Episodes

Before the Conversation

Get your nervous system, energy, and self-talk to a place where you can use your friendship skills.

What You're Broadcasting

The unwritten social rules most people absorbed unconsciously

Finding Your People

Engineering the repeated contact that friendship requires

Getting Past Hello

Reading interest, making the ask, and surviving rejection

From Hangout to Friendship

Building the bridge from 'we hung out once' to 'we're actually friends'

Going Deeper

Moving past pleasant-but-shallow into genuine intimacy

Friendship Maintenance

Sustainable systems so friendships don't quietly die

When Things Break

Conflict, repair, and the painful decision to walk away

Friends in Groups

Group dynamics, hosting, and the social broker role

Friendship in Context

Work, parenthood, relocation, and other real-life complications