Archive for August, 2007
Toxic Friends: An Interview with Florence Isaacs
Freelance journalist Florence Isaacs, an expert on relationships, friendship, and effective communication in business and social situations, wrote the groundbreaking book on friendship, Toxic Friends True Friends: How Your Friendships Can Make or Break Your Health, Happiness, Family, and Career (Citadel, 2003). When I decided to write a book about fractured friendships, her book was high on my reading […]
Friendship in Strange Places: Science Laboratories
I write a regular column called Mind Matters for the Science Magazine web site, ScienceCareers.org. My latest article, called The Complex Biochemistry of Laboratory Friendships describes some of the opportunities and perils posed by friendships in the workplace. Click here to read the article.
Friendship: All in the (sic) Jeans
How do we decide whom we choose as friends? Findings from a new study at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine, funded by the National Institutes of Health, suggests that our choice of friends may be genetic. “As we grow and move out of our own home environment, our genetically influenced temperament becomes more […]
Retro Friends: A blast from the past
A recent article in the Toronto Globe and Mail notes the growing number of women who are rekindling friendships from the past. One explanation for the trend: Technology is making it easier to find that best friend from high school that you haven’t heard from for ages. You can Google her; search for her on […]
College friendships: A case of easy come, easy go?
Everyone agrees that college campuses are fertile settings for the development of close relationships. Students live together, study together, and party together. With geographical proximity—and shared interests and experiences—it’s not surprising that many of the friendships that begin in college dorms and classrooms last a lifetime. But a recent study suggests that without nurturance, these […]
Friendship: Making It Work
A recent article in USA Today posed the question about whether or not friendships in the workplace are good or bad. It simply isn’t that simple.
