Mary Teaches Social Skills

Learn how to build community, feel connected & make friends

Learn how to build community, feel connected & make friendsLearn how to build community, feel connected & make friendsLearn how to build community, feel connected & make friends

Mary Teaches Social Skills

Learn how to build community, feel connected & make friends

Learn how to build community, feel connected & make friendsLearn how to build community, feel connected & make friendsLearn how to build community, feel connected & make friends

Hi, I'm Mary 👋

I'm a friendship educator with a degree in interpersonal communication and over 20 years of professional experience. You might know me from social media, where I share daily tips on socializing and answer friendship-related questions for an audience of more than 350,000 followers. 


My mission is simple: to help you improve their social skills, make friends, and build community, so you can feel connected with others. My work distills insights from sociology and psychology journals into straightforward, actionable steps — enabling you to cultivate the strong, close friendships you’ve been wishing for. Because life is better when you don’t have to do it alone.

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Watch my daily videos on TikTok, Instagram & Facebook to build community, feel connected, and make friends.

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Shop t-shirts designed to spark conversations, created by Mary.

Making friends as an adult: a beginner's guide with smiling people in the background.

Read my e-book full of tips on how to build community, feel connected, and make friends.

Contact Mary

For media inquiries and partnerships, please email mary@bettersocialskills.com.

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