She wrote the book on friendship!

We were thrilled to welcome DR. JAN YAGER to the Girlfriendology BlogTalkRadio show on Friday with her expertise on friendship! Her books, When Friendship Hurts and Friendshifts, as well as countless articles on friendship, cover how friendship shifts, can hurt and how badly we need it.

Listen in as we talk with this professional expert on friendship who’s been featured on Oprah, The Today Show, The View and more.

Here’s her bio:

Friendship expert Dr. Jan Yager has been researching this fascinating relationship since it was the topic of her sociology dissertation (City University of New York, 1983). She has interviewed or surveyed hundreds of men and women, children, and couples about their friendship patterns and related issues such as intimacy, betrayal, and conflict.

The former J.L. (Janet) Barkas, Dr. Jan Yager, a member of the National Speakers Association, has authored books on friendship and related topics, such as coping with jealousy and work relationships including friendship at work, published by such companies as Simon & Schuster, Inc., (Fireside Books), Hannacroix Creek Books, Inc., and Garland. Dr. Yager’s books on friendship have been translated into Spanish, French, Italian, simple and complex Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Dutch with other languages in preparation. She conducts workshops and delivers keynote addresses on friendship topics nationally and internationally before government, association, corporate, and other audiences. Interviewed regularly by print and broadcast media on friendship, such as the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, and BBC radio, Dr. Yager is also the author of articles on friendship in lhj.com, collegejournal.com, American Baby, Executive Update, Modern Bride, and other publications.

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Tags: friendshift, friendship, JAN YAGER, oprah, The today show

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