Friend Forward
Hosted by Danielle Bayard Jackson and Danielle · Danielle Bayard Jackson | Female Friendship Expert & Relational Health Educator
4.8from 530 ratings
- 276
- Episodes
- 73
- Transcribed
- 530
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About Friend Forward
This is a podcast for modern women looking to understand the complexities of female friendship. Hosted by Danielle Bayard Jackson --female friendship coach and educator-- Friend Forward provides research, strategies, and tough-love truth to answer your questions about how to navigate relationships with other women. Tune in every week for new insights about how to create and maintain better female friendships. (And in between episodes, follow along on TikTok at @thefriendshipexpert or IG @daniellebayardjackson)
- Publisher
- Danielle Bayard Jackson | Female Friendship Expert & Relational Health Educator
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 5 Feb 2020
- Latest episode
- 20 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
73 of 276 episodes have a transcript.
20 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
7 Awkward Friendship Situations (and How to Handle Them like a PR pro)
10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The self-worth "blind spot" that’s quietly shaping all your friendships, with Dr. Marisa G. Franco
3 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Where Women Spend Their Time & Why Friendship Pays the Price
Inside a recent episode
7 Awkward Friendship Situations (and How to Handle Them like a PR pro)
Published 20 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I'm just here for helping you kind of finesse it a little bit. Should that be your approach? Here's the last issue I want to address today. When it comes to being out of work or to having a tight budget, this might feel less explicitly friendship related, but I can't tell you how many times a woman has told me that she doesn't even feel worthy of meeting new people or going out because she's out of work. And it goes beyond her feeling lost and uncomfortable with her messaging to explain being out of work. But for some women, there is shame around that. Even though there is no shame around that. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Dr Marisa G Franco
- Dr Anne Welsh
- JoJo Venant
- Yue Xu
- Julie Krafchick
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 285 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 245 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100
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- Quality
- 84
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 67
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Questions about Friend Forward
Who hosts Friend Forward?
Danielle Bayard Jackson and Danielle host the show. Published by Danielle Bayard Jackson | Female Friendship Expert & Relational Health Educator.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Friend Forward take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
Where can I read transcripts?
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