8	and I'm so excited to chat with her today all about female friendships. Welcome, Danielle.
1:16.8	Thank you for being here. Oh, thank you for having me. I'm so excited to dig into this topic because
1:21.8	it's so important. It's so important. And honestly, if I'm just being totally transparent,
1:26.8	it's something that I've
1:27.6	really struggled with, especially since becoming a mom, even though I've been a mom now for like seven
1:31.8	years. I still don't feel like I have like that core group that I had in like high school or even in
1:38.7	college. It's hard to make friends and to keep friends as moms. So I'm really excited to dive in and
1:44.2	hear what you have to say about this. Before we kind of dive in, though, I would love to hear
1:48.7	just how you kind of first got interested in this topic and what sparked the idea for the book.
1:54.9	How did you start studying friendships and female friendships in particular?
1:59.0	Yeah, you know, it's so funny because if I go to, like,
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