Dr. Niobe Way is a developmental psychologist with a focus on adolescent friendship who has studied human connection for over 35 years. In this episode, she gives insight into what makes childhood boy friendships easy, but adult male friendships hard, how American masculinity creates lonely & depressed men & steps we can take for lifelong connection.

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Guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/niobe-way-75270534/ | https://twitter.com/niobe_way | Deep Secrets Book https://a.co/d/66Eky0A | The Crisis of Connection Book https://a.co/d/7fbeQtM

Host: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/meredithforreal/ | meredith@meredithforreal.com | https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal | https://www.facebook.com/meredithforrealthecuriousintrovert

Sponsors: https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/

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