Best Forevers: A Podcast for Kindred Spirits

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Publisher |: Alysa Lucas

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: Friendship,; Society & Culture

Categories Via RSS |: Education,; Relationships,; Self-Improvement,; Society & Culture

Alysa Lucas hosts Best Forevers: A Podcast for Kindred Spirits with the goal of starting a movement to love more on our best friends, bros, and bosom buddies through sharing stories of friendship and talking about the most important topics to keeping those friendships afloat.

www.bestforeverspod.com

People |: Alysa Lucas (@dralysalucas)
Country Of Origin |: USA
Produced In |: Mt. Pleasant, MI
Premiere Date |: 2017-09-30
Related Hashtags |: #LadyPodSquad
Frequency |: Monthly
Explicit |: Yes

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176 Available Episodes (176 Total) / Average duration: 00:58:03

Date Duration Most Reviewed Highest Rated

176 Available Episodes (176 Total)Average duration: 00:58:03

Sep 09, 2022

01:02:08

Our friends do really cool things so why not learn about all these cool things? In a new series of episodes, Alysa interviews those friends doing the coolest of things. In the first episode, Alysa’s friend and fellow podcaster, Amy, joins her to talk about reading Tarot.

Follow Amy on Instagram!

www.instragram.com/thestarlingcreative

Check out Amy’s web page!

Starling Art Studios

Check out Amy’s podcast!

Starling on Apple Podcasts

Tarot 101 Book Amy Recommends!

Tarot 101: Mastering the Art of Reading the Cards: Huggens, Kim: 9780738719047: Amazon.com: Books

Check out the Tarot Cards Amy Uses!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1646710096/ref=cm_sw_r_api_i_7N6FDBPM611PKF8N62K0_0?fbclid=IwAR0ZcwlZsqpBC359StyES8ACW40Gq2lSw7fqXIZvdubecg7C60pmQd-lp8E

Share Your Friendship Stories with Alysa!

Email Alysa = friendswithalysa@gmail.com

Listen to & Follow Friends with Alysa = https://linktr.ee/friendswithalysa

Art Work by Kate Cosgrove = http://k8cosgrove.blogspot.com

Theme Music by Trevor Wilson

Sep 07, 2022

00:49:46

Alysa has been waiting for years to have this very important conversation and it happens in this episode! She welcomes social psychologist, Dr. Alex Fisher, to the podcast to discuss her research on singlehood and friendship. So come single folks and attached folks…everyone could learn more about the diversity of singlehood!

Check out Dr. Fisher’s web page!

Alexandra N. Fisher, Ph.D. (alexnfisher.com)

Share Your Friendship Stories with Alysa!

Email Alysa = friendswithalysa@gmail.com

Listen to & Follow Friends with Alysa = https://linktr.ee/friendswithalysa

Art Work by Kate Cosgrove = http://k8cosgrove.blogspot.com

Theme Music by Trevor Wilson

Sources (Research Discussed)

Fisher, A.N. (2020). All the lonely people? A belongingness perspective on the stigmatization and well-being of single people. Fisher Dissertation Final July.10 (uvic.ca)

Fisher, A.N., Stinson, Wood, Holmes, and Cameron (2021). Singlehood and attunement of self-esteem to friendship. Singlehood and Attunement of Self-Esteem to Friendships (sagepub.com)

Research on Husbands Leaving Wives (as an example): Men Leave: Separation And Divorce Far More Common When The Wife Is The Patient -- ScienceDaily

Aug 05, 2022

00:55:01

All-around badass, Venturesome Podcast host, and friend, Rachel Esterline Perkins, visits the podcast to talk about supporting others through their work journey, how to build relationships, and workplace friends. Given that we spend most of our time in the workplace, finding your supportive work people or personal Board of Directors (as Rachel discusses) is particularly important!

Check out Venturesome Podcast with Rachel!

Home | Venturesome (venturesomepod.com)

Share Your Friendship Stories with Alysa!

Email Alysa = friendswithalysa@gmail.com

Listen to & Follow Friends with Alysa = https://linktr.ee/friendswithalysa

Art Work by Kate Cosgrove = http://k8cosgrove.blogspot.com

Theme Music by Trevor Wilson

Jul 29, 2022

00:43:24

Many of us have friends right there in our pockets! That’s right, we connect with people via social media, like Twitter, and have all sorts of friends on our phones. Alysa’s pocket friend, Dr. Liz Faber, joins the podcast to chat about the meaning, the joy, the fun (and sometimes the blocks) of having friends in our back pockets.

Follow Liz Faber on Twitter!

https://twitter.com/LizWFab?s=20&t=WqcQDym6rJabMAmd2FQZUw

Follow Liz Faber on Instagram!

What Professors Wear (@whatprofessorswear) • Instagram photos and videos

Share Your Friendship Stories with Alysa!

Email Alysa = friendswithalysa@gmail.com

Listen to & Follow Friends with Alysa = https://linktr.ee/friendswithalysa

Art Work by Kate Cosgrove = http://k8cosgrove.blogspot.com

Theme Music by Trevor Wilson

May 20, 2022

01:05:48

In book five of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix, things are getting serious - the danger, the control, and the angst. In this episode, Alysa’s friend, Haley, joins her to talk about how the friendships are changing as the Wizard World is also changing.

Share Your Friendship Stories with Alysa!

Email Alysa = friendswithalysa@gmail.com

Listen to & Follow Friends with Alysa = https://linktr.ee/friendswithalysa

Art Work by Kate Cosgrove = http://k8cosgrove.blogspot.com

Theme Music by Trevor Wilson

Apr 29, 2022

00:38:48

At a certain point in our lives, we begin to choose our friends. Sometimes it’s an easy choice, and sometimes we may wish we had more options. And, when we’re lucky, we choose our friends who are our family. In this episode, Alysa explores friendships and the idea of choice.

Share Your Friendship Stories with Alysa!

Email Alysa = friendswithalysa@gmail.com

Listen to & Follow Friends with Alysa = https://linktr.ee/friendswithalysa

Art Work by Kate Cosgrove = http://k8cosgrove.blogspot.com

Special Promo Art Work for this Episode by Kate Cosgrove

Theme Music by Trevor Wilson

Sources

11 Secrets to Choosing the Right Friends | HuffPost Communities

Social Media Study Shows Proximity Is Strongest Predictor of Friendship | Science at Rensselaer (rpi.edu)

Apr 22, 2022

00:35:14

Friends and secrets go together like peanut butter and jelly. In this part one episode, Alysa talks about what secrets are, the types of secrets we experience, and how secrets can help and hurt our friendships.

Share Your Friendship Stories with Alysa!

Email Alysa = friendswithalysa@gmail.com

Complete the Secrets Survey Here!

https://forms.gle/AD6hLDNm7mcXrx2u9

Listen to & Follow Friends with Alysa = https://linktr.ee/friendswithalysa

Art Work by Kate Cosgrove = http://k8cosgrove.blogspot.com

Special Promo Art Work for this Episode by Kate Cosgrove

Theme Music by Trevor Wilson

Sources

Afifi, T., Caughlin, J., & Afifi, W. (2007). The dark side (and light side) of avoidance and secrets. In B.H. Spitzberg and W.R. Cupach (Eds.), The dark side of interpersonal communication (pp. 61-92); 2nd edition). New York: Routledge.

Miller, R. (1997). We always hurt the ones we love. In R.M. Kowalski (Ed.), Aversive interpersonal behaviors(pp. 11-29). New York: Springer Science + Business Media.

Vangelisti, A.L. (1994). Family secrets: Forms, functions, and correlates. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 11(1), 113-135.

Apr 15, 2022

00:42:07

Battling friends can be fun and help friends bond so out of this born a new series of epsiodes called, Battle of the Besties: Where our Bests have the Worsties! Yes, it’s time to go head-to-head on our hout takes. In this first episode, my friend, Meredith, joins me to talk about The Parent Trap movies. Alysa thinks the version 1961 is superior while Meredith has full support behind 1998. So, who wins? Have a listen!

Share Your Friendship Stories with Alysa!

Email Alysa = friendswithalysa@gmail.com

Listen to & Follow Friends with Alysa = https://linktr.ee/friendswithalysa

Art Work by Kate Cosgrove = http://k8cosgrove.blogspot.com

Special Promo Art Work for this Episode by Kate Cosgrove

Theme Music by Trevor Wilson

The Parent Trap (1961) = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmnMRtU439Q

The Parent Trap (1998) = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMAhVpgzmRU

The Parent Trap 2 (1986) = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znbvG24zaEs&t=4s

The Parent Trap 3 (1989) = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqTzJhOq144

Let’s Get Together = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fu4jkhshLY

Handshake with Martin = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AQCTft9FGg

Mar 18, 2022

01:24:31

Elaborate plans to bring Voldemort back and to end Harry Potter take hold in the fourth book in the series, Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire! Podcast favorite friend, Claire, returns to talk to Alysa about how the golden friendship of Harry, Hermoine, and Ron is not so sunshine-y, but that friends and connections will be critical to fight Lord Voldemort when he returns to his full power!

Share Your Friendship Stories with Alysa!

Email Alysa = friendswithalysa@gmail.com

Listen to & Follow Friends with Alysa = https://linktr.ee/friendswithalysa

Art Work by Kate Cosgrove = http://k8cosgrove.blogspot.com

Theme Music by Trevor Wilson

Mar 11, 2022

01:05:52

Have you ever wanted to skip school and have the best day ever with your best friend? Of course, and that’s what John Hughes captures so well in the 1986 movie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Alysa’s friend, Rachel, from Rachel’s Reviews and Hallmarkies Podcast joins her to talk about the friendship among Ferris and Cameron, why they took the day off, and so much more. Life moves pretty fast so be sure to check out this episode!

Follow Hallmarkies Podcast = www.twitter.com/HallmarkiesPod

Follow Rachel’s Review = www.twitter.com/rachel_reviews

Share Your Friendship Stories with Alysa!

Email Alysa = friendswithalysa@gmail.com

Listen to & Follow Friends with Alysa = https://linktr.ee/friendswithalysa

Art Work by Kate Cosgrove = http://k8cosgrove.blogspot.com

Special Promo Art Work for this Episode by Kate Cosgrove

Theme Music by Trevor Wilson

Sources

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/64957/15-fun-facts-about-ferris-buellers-day

https://thelaughbutton.com/30-lesser-known-facts-ferris-buellers-day-off

https://www.insider.com/ferris-buellers-day-off-fun-facts-hidden-details-john-hughes

Sep 09 | 01:02:08

Friends Do Cool Things - Read Tarot

Sep 07 | 00:49:46

Singlehood with Dr. Alex Fisher

Aug 05 | 00:55:01

Venturesome Friendships

Jul 29 | 00:43:24

Pocket Friends

May 20 | 01:05:48

Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix

Apr 29 | 00:38:48

Chosen

Apr 22 | 00:35:14

Secrets Pt. 1

Apr 15 | 00:42:07

Battle of the Besties - The Parent Trap

Mar 18 | 01:24:31

Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire

Mar 11 | 01:05:52

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

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