The Bright Method Podcast: Realistic Time Management and Productivity for Working Women & Working Moms 127. Practical Tips for Friendship with Danielle Bayard Jackson
Dec 29, 2025
In this discussion, Danielle Bayard Jackson, a women's relational health educator and author of *Fighting for Our Friendships*, shares valuable insights on nurturing friendships as busy professionals. She emphasizes the importance of integrating social connections into our hectic lives. Danielle offers practical tips for rekindling friendships, tackling feelings of loneliness, and setting healthy boundaries. With her research-backed advice, she helps listeners recognize how small gestures can strengthen friendships, making connection feasible even amidst responsibilities.
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Friend Time Drops In Midlife
- Women aged 35–44 have the least leisure time, so reduced friend time is systemic rather than personal.
- Cultural conveniences and life rhythms make friendship feel separate unless you bake it into daily life.
Redefine Hanging Out
- Rethink what hanging out looks like and choose small, integrated activities over long events.
- Bake social connection into routines (errands, co-working, kid drop-offs) to reclaim friend hours.
Six-Hour Friendship Experiment
- Danielle ran a three-month experiment aiming for six friend hours a week and it exposed personal barriers.
- The experiment revealed needs for partnership, boundary changes, and releasing perfection before inviting people over.