Is your friendship house in order? And how much does friendship really matter? On this episode I speak to Lydia Denworth, an award-winning science journalist who amongst other accomplishments wrote a book called Friendship which explores the science and the incredible power behind connection. She explains how friendship is this amazing bi-product of human evolution which impacts our health far more than we often give credit to. While we give time to other health related activities such as going for a run or watching what we eat friendship can often fall down to the bottom of our list of priorities.
Amongst other things we discuss the impact of having a family on friendship, the devastating outcomes associated with social isolation and the issue of avoiding the difficult conversations that could improve friendships.
Denworth is a contributing editor at Scientific American and the author of Friendship: The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life’s Fundamental Bond, which was named one of the best leadership books of 2020 by Adam Grant and called “the best of science writing” by Booklist. She is also co-author, with Dana Suskind, of the New York Times bestseller Parent Nation, and has written two other books of popular science: I Can Hear You Whisper and Toxic Truth. Her work has also appeared in The Atlantic, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Time, and many other publications. She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her family.
For more about Lydia and her work – here is the link to Lydia's books page.
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