Friendshipable

From the Boston Public Library, Manya and Terri riff on the quote from Maya Angelou:  “A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face.” ― Letter to My Daughter

We can easily get caught up being wary of strangers and as we get set in our friend groups it can be easy to not think about people we don't know. We can think about strangers as people we get to know. Even our closest friends were once strangers.

Also we talk about the green screen we are using, for those of you watching the video version of the podcast. Maybe we'll start a game for the video podcast: Where in the world are we?

#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 and Manya riff about loneliness.

All The Lonely People - information about the upcoming film, and a 10 question loneliness quiz.

Have you ever felt lonely? It is different than being alone and doing things on your own. Loneliness can be a trap--once you are in it, it can be hard to recognize and get yourself out of it. But you have to be the one to make a change in some way.  What is in your toolbox to meet new friends and get out of feeling lonely?

#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 and Manya riff about the values we look for and bring to our friend relationships.

Looking at the people we are friends with and thinking about what values we hold important that we want in them. Did you ever think about the qualities you are looking for a in friend, and the values that are important to share? Part of the friendship equation is: do my values fit with this person? We also talk about giving ourselves permission to ask for what we need in a friendship.

#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 and Manya riff about the joy of learning something new about your friends.

There is no way you can discover everything about your friends. That discovery is one of the wonders and beauties of friendship. What questions do you ask to learn about your friends? Have you ever played Two Truths and a Lie with friends? Games like this can be fun ways to find out new facts about your friends. Terri + Manya share one thing about that we think the other one doesn't know about us.

#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 and Manya riff about time and making time for friends.

We have a bank of time to choose from to spend with people. How do we deal with pressures of other time taking up time that we can't spend with friends? Do we plan regular contacts? Or let it be more fluid? How to make time for brand new friends versus our current friends.

#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 and Manya riff on making friendship a priority.

You know, along with all our other priorities we all juggle. How do we make our friends feel they are a priority in our lives?  How important is making it a priority to you? Do you have the bandwidth.

Friends are the family we've chosen for ourselves and bring a lot of value to our lives. We often do little things to connect, remembering important things about others' lives. Have you ever used a calendar to keep track of friends' activities, birthdays, vacations, etc.?  What about those times we cannot prioritize our friends--because we have to focus on ourselves, our work, our families, etc.  Sometimes we have to trust that a friendship is strong even when a friend cannot be a priority.

#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 and Manya riff about social media and friendships.

Building communities on social media platforms to keep in touch with all kinds of friends. The power of staying in touch and using it across the spectrum--sharing our highlight reels and sharing the difficult parts of our lives.  How social media is different for all of us, including thoughts about online bullying. And the frightening dichotomy of this amazing tool to connect us and to enable people to tear others down. Did other forms of communication in previous eras feel the same to people then--like the advent of newspapers or tv?

Also thinking about guests for future episodes--how do different people of different ages think about and use social media? 

#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 and Manya talk about how sometimes we may be a bad friend. (Not a bad art friend, just a regular bad friend?)

Are you a pretty good friend if you are thinking "Is what I'm doing making me a bad friend"? What to do with the fear that you've done something wrong as a friend? How the pandemic has revealed how important friendships are and enabled us to have more grace towards our friends (and towards ourselves in our friendships).  Each of us is so many things to so many different people and the big picture is that we are all trying.

#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 and Manya talk about having trouble making friends--what to do to make friends, what if you aren't clicking with someone, building contact through shared experiences and what that means.

#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 and Manya talk about friends and summer vacation. (Even though we are releasing this in October!)

Mapping out our vacation plans. Taking advantage of summer weather (particularly important in the northeast.) Building up the travel muscle after the pandemic, whenever that is. Airports and flying post-vaccine and amid the mask mandate.

#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]