Friendshipable

From Project BFF HQ, Terri + Manya riff about how to make friends as an adult. Without the playground and the routine of school, some people can find it difficult.

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Thank you for listening.

After much reflection, we have made the difficult decision to shut down Project BFF and the podcast. Our last podcast episode aired on August 23, 2024. We are leaving the podcast live on Buzzsprout through the end of 2024.

We are proud of this podcast and honored to have hosted such amazing and engaging guests.

Our hope is that Project BFF and Friendshipable have inspired you to form new friendships, strengthen existing ones, and encourage others to do the same

Thank you for being a part of our story. The two of us have truly deepened our friendship during this time, and we look forward to new and memorable adventures together in and around New England, which serves as the adopted home for both of us.

With gratitude and friendship,
Manya and Terri

To contact us, you can email Manya at [email protected]

From Project BFF HQ, Manya + Terri riff about reaching the 50th episode of Friendshipable, and say thanks to you, our wonderful listeners.

We also wonder aloud if we will ever run out of friendship-related topics to discuss. 

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*****
Thank you for listening.

After much reflection, we have made the difficult decision to shut down Project BFF and the podcast. Our last podcast episode aired on August 23, 2024. We are leaving the podcast live on Buzzsprout through the end of 2024.

We are proud of this podcast and honored to have hosted such amazing and engaging guests.

Our hope is that Project BFF and Friendshipable have inspired you to form new friendships, strengthen existing ones, and encourage others to do the same

Thank you for being a part of our story. The two of us have truly deepened our friendship during this time, and we look forward to new and memorable adventures together in and around New England, which serves as the adopted home for both of us.

With gratitude and friendship,
Manya and Terri

To contact us, you can email Manya at [email protected]

“Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.”
— Tennessee Williams

“True friendship is when you walk into their house and your WiFi connects automatically.”
— Unknown

Our friendships sustain and define us. And many times the vow of friendship is implicit while being maintained and sustained over time, distance, and personal changes.

Resources
Celebrating Friendship by Rachael Freed

#BeAFriend  

*****
Thank you for listening.

After much reflection, we have made the difficult decision to shut down Project BFF and the podcast. Our last podcast episode aired on August 23, 2024. We are leaving the podcast live on Buzzsprout through the end of 2024.

We are proud of this podcast and honored to have hosted such amazing and engaging guests.

Our hope is that Project BFF and Friendshipable have inspired you to form new friendships, strengthen existing ones, and encourage others to do the same

Thank you for being a part of our story. The two of us have truly deepened our friendship during this time, and we look forward to new and memorable adventures together in and around New England, which serves as the adopted home for both of us.

With gratitude and friendship,
Manya and Terri

To contact us, you can email Manya at [email protected]

From Project BFF HQ, Terri + Manya riff on creativity and friendship.

Ways to related to creative (i.e., artsy) friends, and how friendships can inspire our own creativity. Because, my friends, we are all creative in our own ways.

Resources:
10 ways to make or break your friendship with a creative person, by Emily Jeffords on Beautiful Hello

#BeAFriend  

*****
Thank you for listening.

After much reflection, we have made the difficult decision to shut down Project BFF and the podcast. Our last podcast episode aired on August 23, 2024. We are leaving the podcast live on Buzzsprout through the end of 2024.

We are proud of this podcast and honored to have hosted such amazing and engaging guests.

Our hope is that Project BFF and Friendshipable have inspired you to form new friendships, strengthen existing ones, and encourage others to do the same

Thank you for being a part of our story. The two of us have truly deepened our friendship during this time, and we look forward to new and memorable adventures together in and around New England, which serves as the adopted home for both of us.

With gratitude and friendship,
Manya and Terri

To contact us, you can email Manya at [email protected]

From Project BFF HQ, Terri + Manya riff about the science behind friend relationships.

Why are we friends with the people we are friends with? What causes that "click" when you know it's right?

Scientists have done a study (of course) that shows that friends have "remarkably similar" patterns of activity in their brains. Based on that connection, scientists we actually able to predict the strength of two people's bond based on their brain scans.

We also discuss the "rules of friendship," thanks to Oxford psychologists, Michael Argyle, and Monika Henderson wrote a paper on the topic in the 1980s.

Check out episode 33 where we talk with Jesper Algaard, founder and CEO of the Venn app, about machine learning and friendships.

Resources:

• What pushes our ‘like’ button? The revealing science behind our friendships, Amanda Hooton in the Sydney Morning Herald
• The 6 Rules of Great Friendship, Brooke Meredith on Medium.com

#BeAFriend  

*****
Thank you for listening.

After much reflection, we have made the difficult decision to shut down Project BFF and the podcast. Our last podcast episode aired on August 23, 2024. We are leaving the podcast live on Buzzsprout through the end of 2024.

We are proud of this podcast and honored to have hosted such amazing and engaging guests.

Our hope is that Project BFF and Friendshipable have inspired you to form new friendships, strengthen existing ones, and encourage others to do the same

Thank you for being a part of our story. The two of us have truly deepened our friendship during this time, and we look forward to new and memorable adventures together in and around New England, which serves as the adopted home for both of us.

With gratitude and friendship,
Manya and Terri

To contact us, you can email Manya at [email protected]

From Project BFF HQ, Terri + Manya riff about how to talk with friends who have different political views.

Is it even possible to have friends with different political views?  Yes--in a Pew study a few years ago, 40% of people didn't have a close friend who voted for a different presidential candidate. That means 60% did.

It can be a challenge to discuss differing political views with someone when being a supporter of a particular politician or party is a strong part of one’s sense of identity. That can make it easier to view the other side in a negative way.

There is value in having friends with different political views--the echo chamber, thanks to how we consume media, can make it so that we don't get to hear different viewpoints and friends can help us expand our thinking in that way.

Resources:

• How To Talk to Friends With Different Political Views
• Why friendships are falling apart over politics
• How to Avoid Losing Friends Over Politics

#BeAFriend  

*****
Thank you for listening.

After much reflection, we have made the difficult decision to shut down Project BFF and the podcast. Our last podcast episode aired on August 23, 2024. We are leaving the podcast live on Buzzsprout through the end of 2024.

We are proud of this podcast and honored to have hosted such amazing and engaging guests.

Our hope is that Project BFF and Friendshipable have inspired you to form new friendships, strengthen existing ones, and encourage others to do the same

Thank you for being a part of our story. The two of us have truly deepened our friendship during this time, and we look forward to new and memorable adventures together in and around New England, which serves as the adopted home for both of us.

With gratitude and friendship,
Manya and Terri

To contact us, you can email Manya at [email protected]

From Project BFF HQ, Terri + Manya riff about friendship breakups with writer Aimée La Fountain.

Based on her experiences breaking up with some long-term friends,  Aimée shares her thoughts about how devastating the end of a friendship can be, and how the lack of established norms for going about it can make it difficult to end relationships without regrets. We had a fabulous conversation and can't wait to have her back on the podcast!


How to reach Aimée

How to Survive the End of a Friendship, Yes! Magazine
Website: https://aimeelafountain.journoportfolio.com/
 LinkedIn: @aimeelafountain
Twitter: @aimeelafountain 
Instagram: @aimeelafountain 
Email: [email protected] 

#BeAFriend  

*****
Thank you for listening.

After much reflection, we have made the difficult decision to shut down Project BFF and the podcast. Our last podcast episode aired on August 23, 2024. We are leaving the podcast live on Buzzsprout through the end of 2024.

We are proud of this podcast and honored to have hosted such amazing and engaging guests.

Our hope is that Project BFF and Friendshipable have inspired you to form new friendships, strengthen existing ones, and encourage others to do the same

Thank you for being a part of our story. The two of us have truly deepened our friendship during this time, and we look forward to new and memorable adventures together in and around New England, which serves as the adopted home for both of us.

With gratitude and friendship,
Manya and Terri

To contact us, you can email Manya at [email protected]

From Project BFF HQ, Terri + Manya riff about summertime and friendships.

The Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer and Friendships. We can all get outside more, it's warm, it's daylight into the evening and, whether we meet for a meal or a walk in our favorite neighborhood or nearby pond, lake or ocean, it can be a time to connect and visit with a friend or two.

In which we discuss, once again, our favorite number--the Dunbar number.

Resources:
Make Friends During Summer Without Solo Travel
What on earth is summer friendship syndrome?

#BeAFriend  

*****
Thank you for listening.

After much reflection, we have made the difficult decision to shut down Project BFF and the podcast. Our last podcast episode aired on August 23, 2024. We are leaving the podcast live on Buzzsprout through the end of 2024.

We are proud of this podcast and honored to have hosted such amazing and engaging guests.

Our hope is that Project BFF and Friendshipable have inspired you to form new friendships, strengthen existing ones, and encourage others to do the same

Thank you for being a part of our story. The two of us have truly deepened our friendship during this time, and we look forward to new and memorable adventures together in and around New England, which serves as the adopted home for both of us.

With gratitude and friendship,
Manya and Terri

To contact us, you can email Manya at [email protected]

From Project BFF, Terri + Manya riff about cross-sex friendships (i.e., friendships between men and women).

This week we learned, and then talked about, men and women being friends with each other. We also learned that cross-sex friendship is referred to as heterosociality.

It turns out, that while many of us do have friends of the opposite sex, many people prefer to have same-sex friends and some have a significant subgroup of cross-sex friends. And both men and women who tend to value tradition and conformity have lower heterosociality.

 (Note: In this episode we just discussed friendships between men and women. We will explore friendships across other types of gender identities in an upcoming episode.)

Resources
What Drives Friendship Between Men and Women? by Grant Hilary Brenner MD, DFAPA on PyschologyToday.com
The Men Who Have Mostly Female Friends, by Lauren Larson in GQ
Can Men & Women Just Be Friends? by Allison and David White, in Goop

#BeAFriend  

*****
Thank you for listening.

After much reflection, we have made the difficult decision to shut down Project BFF and the podcast. Our last podcast episode aired on August 23, 2024. We are leaving the podcast live on Buzzsprout through the end of 2024.

We are proud of this podcast and honored to have hosted such amazing and engaging guests.

Our hope is that Project BFF and Friendshipable have inspired you to form new friendships, strengthen existing ones, and encourage others to do the same

Thank you for being a part of our story. The two of us have truly deepened our friendship during this time, and we look forward to new and memorable adventures together in and around New England, which serves as the adopted home for both of us.

With gratitude and friendship,
Manya and Terri

To contact us, you can email Manya at [email protected]

From Project BFF HQ, Terri + Manya riff about long distance friendships.

How do you stay connected with friends who live far away? Is there extra work to stay connected? Just because there may be a limited amount of time you can spend in real life with you friend, doesn't mean you can't still do things together. Research shows that friendships can flourish even without in person interactions.

Also, we end with the slightly alarming thought, which we will pick up in a future episode and examine in more detail: "We replace half our close friends every seven years. The ones who tend to make it are the ones we figure out how to maintain past changes.” (Shasta Nelson, friendship expert and author of  Frientimacy)

 Resources:

• Long distance friendships take work, by Kensey Gidick, on the Today Show
• 4 tips to stay connected to friends who live far away, by Kavitha George and Clare Marie Schneider, on NPR

#BeAFriend  

*****
Thank you for listening.

After much reflection, we have made the difficult decision to shut down Project BFF and the podcast. Our last podcast episode aired on August 23, 2024. We are leaving the podcast live on Buzzsprout through the end of 2024.

We are proud of this podcast and honored to have hosted such amazing and engaging guests.

Our hope is that Project BFF and Friendshipable have inspired you to form new friendships, strengthen existing ones, and encourage others to do the same

Thank you for being a part of our story. The two of us have truly deepened our friendship during this time, and we look forward to new and memorable adventures together in and around New England, which serves as the adopted home for both of us.

With gratitude and friendship,
Manya and Terri

To contact us, you can email Manya at [email protected]