Our resident friendship expert, Danielle Bayard Jackson, first met Taryn Delanie Smith at a launch party that Bumble hosted for its new App, Bumble For Friends, earlier this year in New York City. Taryn Delanie Smith has over a million followers on TikTok and is a former Miss New York, taking the crown in 2022. She is known online for being kind, intelligent and gracious, and she lived up to all of these expectations in real life.

Danielle and Taryn got talking and the conversation quickly moved on to discussing the science and art of female friendships. Taryn asked Danielle about you, the kind of women here who listen to the podcast, and so Danielle invited her on to the show to speak about all things female friendship.

Tune in to hear Danielle and Taryn discuss friendship envy, “guy’s girls”, how to be a good hype woman, what it was really like behind the scenes at the pageant, the importance of giving your platonic friendships the same grace as your romantic relationships, and much much more.

And as always, stay tuned for this week’s homework. 

Related Episodes:

•       “I’m not like other girls”: 4 Reasons Why Some Women Prefer To Be Friends With Men” – listen here

•       Three Reasons why “wedding drama” strains your female friendships, with Kara Maureen, The Bridal Coach –listen here

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