Archive for January, 2015
Friendship and happiness

The folks at Happify developed this nifty infographic summarizing some of the relevant research on friendship and happiness.
Guest Post: 5 Ways To Know If Your Friend Is A Narcissist

Author and guest blogger Meredith Resnick asks five questions to help you assess if your friend is a narcissist.
Reader Wisdom: On making conversation
Making conversation when it doesn’t come naturally takes practice. A reader explains what helped her.
I am pretty but lack self confidence
A teen feels awkward in social situations and thinks she lacks self confidence.
In the Media – What should you do when a friendship turns addictive? (Cosmopolitan)

In Cosmopolitan Magazine, novelist Harriet Lane writes about what happens when a friendship turns addictive.
In the Media – How to handle awkward ex run-ins

In this article in Real Simple, writer Valerie Frankel offers advice about how to handle four different situations entailing run-ins with an ex.
Moved in with my boyfriend and lost my girlfriends
A divorcee’s friends step away after she moved in with a boyfriend.
My 10-year-old son has no friends
A mom asks how to help her 10-year-old son get along with schoolmates.
Friendship: On asking for support
Six questions to ask yourself when you are asking for support and don’t get it.
It feels like my friend is downgrading our relationship
An ex-pat feels like her friend is downgrading her status as a BFF.
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