The Friend Forward PODCAST
Get weekly insights and research-based strategies with the "Friend Forward" podcast to help you navigate platonic relationships with other women. The Today Show calls it a "top podcast for women."
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of women feel connected online and lonely in real life friendships.
of women say their platonic breakups were more painful than romantic relationships.
of women say they are too busy to build organic friendships outside of work.
Created by Danielle Bayard Jackson—friendship expert and relational health educator—Friend Forward is the ultimate resource for women who want to learn how to enhance the quality of their platonic relationships with other women.
We can support you in several ways:
Get weekly insights and research-based strategies with the "Friend Forward" podcast to help you navigate platonic relationships with other women. The Today Show calls it a "top podcast for women."
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Get personalized instruction, feedback, and guidance with Danielle Bayard Jackson, our resident friendship expert, and an intimate digital community.
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Scripts, guides, fireside chats, "gathering kits" and more—everything you need on our private membership.
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Read Fighting for our Friendships: The Science and Art of Conflict and Connection in Women's Relationships to learn more about the science of women's friendships.
GRAB MY COPYMeet Danielle
The Woman Behind the Movement
Female Friendship Coach and Educator
There’s nothing like the beauty of female friendship.
As a former high school teacher, Danielle saw how issues of connection and belonging were impacting her students.
When she left the classroom to become a publicist, she was surprised to learn that her high-achieving clients were also struggling in their friendships as well.
Both teens and businesswomen were seeking Danielle's advice for their struggles after hours, and that's how Friend Forward was born.
Danielle now leverages her background in education to study what the latest research has to say about women's cooperation, communication, and conflict.
She's now a well-known friendship coach and educator whose signature style of pairing research with real-life helps women experience more joy in their platonic relationships with one another.
What began as a personal obsession has become a media-worthy business, earning recurring guest expert appearances in the New York Times, The Tamron Hall Show, The Skimm, and the Mel Robbins Podcast, and other major outlets.
But as the brand continues to grow, Danielle's favorite place to be is sitting with a woman one-on-one, listening as she shares her heart for friendship.
“Top podcast for women”
Research, strategies, and tough-love truth to answer your questions about how to navigate relationships with other women. Tune in every week for new insights about how to create and maintain better female friendships.
Listen to the Most Recent Episode →Fighting for Our Friendships: The Book
Read Fighting for our Friendships: The Science and Art of Conflict and Connection in Women's Relationships to learn more about the science of women's friendships.
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“Working with Danielle gave me a whole new circle of friends I wouldn’t have found otherwise — connections through work, kids, goals… way more than casual friends.
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