Off The Data Provided

Navigating Adult Friendships: Investment, Trust, and the Friendship Formula

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In this latest episode of Off the Data Provided, Dr. Marcus C. Shepard returns after a short break to explore adult friendships: how to form them, maintain them, and when to let them go. He revisits his friendship formula—investment, emotional closeness, trust, and support—and walks through the friendship life cycle from initial encounter to nascent and lasting friendships. Dr. Shepard shares…