Friendship Expert ┃Author ┃Speaker ┃ Journalist
Anna Goldfarb makes adult friendships less confusing.
She is an award-winning author, journalist, and speaker. She explores the paradox of modern friendship in her book, MODERN FRIENDSHIP.
Despite our ability to connect with more friends than ever, we seldom do. Anna can explain why that is and what can be done about it.
“It’s understandable if your friendships are floundering. You’re up against historically new forces that we, as a culture, have no precedent for navigating,” she says.
With Modern Friendship, Anna shares a manual for understanding what is pushing our friendships to the brink and provides actionable advice for forming authentic, enduring connections today.
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“Friendships in adulthood are endangered.
Studies show that after thirty, it’s more challenging
to make new friendships and harder to renegotiate old ones.
It can feel like you’re stuck between forging new bonds from scratch or feeling beholden to people and patterns you’ve outgrown.”
- Anna Goldfarb,
author of Modern Friendship
Meet Anna
Anna Goldfarb is a journalist, author and speaker. Her work explores the nuances of friendships, relationships, and pop psychology.
A seasoned journalist, she has reported hundreds of stories for The New York Times, The Atlantic, TIME, Vice, The Cut, Vox, and The Washington Post, among others. She’s also been quoted as a friendship expert in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Goop, Real Simple, Oprah Daily, Refinery29 and more.
She earned her undergraduate degree in sociology from Barnard College, Columbia University and a master’s degree in journalism from Temple University.
She writes the Substack newsletter, Friendship Explained, where she demystifies friendship mechanics through a pop culture lens. Her goal is to help people understand their friendships in an entirely new way so they can better create the closeness they crave.
Recent Podcast Appearances
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The World's First Podcast with Erin & Sara Foster
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The Goop Podcast
"What We Misunderstand about Friendship (with journalist Anna Goldfarb)"
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From the “Friendship Explainer,” a step-by-step guide to understanding the fundamental mechanics of modern friendship.
It’s never been easier to shed friendships which is precisely why we need a new approach to keeping them strong.
Let Anna show you how.
Recent Media
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New York Times
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The Atlantic
