Why does friend-making feel especially challenging in our 30s? In this episode, host and friendship expert Danielle Bayard Jackson explores the unique challenges women face when making new friends in their 30s, offering practical strategies tailored to busy, depleted women.

Drawing on recent research and personal insights, she shares:

1. 4 unique challenges of this particular decade
2. friend-making strategies from other listeners
3. 3 evidence-based ways to attract new friends (when you're short on time and energy)

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Members of our private $9 Office Hours community will receive bonus material, including a "gathering kit" to help you host a lowkey gathering for new friends you're meeting in your 30s.

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GET DANIELLE'S BOOK

Grab your copy of Fighting for our Friendships: The Science and Art of Conflict and Connection in Women's Relationships.

Want to see other (fiction) friendship books releasing this spring? Check-out our latest roundup at betterfemalefriendships.com/articles.

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If you're looking for a speaker to share the research about women's cooperation, communication, and conflict, invite Danielle Bayard Jackson for your event. Learn more about her work, experience, and services at daniellebayardjackson.com. Then send your speaking inquiry to info@tellpublicrelations.com today.

You want to host more often, but you're anxious about having people over. Why? (And how do you fix it?)

In this interview with Ashlee Gadd, founder of Coffee and Crumbs and co-author of You're In Good Company: The Gift of Friendship, Motherhood, and Showing Up, you'll learn:

1. 3 common fears about hosting in your home (and how to get over them)
2. 2 ideas for lowkey gatherings
3. how to bridge the gap between Pinterest-worthy hangs and pajama-themed get-togethers

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Members of our private $9 Office Hours community will receive bonus material (6 extra minutes!) from this episode, a bonus "lowkey hang" idea, and an excerpt from Ashlee's book.

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https://www.betterfemalefriendships.com/podcast

GET ASHLEE'S BOOK

Get Ashlee's book "You're in Good Company" here: https://www.coffeeandcrumbs.net/book/

INVITE DANIELLE TO SPEAK AT YOUR EVENT

If you're looking for a speaker to share the research about women's cooperation, communication, and conflict, invite Danielle Bayard Jackson for your event. Learn more about her work, experience, and services at daniellebayardjackson.com. Then send your speaking inquiry to info@tellpublicrelations.com today.

Research finds that shared humor is a predictor of women becoming best friends... but it's not a predictor for men. Why is that? In this week's episode of the Friend Forward podcast, friendship expert and relational health educator Danielle Bayard Jackson interviews Nadia Casey .

Nadia is a comedy coach and comedy writer who teaches people how to be funny for a living, and in this episode, she shares how your humor reveals your values, invites like-minded people to your life, and functions as a bonding agent.

She also teaches exactly how to be funnier in aw ay to connect with new potential friends.

JOIN NADIA'S WORKSHOP

This workshop is for people who want to learn to be naturally funnier in real life situations with other people. it'll be perfect to learn tactical strategies to increase playfulness and connection. March 19, 2026. Register here.

ACCESS BONUS CONTENT

As a member of our private digital community, you'll get BONUS content which includes Nadia's favorite shows, a strategy for bouncing back after a joke doesn't land, and links to three of her favorite "bits". Join now at betterfemalefriendships.com/podcast.

READ "FIGHTING FOR OUR FRIENDSHIPS" WITH YOUR BOOK CLUB

Grab your copy of Danielle Bayard Jackson's Fighting for our Friendships to read and discuss with your next book club.

BOOK DANIELLE TO SPEAK

If you're looking for a speaker to share the research about women's cooperation, communication, and conflict, invite Danielle Bayard Jackson for your event. Learn more about her work, experience, and services at daniellebayardjackson.com. Then send your speaking inquiry to info@tellpublicrelations.com today.