Top Friendship Expert: The Red Flags Hiding in Your Friend Group

Top Friendship Expert: The Red Flags Hiding in Your Friend Group

August 20, 2026 · 56 min · Season 4 · Episode 24

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Jeannette and Mona discuss the complexities of adult friendships with expert Danielle Bayard-Jackson.

Why does making and keeping friends as an adult feel so much harder than it used to? In this episode of Awf The Record, Jeannette Reyes and Mona Kosar Abdi sit down with friendship expert and author Danielle Bayard-Jackson for a real conversation about female friendship, loneliness, vulnerability, jealousy, friendship breakups, and the quiet ways high-achieving women can end up isolated. Danielle breaks down why friendship is not just about having people around you, but about feeling understo...

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Hosts: Jeannette Reyes, Mona Kosar Abdi

Guest: Danielle Bayard-Jackson

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