Friendless: Friendship, Love, and Loneliness in the Modern Age
Stephanie Cox
5 episodes
2 weeks ago
In our fifth episode of friendless, I invite you to join my family over a casual lunch as we discuss friendship experiences and opinions in a multi-generational context. We discuss whether ghosting friends is actually the best invention of this coming generation (according to my Dad, he thinks yes). Do we have obligations to our friendships? Where does faith come into all this? (my mom weighs in) and more. A big thank you to all our listeners as our podcast reached 250 downloads t...
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In our fifth episode of friendless, I invite you to join my family over a casual lunch as we discuss friendship experiences and opinions in a multi-generational context. We discuss whether ghosting friends is actually the best invention of this coming generation (according to my Dad, he thinks yes). Do we have obligations to our friendships? Where does faith come into all this? (my mom weighs in) and more. A big thank you to all our listeners as our podcast reached 250 downloads t...
To Have a Friend You Have to Be a Friend: A Review of the Research of Desired Friendship Qualities
Friendless: Friendship, Love, and Loneliness in the Modern Age
24 minutes
1 month ago
To Have a Friend You Have to Be a Friend: A Review of the Research of Desired Friendship Qualities
To have a friend, you have to be a friend—easier said than done. In this solo episode of Friendless, I (Stephanie, Certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist) unpack what people actually want in close friendship and how to practice it today. Drawing on Roberts-Griffin’s 2011 study—where thousands answered “What qualities do you look for in a close friend?”—we move past the myths of proximity, popularity, and sameness and zero in on the real glue of closeness: trust, honesty, and dependab...
Friendless: Friendship, Love, and Loneliness in the Modern Age
In our fifth episode of friendless, I invite you to join my family over a casual lunch as we discuss friendship experiences and opinions in a multi-generational context. We discuss whether ghosting friends is actually the best invention of this coming generation (according to my Dad, he thinks yes). Do we have obligations to our friendships? Where does faith come into all this? (my mom weighs in) and more. A big thank you to all our listeners as our podcast reached 250 downloads t...
