Episodes

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

The unwritten social rules most people absorbed unconsciously

Engineering the repeated contact that friendship requires

Reading interest, making the ask, and surviving rejection

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

Moving past pleasant-but-shallow into genuine intimacy

Sustainable systems so friendships don't quietly die

Conflict, repair, and the painful decision to walk away

Group dynamics, hosting, and the social broker role

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

The hardest, most valuable skills that make someone irreplaceable