We’re Lonely: 36 Questions That Create Deep Female Friendships
We're lonelier than ever…
Despite being more connected than any generation before us, loneliness is now being called the epidemic of our lifetime. Coupled with the fact that making friends in your 30s is tricky and the world is telling us AI solves everything (lol) we’re in a pickle.
There’s a famous study from the 90’s by psychologist Arthur Aron, exploring whether intimacy could be accelerated between strangers using just 36 questions..
Now we've taken his experiment and tweaked it: what happens when you apply it to female friendship? Be part of the experiment by joining us here ✨
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