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As a NYT best-selling author, Dr. Franco brings accessible, useful, and insightful written works in her book and blog. Read on for guidance on how to make and maintain friendships.

“I’m preparing myself to die.” Charis Hill, a disability rights activist who is living with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) shared as

March 13, 2020 No Comments

Platonic Love

How do you make friends in a new city? Yasmin wondered, after she moved to Chicago where she didn’t know

February 26, 2020 No Comments

Platonic Love

If making friends as an adult is a crisis for you, you’re not alone. It’s far easier to slip into loneliness than it is

February 16, 2020 No Comments

Platonic Love

I’ve wondered about the secret to making friends as an adult many times in my life. I’ve lived my 20s

February 8, 2020 No Comments

Platonic Love

The time for the New Year’s resolution is upon us. We’ve crammed all the goals we’ve put off all year for this

January 18, 2020 No Comments

Platonic Love

Friendships are beautiful because they’re voluntary: they lack blood ties or formal rituals to cement them. We chose them freely

January 18, 2020 No Comments