#202 - When Friends Make Plans Without You (Danielle Bayard Jackson)
About this episode
Nina Badzin and Danielle Bayard Jackson discuss the feelings and dynamics involved when friends make plans without you.
We have all felt the sting of not being invited. In this replay episode, friendship educator Danielle Bayard Jackson joins Nina to talk about what it means—and does not always mean—when friends make plans without us. They discuss tricky group dynamics, why some gatherings are built around convenience, shared history, or a smaller purpose, and the friendship patterns that may be worth examining in ourselves. This is not about blaming people for being left out. It is about understanding the nuance, resisting the spiral, and remembering that we do not have to wait around for invitations. We can make the plan, start the group, and become the inviter too. Special thank you, as always, to my assistant producer, Rebekah Jacobs!
People in this episode
Host: Nina Badzin
Guest: Danielle Bayard Jackson
Topics covered
- friendship
- group dynamics
- invitations
- self-improvement
- social interactions
Keywords
- friendship
- invitations
- group dynamics
- self-improvement
- social interactions
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