Today I’m going to share my personal hot takes about friendship.

If you’ve been listening to Friendship IRL for a while, you’ll recognize some of these ideas, but some thoughts are new, and some I haven’t presented as directly as I do today. 

I was inspired by Danielle Bayard Jackson’s recent episode on the Friend Forward podcast, “6 Hot Takes on Female Friendships.” Here, I cover topics ranging from making friends with people of the opposite gender (which I love!) to the term “best friend” (which I hate!).

Honestly, I think doing this work has cemented a lot of these friendship beliefs for me, but I’d love to hear your thoughts: which hot takes do you agree or disagree with? This is a great episode for new listeners to start with, so please: send this to a friend, too!

In this episode you’ll hear about:

• The fallacy that we need only a few close friends (and in particular, a best friend) and the truth about what the most supportive network actually looks like
• How diversity in friendships can help us imagine different ways to live and be in the world – and consequently better understand ourselves
• Over-sharing vs. under-sharing in friendship and why it’s actually not a bad thing when we’re not invited
• The possible repercussions when you finally allow yourself to be uncomfortable in friendship 

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This episode was inspired by Danielle Bayard Jackson’s recent episode, “6 Hot Takes on Female Friendships.” Danielle is host of the Friend Forward podcast and was a guest here during Episode 77 about female friendships. 

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Want to take this conversation a step further? Send this episode to a friend. Tell them you found it interesting and use what we just talked about as a conversation starter the next time you and your friend hang out!