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The top 5 reasons why modern friendships suck
#4 Churn is high. Also: four things I love and two things I hate AND a new way for you to get help with your friendships (hint: It's a helpline run by…
 • Anna Goldfarb
The Mixed Messages We Receive About Friendship
Should you reach out or peace out?
 • Anna Goldfarb
36:28
Pop-Up Podcast: Gila Pfeffer, Author and Breast Cancer Prevention Advocate
Discussing the impact of sharing your story with the humorist and author of "Nearly Departed."
 • Anna Goldfarb and Gila Pfeffer
Making + Keeping Friends As An Adult, Explained: TALKING SHIFT with Anna Goldfarb
How friendships shift with age, how to think of friendship in "categories", and how to let go of the overthinking and guilt that often comes with adult…
Published on WANT: Women Against Negative Talk • 
The Unbeatable Power of a Flexible Mindset
Lessons from Weezer's Rivers Cuomo and writer/director Diablo Cody
 • Anna Goldfarb
34:28
Pop-Up Podcast: Gretchen Rubin
Talking about friendships and aphorisms with the NYT-Bestselling author of Secrets of Adulthood
 • Anna Goldfarb
What Reality Bites teaches us about friendship
It's not always obvious how to support a friend in a funk
 • Anna Goldfarb
Chatting About Rom-Coms with Author Allison Raskin
"Just because one person rejects you, it doesn’t mean you have to give up on the life you want."
 • Anna Goldfarb
Modern Friendship: Girl, it’s so confusing sometimes to be a friend
Memories, marriage troubles, and flexible mindsets.
Published on Forevers: A Place for Friends • 
When You Don't Know What To Say, Share A Wish
My favorite lifehack + and some reccos
 • Anna Goldfarb
Help Me, Anna: My Best Friend Suuuuuucks
A woman at the end of her rope asks me for advice
 • Anna Goldfarb
Be a Better Friend to Have Better Friendships with Author of “Modern Friendship”, Anna Goldfarb
Seeking the Overlap Podcast Episode 12
Published on Seeking the Overlap • 
Friendship Explained with Anna Goldfarb
Friendship Explained with Anna Goldfarb
Friendship Expert Anna Goldfarb, author of MODERN FRIENDSHIP, clarifies the confusion in your relationships and gives you the tools to thrive.
My Books
Clearly, I Didn't Think This Through:
The Story of One Tall Girl's Impulsive, Ill-Conceived, and Borderline Irresponsible Life Decisions
Modern Friendship:
How to Nurture Our Most Valued Connections
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