Friendless: Friendship, Love, and Loneliness in the Modern Age
Why is making friends so hard? Why does modern love feel lonelier than ever? In Friendless: Love, Friendship & Loneliness in the Modern Age, attachment therapist Stephanie Cox unpacks the struggles of connection—friendship breakups, ghosting, dating and everything in between—so you can build the deep, meaningful relationships you deserve.
Friendless: Friendship, Love, and Loneliness in the Modern Age
What Makes a Good Friend?
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What makes someone a really good friend? And what, exactly, makes someone… not?
In this episode, I sit down with my husband and best friend, James Cox, to ask the question thats central to this podcast: What makes a good friend?
We talk about:
- The difference between fast friends (party pals) vs. slow friends (the kind you can just sit around with on your worst days)
- Why being a good listener might be the most underrated friendship skill (and the rarest)
- How friendship can thrive (or flop) when quality time becomes an issue
- What makes a bad friend (👀 we went there)
- And more...
This one’s thoughtful, and full of those “oh yes” moments that’ll make you think about your own friendships a little differently.
Come eavesdrop on the kind of late-night conversation we usually save for the couch.
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