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Platonic How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make--and Keep--Friends

Marisa G. Franco PhD

Instant How do we make and keep friends in an era of distraction, burnout, and chaos, especially in a society that often prizes romantic love at the expense of other relationships? In

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The Mel Robbins Podcast

The podcast highlighted the book as a New York Times bestseller that explained how attachment styles shape friendships and all other relationships. Host Mel Robbins introduced the author, Dr. Marisa Franco, and emphasized that the insights could help listeners understand and improve their connections at work, with family, and personally. The discussion conveyed a strong endorsement of the title’s practical value.

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Episode: Therapist Reveals Why You Struggle With Relationsh...

It was described as a New York Times bestselling book about attachment styles and their impact on friendships, and how attachment style impacts every kind of relationship.

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She's also the New York Times bestselling author of the book on attachment styles and how they impact your friendships. That book, it is called Platonic.

Episode: Therapist Reveals Why You Struggle With Relationsh...

Dr. Marisa Franco's book, Platonic, focuses on attachment styles and their impact on friendships, explaining how they affect various relationships beyond romantic ones.

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And it's not just your romantic relationships. You're about to learn that attachment style impacts every relationship, your friendships, your work colleagues, your family, yourself, because attachment style is all about you and how you show up in relationships. And that's why it impacts everything.

Episode: How to Improve Any Relationship: The 4 Attachment...

Dr. Marisa Franco, a psychologist and professor at the University of Maryland, discussed her New York Times bestselling book, which focuses on attachment styles and their impact on friendships and other relationships. The podcast host highlighted its relevance to understanding how attachment styles affect all types of relationships.

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She's also the New York Times bestselling author of The Book on Attachment Styles and How They Impact Your Friendships. That book, it is called Plutonic.

Chasing Life

It was described as insightful and discussed the science of attachment and how it helps in making and keeping friends. The author's take on friendship during isolation was mentioned as particularly insightful.

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Her take on friendship during a time when we had to sort of isolate was pretty insightful.

— Episode: A Little Help From My Friends

Episode: A Little Help From My Friends

It was described as insightful and discussed the science of attachment and how it helps in making and keeping friends. The author's take on friendship during isolation was mentioned as particularly insightful.

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Her take on friendship during a time when we had to sort of isolate was pretty insightful.

I first spoke to Professor Franco a couple of years ago. It was for the very first season of the podcast. The conversation was about maintaining friendships during the pandemic.

One factor that I talk about in Platonic is, you know, how we saw friendship in the early 1800s and before in the Western world was very different.

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