06/16/2026
Almost half of women tell us they have one to three close friends, but they also say they’re busy. Really, really busy. Which makes connecting challenging, sporadic, and way too brief.
In The Pipeline this week, Beth Castle writes about the creative ways women are staying connected: "You don't necessarily need more time to maintain your friendships. You need small, repeatable ways to show up for one another—to accumulate 'good mornings' and memes until, almost without noticing, you have a shared life."
Below, she shares three easy ways to connect with friends near and far, based on responses from our audience.
In this week's Pipeline, Beth Castle talks about how adults can maintain friendships without having to rearrange their entire schedules, based on poll results from the InHerSight audience.