As a high school teacher and academic chair, Danielle Bayard Jackson's students often came to her after class to share their friendship drama. When she left the classroom to begin her own public relations agency, Danielle listened as high-achieving women confessed their own friendship issues. That's when she realized that female friendship is the great equalizer-- an area where every woman struggles, no matter her age or status. 

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And that's when the obsession began.

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Committed to helping women learn how to create and sustain meaningful friendships, Danielle began doing the work.

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She became a certified women's coach, and began leveraging her education background to study what the research has to say about women's cooperation, communication, and conflict.

 

Danielle explores the complexities of female friendship alongside world-renowned therapists, researchers, and psychologists, and started the Friend Forward podcast to answer the questions she receives from women in her DMs. Danielle has also created a coaching program to help adults master platonic relationships - teaching tangible research-based strategies to help women learn how to make friends, rekindle old friendships, navigate conflict, and create connections that have depth and closeness.

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Now she has become a go-to media source on the subject, and her advice has been featured in outlets like the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, NBC News, and Oprah Magazine. Danielle has written for Harvard Business Review and Insider, and she speaks across the country about the power of female friendship.

 

Her expertise lead to a role as the spokesperson and resident friendship expert for Bumble, and she held the position for more than a year.

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Danielle's book Fighting for Our Friendships: The Science and Art of Conflict and Connection in Women's Relationships  shares what she's learned about women's conflict, communication, and cooperation to help women across the world to form healthier friendships.

 

As Danielle and her team celebrate the growth of the Friend Forward brand, her favorite part of the gig will always be listening to the hearts of women when working one-on-one.

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Read more about Danielle's press, speaking, and workshops.