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Research shows we replace half our friends every 7 years. Here's how to make new ones

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Friends enjoy time together in a bar. (Maskot/Getty Images)
Friends enjoy time together in a bar. (Maskot/Getty Images)

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on July 28, 2025. Click here for that audio.

A Gallup Poll last year found that one in five American adults reports feeling lonely every single day.

Here & Now's Asma Khalid speaks with Danielle Bayard Jackson, relational health expert and author, for her tips and strategies on how to form friendships from scratch and why it’s completely normal to cycle through friends.

This segment aired on June 23, 2025.

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