How To Show Up For Your Friends ft. Anna Goldfarb

We Met At Acme

Dear Media, Lindsey Metselaar

Education, Society & Culture, Relationships, Self-improvement

4.2 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Anna Goldfarb is a friendship expert and author of the book Modern Friendship. We discuss the different types of friends we come across, how to show up for your friends, friendship break ups, how to show up for friends as their lives change, and so much more.

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01:57 Defining a Good Friend

11:40 Memorial vs. Active Friendships

29:12 Friendship Breakups and Mutual Friends

40:37 Memorial Friends vs. Active Friends

44:51 Navigating Friendships and Infertility

01:05:25 Making New Friends in Your Thirties

01:11:21 The Power of Vulnerability in Friendships

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:17.8	Hey guys, welcome back to Weemadadakmi.
0:19.8	I'm so excited for today's episode with Anna. She is an expert on friendship. Lord knows we could all use some help in our friendships, especially as, you know, splinter eras happen and just figuring out what's important. Is a friend breakup permanent?
0:39.0	What does it mean?
0:40.4	Is it a bad thing?
0:41.9	Am I a red flag?
0:42.8	Is a friend?
0:43.6	How can I show up for my friends who have kids?
0:46.2	Et cetera, et cetera.
0:47.2	I think you're going to really like listening to her.
0:50.4	And I think it's a longer episode if I remember correctly.
0:52.9	So I'm just going to kind of let you go, do your thing.
0:55.7	As a reminder, if you haven't written a review yet, it's always something that makes Zachary happy.
1:01.9	And if you haven't subscribed to our substacks, we met at Acme and we met at Baby, wherever you read substacks.
1:10.2	And check us out on YouTube as well if you like to watch
1:13.1	episodes all right enjoy hey guys welcome back to we met at Acme I'm so excited to be here with
1:19.1	the author of modern friendship Anna Goldfarb hello nice to see you so good to see you love our energy
1:26.8	today our aries Libra moment. So perfect to be discussing
1:31.2	friendship with an Aries as like my best friend is an Aries and so many of my friends are. So that's just
1:37.5	perfect for us. Anna, before we get into anything, what is your favorite romantic gesture?
1:42.4	You know, my husband and I have this thing that we do.
1:45.6	We plan mystery dates for one another. This really helps if you share a calendar. And then it just like on a
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