Archive for April, 2010
The Sadness of Moving On and Leaving a BFF Behind
A woman worries about leaving a BFF behind. She and her husband are planning to hit the road in an RV. She is worried and guilty about leaving her friend with MS.
Making friends when you’re depressed: It’s not easy
It’s nearly impossible to make friends when you’re depressed.
Motherhood: The Shifting Sands of Friendship
QUESTION Irene, Jordan and I have been best friends since our first day of college 20 years ago. Over the years, we both married (me=happily, her=constantly teetering on the edge of divorce) and had children. I had my children several years before she did, and she was always incredibly supportive and understanding of my new […]
In the Media – Chicago Tribune – Friendship and the Kid Factor
Adult friendships can change when friends have a kid. How to salvage your relationships.
Why Don’t Friends Just Talk About It?
A woman asks why friends don’t just talk about it when problems surface in a relationship. Many times, they just ditch the friendship.
Come meet the Friendship Doctor in LA – 4/13/09
The Friendship Doctor will be giving a talk entitled "The Dynamics of Friendship" at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills on the evening of Tuesday, April 13, 2010. She would love to meet readers and sign books after the talk which is open to the public. Here are the details: Join NYU alumni, parents, […]
NYU News & Views – April 2010
Dr. Levine talks about her survey research on female friendships in NYU Medical School News & Views.
NYU Medical School Newsletter – When Fractured Friendships Don’t Mend
The latest issue of NYU News and Views includes an article about my survey research on female friendship. Women are told from the time they’re little girls that best friends are for life, and that one friend-just one-will become their closest confidante, their bosom buddy. But it’s not necessarily so, and when a friendship […]
Spinning out of control: It’s painful to lose friends and disturbing to lose clients
QUESTION Dear Irene, I am 51 years old, married 28 years, with 3 grown kids. I work at a gym as a personal trainer/spinning instructor. I quickly became friends with a woman 10 years younger who moved here from another state. She is 40 years old, single, without any kids, and had been in […]
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