The secret to making new friends as an adult (w/ Marisa G. Franco)

How to Be a Better Human

TED

Self-improvement, Education

4.2 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Making friends as an adult can feel like a baffling obstacle course. Why was it so much easier to connect as kids? To help you find well-rounded and fulfilling friendships, psychologist Marisa Franco discusses science-backed tips on how to make (and keep) friends, like the optimism-inducing "acceptance prophecy" and the shame-reducing "theory of chums." Learn more about the power of platonic love and how it can help you experience the full richness and complexity of who you are.
This conversation, hosted by TED current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers, was part of an exclusive TED Membership event, and later published on TED Talks Daily, another podcast from the TED Audio Collective. You can find more episodes wherever you're listening to this or visit ted.com/membership to become a TED Member.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
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0:04.0	Hi everyone.
0:07.0	Chris Duffy here.
0:09.0	We have something a little bit different for you today.
0:10.0	This is an episode of TED Talks Daily, another podcast from the TED
0:13.8	audio collective. Every weekday TED Talks Daily brings you the latest TED Talks
0:18.0	from the world's leading thinkers on every subject imaginable, from artificial
0:21.6	intelligence to how to build emotional
0:23.5	resilience and everything in between. It's always helping me to learn and
0:28.0	think about the world in different ways and you can find TED Talks Daily
0:31.5	wherever you're listening to this.
0:33.2	And we'll be back with How to Be a Better Human episodes next week.
0:37.0	You're listening to TED Talks Daily. I'm your host, Elise Hugh. I don't know about you, but something that gets a lot harder for me as my life has gotten crowded with responsibility is to nurture my adult friendships.
0:53.0	But platonic friendships are so crucial to our well-being.
0:57.0	And today psychologist Marissa Franco shares how to make new friends,
1:01.0	keep them, and focuses on all the ways making an effort will bring deeper
1:05.6	fulfillment.
1:06.6	This is from a 2022 Ted membership event where she's in conversation with Ted Current
1:11.0	events curator Whitney Pennington Rogers.
1:13.3	Hear them after a short break.
1:15.1	Hey, it's Adam Grant, host to the Ted Podcast Work Life.
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