This week we're joined by writer Ann Friedman, co-host of the podcast Call Your Girlfriend. It's full of advice! Ann gives us some advice on starting a podcast about friendship and also explains Shine Theory and how it can help you manage professional jealousy.  Finally we move on to the real advice - we get a question from a recently divorced man who has found he no longer has friends of his own and needs help making some new ones.

You can find Ann on Twitter, on her website and on Call Your Girlfriend.

Hey Man, 

I’m 40 and recently divorced. Obviously there’s a lot THERE to deal with, but one of the things that I’ve really been stunned to realize since I’ve moved out on my own is that I don’t have any friends! I didn’t realize that I’d come to rely so much on my wife as a source of friendship. We had social, casual friendships with other parents, but it’s only now - without my ex - that I realize I’ve been without real friendships for the better part of a decade. And now that I’m single again, I feel like a pariah. Couples don’t seem to really want to have me over as a single person (or maybe it just feels awkward for me) and I’m missing friends that are truly mine and know me well. I’m so busy with work and childcare as a solo parent, I don’t even know how to make new friends. Any advice?

Signed, 

Lonely on the Lower East Side