#254: Elizabeth Day - How To Cope With Being A 'Friendaholic'

My guest today is the awesome Elizabeth Day. Elizabeth is a very dear friend and a person who has affected my life incredibly positively. If it wasn't for her you wouldn't know about me. Back in 2019, she hosted me on her podcast 'How To Fail" which now has more than 35 million downloads. Elizabeth is an amazing soul who has found a way to use her vulnerability to dig deep inside to tell us about what we all feel but don't say or address. She now has a new book out called 'Friendaholic' it's a beautiful approach to understanding that friendship is not always better when there is more of it. Anyway I just used that as an excuse to meet my wonderful friend Elizabeth Day is an award-winning author and broadcaster. Her chart-topping podcast, How To Fail With Elizabeth Day, is a celebration of all of the things that haven’t gone right. Every week, in a one-on-one interview, a guest discusses what they have learned from failure. Elizabeth has written two books off the back of the podcast: How To Fail: Everything I’ve Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong, is part-memoir, part-manifesto. It is also a Sunday Times top 5 bestseller. Failosophy: A Handbook For When Things Go Wrong was described by Alain de Botton as ‘beautiful, timely and humane.’ Elizabeth is currently developing her first screenplay - a fictionalised adaptation of How To Fail. Two of her novels have also been optioned for screen. https://www.elizabethday.org/ Listen as we discuss: Friendaholics What is friendship? Social media friends What makes a good friend? Dunbar's number Love trumps everything The break-up The Friendship contract Social conditioning Guilt is a stupid feeling Revisiting 1’s and 0’s Justin Connecting with others Quiet Scales of connection Why human connection is at risk Thank you Alexa! Game over Connect with Elizabeth Day on Instagram @elizabday and find out more about her work here: https://www.elizabethday.org/about 0:00 Slo Mo Intro 1:00 Guest Intro 3:31 Episode 1:17:10 Outro