# Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults with Caroline Maguire Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/adhd-essentials-727856/friendship-skills-for-neurodivergent-adults-with-caroline-maguire Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/adhd-essentials-727856/friendship-skills-for-neurodivergent-adults-with-caroline-maguire.md Podcast: [ADHD Essentials](https://stenobird.com/podcast/adhd-essentials-727856) Published: 2026-04-13T19:45:51+00:00 Episode link: https://adhdessentials.podbean.com/e/friendship-skills-for-neurodivergent-adults-with-caroline-maguire/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/eycs3d76srv2w9ce/ADHD_Essentials_Podcast_Caroline_Maguire_Book_Two.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/adhd-essentials-727856/episodes/friendship-skills-for-neurodivergent-adults-with-caroline-maguire Duration seconds: 3098 ## Resource In today’s episode, I’m joined by Caroline Maguire, M.Ed., ACCG, PCC. Caroline is an internationally recognized expert in social-emotional learning, ADHD coaching, and relationship development. She is the author of the award-winning book, "Why Will No One Play with Me?" and the forthcoming"Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults" (Balance Books, April 14, 2026), and hosts "The ADHD Social Playbook" podcast.Caroline talks to me about her new book, Friendship Skills for Neurodiverse Adults. We discuss: Approaching making friends as a skill Improving her book by listening to the cynics Reading the room you’re in & the room inside yourself The 3 Ps of friendship And how third places and joining activities helps us make friends Guest Links: Learn more about Caroline and her work here: Caroline Maguire: https://carolinemaguireauthor.com/ Order Caroline's book and get "Book Bonuses" here: https://carolinemaguireauthor.com/book-bonuses/ Learn More about Brendan and his work at: Join The ADHD Essentials Facebook Community Check out the ADHD Essentials Website Contact Brendan at brendan@ADHDessentials.com Men’s ADHD Support Group Links: Learn more about the Men’s ADHD Support Group Join the Men’s ADHD Support Group’s Facebook Community ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/adhd-essentials-727856/episodes/friendship-skills-for-neurodivergent-adults-with-caroline-maguire/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/adhd-essentials-727856/friendship-skills-for-neurodivergent-adults-with-caroline-maguire.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.