This week, Lily welcomes female friendship coach and educator Danielle Bayard Jackson to the show!  As the founder of Friend Forward, Danielle is dedicated to empowering women with practical strategies for building and maintaining meaningful platonic connections.

Lily and Danielle explore pressing topics such as common barriers hindering sustainable female friendships, establishing healthy expectations for adult friendships, and navigating inevitable conflicts with grace.  The episode also addresses the challenges of making new friends, recognizing when it's time to end a friendship and the crucial role of time in cultivating lasting connections.  Don't miss this episode as Lily and Danielle dive deep into the complexities and joys of female friendships.

Episode Topics and Hot-takes:

• The most common barriers to building and sustaining friendships  

• Healthy expectations of what a friendship should be as an adult

• Healthy conflict is inevitable in all relationships. Danielle explains how to navigate conflict in friendships.

• Friendship breakups: How to know when it’s time to end a friendship 

• “One of the key ingredients to friend-making is time.” 

Links:

Register HERE for the upcoming live training- Dec 7th, "How to thrive during the holidays as a single badass"

Join Danielle’s "Group Chat" Find out more at: https://www.betterfemalefriendships.com/group-chat

Danielle’s website Danielle on Instagram: @friendforward @daniellebayardjackson Danielle on TikTok: @thefriendshipexpert

Show notes: http://datebrazen.com/blog/fighting-for-our-friendships-with-danielle-bayard-jackson