Archives

March 2023

• 4: No Friends in High School: Feeling Anxious
• 2: Setting Boundaries With Neighbors

February 2023

• 19: Best Friend: What Does That Mean?
• 12: How to Nurture Friendships on Galentine’s Day
• 11: Left Out Of A Friend Group After 35 Years
• 9: What’s the Difference Between Friends and Acquaintances?

January 2023

• 27: Teenage Daughter Keeps Losing Friends in Her School
• 23: A Hot and Cold Friendship: Is It Worth Keeping?

December 2022

• 7: 10 Reasons Your Friend Didn’t Send A Holiday Card
• 3: Left Out Of A Friend Group Without Explanation

November 2022

• 30: Gay Friend Losing Interest in Our Friendship
• 15: Book Club Friendships: We Read, Then Talk

October 2022

• 18: 5 Tips for Handling A Friend Who Talks Incessantly

September 2022

• 3: 5 Not-So-Simple Rules for Mending A Broken Friendship

August 2022

• 21: How To Break Up With A Friend: The Rules
• 21: When Friends Let You Down: What to Do Next

July 2022

• 30: A message from the Friendship Doctor on International Friendship Day
• 13: Feeling Left Out Of A Group Of Families

May 2022

• 29: Tips For Making Friends At A New School
• 27: Resolving Tension Between Friends
• 10: How To Say No To A Friend: It’s Never Easy
• 7: Handling Pushy Overbearing Friends

March 2022

• 31: Not Just Friends Anymore: A Disappointed Co-Worker
• 18: Struggling With An Ambivalent Friendship
• 7: Regaining Trust In A Friendship: Is It Possible?
• 6: How To Deal With A Flaky Friend
• 2: When A Friend is Unreliable: You Can’t Count on Her!
• 1: Dumped Without Explanation: Is There Anything To Do?

February 2022

• 27: What Do You Consider A ‘Friendship Killer’?
• 26: Psych 101: When A Close Friend Is Depressed
• 15: Resurrecting A Friendship With A Son’s Girlfriend
• 5: Best Galentine’s Day Gifts for Friends (and anyone else you love)
• 1: Left Out Of The Group: A Mom Worries About Her 10-Year-Old Daughter

January 2022

• 22: My Daughter Feels Like An Outcast At School: What Should I Do?
• 16: Remaining On Friendly Terms When Neighbors Ask To Borrow Your Stuff
• 7: Most Popular Posts On The Friendship Blog – 2021
• 6: Dealing With An Unforgiving Friend
• 3: How To End A Friendship With A Neighbor

December 2021

• 11: Family and Friends: Holiday Traditions Change Over Time
• 8: You Can Brighten A Blue Christmas
• 7: Blue Christmas: When Red and Green Make Blue
• 3: Friendship and Morals: Before, During and After The Age of Trump

November 2021

• 5: Friend Poaching: How Do I Handle Feeling Left Out?

October 2021

• 31: My Intolerant Friend Who Hates Children
• 30: My Friend Has Lost Interest In Our Friendship
• 21: My Best Friend Will Not Be Coming To My Wedding
• 11: Guest Post: What Do You Say To A Best Friend Who Has Cancer?
• 11: When Good Friends Forget Your Birthday
• 9: A Woman Asks How To End A Very Long Friendship
• 7: Worried Mom: My Daughter Doesn’t Have A Close Friend

September 2021

• 26: What Should The Borrowing Policy Be Between Friends?
• 16: How The Pandemic Changed My Expectations And Some Friendships
• 10: 6 Strategies For Handling A Needy Friend
• 6: Friend With Borderline Personality Disorder Not Keeping Up The Friendship
• 5: My Friend Has Borderline Personality Disorder
• 4: Shy All My Life: Will It Just Go Away?
• 2: Colleague, Mentor or Friend? How To Avoid Feeling Used

August 2021

• 31: When Someone Has An Emotional Problem: Does That Change The Rules of Friendship?
• 30: Friendship and Aging: Is Losing Interest In Friends An Aging Thing?
• 26: Abandoned By Friends After Death Of A Partner 
• 22: My Friend Won’t Get Vaccinated: Can I Save The Friendship?
• 19: Disappearing Acts: When Friends Are Gone After a Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder
• 18: Friendship and Loss: When The Loved One Who Dies Is A Friend
• 18: Why Listening Matters: Friends Who Listen May Protect Our Cognitive Abilities
• 17: What Do You Make of a Friend Who Is Only There To Listen?
• 14: The Bad Friend: How Can I End My 7-Year-Old Daughter’s Friendship?
• 13: Friendship, Parenting and COVID
• 10: My Friend Is Acting Distant And Is Giving Me The Cold Shoulder
• 1: Is It Disloyal To Talk To A Friend’s Enemy?

July 2021

• 30: When A Friend Asks A Favor, Are We Obliged To Say Yes?
• 28: The Gift of Gab: Learning to Talk to Each Other Again
• 26: Slowly Being Excluded From An Adult Clique: What Could Have Happened?
• 25: My Clingy Friend Calls Me Too Often
• 21: The Trauma Queen Always Has A Calamity To Share
• 19: A Reader Asks: Is This Lifelong Friendship Toxic?
• 18: My Friend Suddenly Shut Me Out of Her Life
• 15: Getting Over A Friendship With A Next-Door Neighbor
• 13: My Friend Is Avoiding Me: What Can I Do?
• 2: What Do You Do When An Online Friendship Begins To Feel Creepy?

March 2021

• 22: Friendship Trends: 9 Ways The Pandemic Has Changed Our Friendships
• 10: How Do I Deal WIth A Pushy Person?

December 2020

• 27: When Exchanging Gifts Feels Awkward

November 2020

• 8: Pandemic-Related Losses: How To Show A Friend You Care 

October 2020

• 12: My Friend Has Mental Health Problems: How Can I Help Her?
• 9: Friendship Divided By Politics

September 2020

• 29: Losing Support From a Circle of Friends
• 20: Am I Obliged To Give Free Services To Family And Friends?
• 18: Retired and Feeling Disconnected
• 15: Feeling Left Out Of A Pandemic Bubble? 

August 2020

• 26: COVID Mental Health Resources
• 12: Mom Concerned Her Teen Is Having A Hard Time During The Pandemic
• 7: Saying No To A Friend During The Pandemic
• 2: My Friend Wants To Get Together Too Often 

July 2020

• 30: Disney Characters Offer Timeless Friendship Lessons
• 29: Friendship Day: 6 Ways To Stay Connected During the Pandemic
• 2: Visiting A Friend During The Pandemic: A Good Idea? It Depends.

June 2020

• 30: My Friend Won’t Wear A Face Mask: What Can I Do?
• 4: Quarantine Fatigue: Single, No Work and No Travel

May 2020

• 27: Would Life Be Sweeter In A Coronavirus Bubble? It Depends.
• 16: How To Make New Friends During The Coronavirus Pandemic
• 14: A Friend Who Takes Risks During the Coronavirus Pandemic
• 10: Have A Friend With Coronavirus? What To Say and What Not To Say
• 8: Guest Post: How To Deepen a Friendship
• 6: The Friendship Blog Is Back! Welcome!
• 6: Zoom Etiquette For Friends: How Can I Tactfully Turn Down Invitations?
• 3: How Do You Deal With A Friend Who Is Oblivious To Social Distancing?

April 2020

• 19: Helping Your Child Feel Connected While Social Distancing

May 2017

• 29: Caregiving: Making friends after loss
• 15: Something’s wrong: My friend has lost so much weight
• 10: When a friend jumps the gun
• 8: Not fitting in in high school
• 5: A friendship between military wives begins to unravel
• 1: Making school cafeterias more friendly: There’s an app for that

April 2017

• 24: I can’t stand my best friend’s husband
• 16: Reader Wisdom: Confessions of a People Person
• 13: We planned a trip together and my friend seems to be backing out
• 10: Is homeschooling a solution to my 15-year-old daughter’s friendship problems at school?
• 6: How To Be A Better Facebook Friend
• 3: Men’s Friendships: “Going in Style” the movie
• 2: My Mom Banned Me From Seeing My Best Friend
• 2: In the Media – Different ages and stages of friendship (Daily Mail UK)

March 2017

• 29: Struggling to keep friends
• 26: My oldest son (a young teen) is left out by his circle of friends
• 23: In the Media – On parenting shy kids (Highlights Magazine)
• 23: Loneliness as a grandparent
• 21: Reader Wisdom: Making friends by doing things alone
• 19: Supporting friends living with depression
• 18: In the Media – Tips for Reviving a Lapsed Friendship (Bustle)
• 16: In the Media – On reviving a dead friendship (New York Magazine)
• 16: My friend asks too many questions
• 14: In a rut and unable to make friends
• 13: My friends are very judgmental
• 10: Is There A Kind Way To End This Friendship?
• 8: In the Media – 9 Friendship Lessons from Favorite Best Friends (HuffPo)
• 7: In the Media – Keeping long-distance friendships alive (New York Magazine)
• 7: An unexpected workplace betrayal
• 6: Guest Post: Friendship lessons from a funeral
• 4: Making friends late in the game
• 1: In the Media – Helping Your Teen Build Healthy Friendships (Your Teen Magazine)
• 1: When an Internet friendship suddenly ends

February 2017

• 28: A college reunion sparks a flame
• 26: Alcohol and friendship: Drinking friends
• 24: In the Media – Friend or frenemy? (Bustle)
• 23: Why do friends disappear when you’re depressed?
• 20: In the Media – Why is it so hard for women to make new friends? (Detroit Free Press)
• 20: What to do when a friend ignores you
• 18: Left Out Of A Midlife Clique
• 17: Handling an intrusive friend
• 14: Valentine’s Day 2017: Not just for lovers
• 14: Making friends after separating
• 11: My roommate read my private messages
• 8: My friend doesn’t stop complaining
• 7: Losing friends because I don’t have a smartphone
• 5: Should I Open The Door To A Friend Who Dumped Me?
• 2: A man experiences loneliness after a loss

January 2017

• 30: Child and Adolescent Friendships: My friend doesn’t like me making other friends
• 27: I made a mistake that provoked my friend’s anger
• 25: In the Media – For teens: Unfollowing friends in real life
• 24: A woman bemoans the loss of a male best friend to his girlfriend
• 22: In the Media – Income inequality: Keeping friends when they can spend more (Learnvest)
• 21: Our friends became cold after we introduced them to our community
• 18: Friendship Lessons from Winnie-the-Pooh
• 18: Hesitant to judge a friend making bad decisions
• 15: In the Media – On Firing a Bridesmaid (Brides.com)
• 15: My friend says I’m following her around too much
• 12: My friend’s husband dislikes me
• 9: My friend of 50 years won’t “friend me” on Facebook
• 8: In the Media – 17 Ways to Renew You in 2017 (Postmedia)
• 7: In the Media – On Friendship and Personality (ATTN:)
• 7: In the Media – 9 Non-awkward ways to make friends in your 30s (HelloGiggles)
• 6: When An Old Friend Calls Out of the Blue
• 3: Feeling Worthless Without Any Friends

December 2016

• 31: How to keep friends when you have a mental disorder
• 30: On the strengths (and importance) of elder friendships: In the New York Times
• 30: In the Media – On Mom Bullies (Today.com)
• 29: What’s wrong with me? I’m So Shy
• 26: Jealous friends who put you down
• 24: A holiday look back: Ghosts of Christmas past
• 24: Balancing old and new friends
• 23: Travel Sweepstakes: Enter for a chance to win a European River Cruise
• 23: Teen daughter’s best friend is sticking with the mean girl
• 22: Two Friends Have A Falling Out That Affects Their Families
• 21: Coping with the death of a close friend around the holidays
• 20: BOOK GIVEAWAY – Too Shy? A Resource for Children and their Parents (contest ended)
• 19: In the Media – When you get engaged and your friend gets jealous
• 18: My long time friend won’t talk to me: What can I do?
• 17: Social Dining: Meeting New Friends One Bite At A Time
• 16: How can I find friends in the school lunchroom?
• 14: A very intense friendship begins to unravel
• 12: The Butterfly Project: A chance to give back
• 11: Dealing with a friend in sales who works on commission
• 8: Annoyed when friends ask about your holiday plans?
• 7: In the Media – Friendship Breakups: Common but still devastating (Toronto Star)
• 6: In the Media – Men’s Friendships: Growing Apart (Magnifier)
• 5: When a workplace friendship gets complicated
• 3: In the Media – The Grownup Way To Break Up with a Friend (Huffington Post)
• 2: Leaving a program that doesn’t feel like a good fit for making friends
• 1: In the Media – Getting Back In When You’re Left Out (Bravo TV)

November 2016

• 30: Guilted by a depressed best friend
• 27: My supervisor is pulling back from our friendship
• 26: Teen struggling to find friends
• 25: In the Media – College Friendships: What to do when they fall apart (HerCampus.com)
• 23: A Thanksgiving Day 2016 wish from me to you…
• 23: Late-life mom having trouble making friends
• 21: Feeling like a friendship failure
• 18: Living and working with a friend: Too much of a good thing?
• 17: In the Media – My best man unfriended me (NY Post)
• 16: Friendship after Election Day
• 13: Lacking communication skills to make friends
• 11: In the Media – How to Handle Being Ghosted (Inspiring Women)
• 10: My friend doesn’t understand depression
• 8: In the Media – Can Facebook friendships be saved once the election is over? (NY Post)
• 7: Mom feels helpless as her daughter sabotages her friendships
• 4: My friend’s son was sentenced to prison
• 1: Lost my best friend to a guy

October 2016

• 30: In the Media – Friendship Dealbreakers (SheSaid)
• 29: Depressed With No Friends
• 28: In the Media – Signs a friend doesn’t want to hang out with you (Bustle.com)
• 26: It pays to make friends before a move
• 23: High school friendship: Take one day at a time
• 20: Feeling abandoned by old friends
• 17: When work and friendship create a lose-lose situation
• 14: Helping your child make friends after moving
• 11: Guess who’s coming to dinner?
• 9: How can I make friends when I’m feeling depressed?
• 9: In the Media – Getting through a friendship breakup (TheSwaddle.com)
• 8: In the Media – Getting over getting ghosted (Headspace.com)
• 8: My daughter doesn’t seem to fit in with classmates
• 5: An Ex-Friend In The Next Office
• 2: Son in high school has no friends since moving from India

September 2016

• 29: In the Media – Maintaining friendships post-marriage (Romper.com)
• 29: My friend wants to send a guy a sexually explicit image
• 28: Having a hard time forming close friendships at college?
• 26: When tact doesn’t work with a “friend”
• 23: Friendship at Work: Work trumps friendship
• 20: When a close friend backs away
• 17: In the Media – When money ruins a friendship (Forbes.com)
• 17: in the Media – 6 Ways to Befriend Your Partner’s Friends (Brides.com)
• 17: Visiting an out-of-town friend: Having second thoughts
• 14: Drifting apart from a high school friend
• 11: My friend turned down the invitation to my son’s wedding
• 8: An envious, flirtatious friend
• 8: It’s Awfully Quiet Around Here!
• 5: Feeling slighted by my BFF
• 4: Embarrassed to have no friends at school
• 1: Getting someone to accept the friendship is over

August 2016

• 31: Six-year-old struggling socially at school
• 28: Friend Poaching Isn’t Solely A Problem Of The Young
• 25: Key-Keeper Friends Who Watch Over Your Home
• 22: Reluctant to let go of a friend with a different lifestyle
• 20: In the Media – The Friendship Cull: Taking Stock of Friendships (Stylist)
• 20: In the Media – Making and keeping friends as an adult (Nylon)
• 20: Worried about the future
• 19: In the Media – Tips for making friendships after 50 (Michigan Prime)
• 17: I’m nice to people but they don’t like my appearance
• 14: Hurt by a long time friend
• 11: Guest Post: Helping kids build the right kind of friendships
• 10: Dropped by an old friend
• 9: In the Media – On Decluttering Friendships? Hit Refresh (UK Sun)
• 9: My friend is lying about her friendship with my ex-boyfriend
• 7: My angry demeanor pushes people away
• 6: It is better to have more or fewer friends?
• 5: In the Media – When your kid breaks up with a close friend (Chicago Tribune)
• 3: Feeling guilty about a breakup
• 2: Friendship by the Book: Interview with Camilla Way, author of Watching Edie

July 2016

• 31: I’m the depressed friend
• 29: Shut out by friends
• 28: In the Media – 9 Signs You Don’t Have Quality Friendships (Bustle)
• 26: Lost my temper with my 10-year-old’s friends
• 23: Ambivalent about going camping with friends
• 20: My friend is moving in on my space
• 17: Is it normal for a child to have an imaginary friend?
• 16: Friendship by the Book – The Sun in Your Eyes
• 15: In the Media – Signs you have trouble making friends (Bustle)
• 15: Friendship by the Book: “From Mom to Me Again”
• 14: In the Media – Friends for hire (Globe and Mail)
• 14: My middle school daughter’s ex-friend is jealous and mean
• 12: In the Media – Does Taylor Swift have too many friends? (Bravo TV)
• 11: The dark side of Facebook: Feeling slighted by a friend
• 8: Handling unwanted advice
• 5: My friend in the weight loss group
• 2: Ditched by an ex-friend at my condo
• 1: Staying home from school to avoid friends

June 2016

• 28: Interview with Meredith Resnick: Author of “When Your Parent is a Narcissist”
• 27: In the Media – Five Friends Every Stay-at-Home Mom Needs (Lifezette)
• 26: Friends with different political views
• 25: My friend at school makes me feel unnoticed
• 23: In the Media – If your girlfriend’s boyfriend disappoints you (Toronto Sun)
• 22: This guy is just too clingy and dependent
• 20: My Bestie Didn’t Make Me Maid of Honor At Her Wedding
• 18: Adjusting to a more distant relationship with a friend
• 16: Not invited to the wedding of a friend’s son
• 13: How Do I Respond To A Friend Who Always Compliments My Husband?
• 12: A co-worker backs off from a friendship
• 11: In the Media – How To Deal With a Jealous Friend (HerCampus.com)
• 10: Should I change my school placement to stay with friends?
• 8: In the Media – How Being a New Mom Changes Old Friendships (Toronto Star)
• 7: Happy National Best Friends Day! Life is better with friends
• 7: Renting to family or friends
• 4: Concerned mom worries about her lonely 7-year-old
• 4: In the Media – How to lend money to friends (and family) (Forbes.com)
• 4: In the Media – When a friendship isn’t worth your time (Bustle)
• 3: Announcing the Family Circle Magazine “All About Friendship Survey”
• 1: Our friend never invites us to her home

May 2016

• 29: Ending a long term friendship
• 26: Finding Friends When You Have A Sensory Processing Disorder
• 25: How should a mom handle her 8-year-old daughter’s problem with mean girls?
• 25: In the Media: Challenges of making midlife friendships (Today.com)
• 23: My distant friend
• 20: Can’t seem to make friends
• 17: An unexpected wedding invitation: Do we need to send a gift?
• 15: Feeling depressed and uneasy with friends
• 14: A couple cuts off contact
• 13: Ditched: Two friends are sort of ditching a third
• 10: Feel like I don’t belong with my friends
• 8: Stuck in a friendship with a married couple
• 6: A friend who uses people
• 4: In the Media – Too many bridesmaids: How do you choose? (Brides.com)
• 4: A disturbing encounter with another couple
• 4: In the Media – Commenting on your friend’s selfies (Refinery29)
• 1: Left out of the birthday party

April 2016

• 28: Stroke and friendship
• 27: Middle school friendships can be trying
• 24: Generalized anxiety disorder and problems making friends
• 23: In the Media – Becoming business partners with a best friend (Glamour.com)
• 22: My long time friend is selfish
• 21: In the Media – 5 Ways your friendships might be unhealthy (HerCampus.com)
• 21: Skipped grades and have no friends in high school
• 20: My maid of honor has a drinking problem
• 18: In the Media – The science of making friends (Wall Street Journal)
• 18: My friend talks too much about money
• 17: Friends of Convenience: Is convenience a drawback or strength in a friendship?
• 15: Friendship at work becomes a problem
• 12: Should you trust your instincts or give new friends a chance?
• 10: Coping with a depressed friend
• 9: To unfriend or not to unfriend on Facebook
• 7: How long does it take an angry friend to get over it?
• 6: In the Media – Attending a wedding without a plus one (Brides)
• 6: Lost my best friend after moving
• 4: In the Media – What makes someone a good friend? (Cosmopolitan)
• 3: Is it okay to retract an invitation to a friend?
• 2: In the Media – Dealing with a flaky friend (Refinery 29)
• 1: Unbalanced friendships: Why does this happen?

March 2016

• 30: In the Media – Small Dose Friends (The Glow)
• 29: Looking back to move forward
• 26: In the Media – Why we keep legacy friends (On Attn:)
• 26: 14-year-old who feels worthless and has trouble making friends
• 23: Two roommates having a hard time with a third who is emotionally draining
• 21: Sixth grader in new school has trouble making friends
• 20: Getting along with other another mom in a play group
• 19: A student dreads going to school without friends
• 18: Journalist Seeking Sources: Readers in the UK only
• 18: Want to be happier and live longer? Get socially active.
• 17: In the Media – Being a good friend when you’re busy
• 17: Unnecessary drama with friends at my gym
• 14: What to do when you lose multiple friends
• 11: When a friend expresses suicidal thoughts
• 10: In the Media – On passive-aggressive friendships (Elite Daily)
• 10: In the Media – The case for small dose friends (Mic.com)
• 9: In the Media – How friendships can improve your romantic relationships (WomensHealth)
• 9: In the Media – When you think your friend is marrying the wrong guy (Brides)
• 8: In the Media – On male friendships: Men bond with one another at a cigar bar (Aeon)
• 8: Finding upbeat friends when you are over 50
• 6: Guest Post – Friendships after 50: How to be a good friend 
• 5: A young teen feels bad about her hair
• 2: Not good at keeping friends

February 2016

• 29: When a best friend starts to feel like more than a friend
• 28: Teen Friendships: Losing my two closest friends
• 27: My family is without real friends
• 26: How To Step Back From An Ambivalent Friendship
• 23: Having no friends in a small high school
• 20: Falling in love with a best friend
• 19: In the Media – Money can complicate friendships (The Debrief)
• 17: Bridesmaid advice: When the bride feels left out
• 14: A good friend but…
• 13: Afraid of losing her friend in India
• 12: In the Media – How to make friends when moving to a new city (Greatist.com)
• 11: How to help my son make friends
• 9: In the Media – On AirTalk: The difficulty of making friends as an adult (Public Radio)
• 8: Not A Priority Anymore
• 5: A friend who is spreading rumors
• 5: In the Media – Handling awkward friendship situations at work (DailyWorth)
• 2: Feeling blown off by a group

January 2016

• 30: My neighbor makes me feel uncomfortable
• 27: In the Media – The mean girl habit you need to break (Refinery29.com)
• 27: Our friend remarried and his new wife gets under my skin!
• 25: In the Media – Five tips to strengthen friendships (Modernae)
• 24: Missing an old friend who treated me badly
• 23: Toxic friendship: A friend who saps your energy
• 21: A young teen asks what to do after she hurt a friend
• 21: 14-year-old student in a small school has trouble finding friends
• 18: Tips for breaking up with a friend
• 16: Lopsided Friendship: Friends won’t come to her house
• 15: A platonic friendship with a female friend breaks down
• 14: In the Media – Making friends as you age (Toronto Star)
• 13: In the Media – Asking a bridesmaid to step down (Glamour.com)
• 12: How do I tell a friend that she can’t invite herself?
• 11: In the Media – Friendship styles when socializing (Wall Street Journal)
• 9: Friendship with an unpredictable neighbor
• 8: In the Media – Are you guilty of schadenfriending? (Grazia-UK)
• 5: In the Media – Has social media changed the definition of friendship?
• 3: Friends who complain and don’t really want advice

December 2015

• 31: Rejected by my high school friends
• 30: Searching for Friendship – A Year-End Review 2015
• 28: You’ve been friend poached!
• 27: A young teen seeks advice on how to make friends with boys
• 25: Reconnecting with old friends after a long hiatus
• 24: In the Media – When all your friends are getting engaged (Brides)
• 23: International Student Feels Friendless and Adrift
• 21: Office friendships: When you are neither fish nor fowl
• 18: My friend needs more than I can give her
• 17: Friendship by the Book: An Interview with Laura Hankin, author of The Summertime Girls
• 16: Friendship Dilemmas of Being a Pastor’s Wife
• 15: A mom worries that her 13-year-old daughter can’t keep friends
• 14: In the Media – When your friend is pregnant
• 12: Disappointed family excluded from a surprise party
• 10: How do you tell a classmate you don’t really want to be her friend?
• 9: Should I Keep Sending Christmas Greeting Cards To People Who Don’t Respond?
• 8: Reader Wisdom: On loneliness over the holidays
• 7: When a friend seems jealous of you getting engaged
• 6: Feeling lonely? 14 Tips for getting over the holiday hump
• 5: My 13-year-old daughter doesn’t bring friends home
• 4: In the Media – It is okay to have small group of friends (HerCampus.com)
• 4: How to handle a know-it-all
• 3: My high school friend is suicidal
• 1: Poached: Two friends who have found each other

November 2015

• 28: In the Media – On living with roommates (HerCampus.com)
• 28: Feeling betrayed and blindsided by a best friend who is a co-worker
• 25: Happy Thanksgiving Day 2015
• 25: Teen with anxiety issues feels frustrated by her best friend
• 22: Feeling left out from a circle of friends
• 21: In the Media – How to Lock Down a Girl Crush (Cosmopolitan.com)
• 19: Worried About My Husband’s Friendship With A Coworker
• 17: In the Media – Thoughts on how to unfriend a friend (Nylon.com)
• 16: A mom worries that her teenage daughter who only has friends outside of school
• 14: How can a woman working in a male-dominated industry find new friends?
• 13: In the Media – 6 Ways to Sneak More Time With Your Besties (CafeMom)
• 11: Finding friends in Pakistan (or other places)
• 10: In the Media: Two words you should never say to a friend (Grandparents.com)
• 9: Should she attend the wake of her ex-friend’s sister?
• 8: In the Media – Why breaking up with a friend hurts so much (HopesAndFears.com)
• 7: In the Media – How to be a good Facebook friend (Fitness Republic)
• 6: In the Media – Are you being taken advantage of as a bridesmaid? (Brides.com)
• 6: When you can’t get a word in edgewise
• 3: A young girl feels left out by her two friends
• 2: In the Media – When your friend copies your wedding (Brides)
• 1: In the Media – When all your friends get married in the same year (Brides)
• 1: Friendship Over 40: As Women Age, Are They Less Tolerant of Friends?

October 2015

• 29: Reeling from a falling out between my husband and my best friend
• 26: A teen’s parents insist she end her friendship with a gay friend
• 23: Caught in the middle
• 22: In the Media – Pay and income inequality between friends (International Business Times)
• 20: My daughter has no friends at a new school
• 17: Two friends live far away and run out of things to say
• 16: What can a mom do if her daughter can’t make and keep friends?
• 15: Finding friends on Craigslist: Lessons learned
• 14: Invitations: We don’t like them and they don’t like us
• 11: Traveling with a friend leads to a disagreement over spending
• 10: In the Media – Desperately Seeking a Bestie: When #SquadGoals Get Real
• 10: My friend doesn’t respect my feelings
• 8: When an irresponsible friend asks for money
• 5: In the Media – When is it time to break up with a friend? (Prevention)
• 5: When Expectations Differ
• 2: Having misgivings on ending a friendship that’s gotten too complicated

September 2015

• 30: In the Media – How to Tell A Friend She Can’t Bring a Plus-One to the Wedding
• 30: What do you say to a neighbor who wants to use your washing machine?
• 27: Should I confront my friend?
• 26: In the Media – On midlife loneliness
• 25: In the Media – Do you tell your friend she’s a terrible traveler?
• 24: In the Media – How depression affects friendships
• 24: Mom worries when her teen daughter has a falling out with a best friend
• 21: A blunt friend told me I’m boring and negative
• 18: How do I opt out of a friendship I don’t want to continue?
• 15: Making friends at school: Eighth grade girls are mean!
• 12: Bridesmaids Advice: Friendships first, bridesmaids second
• 11: Back to School: Strategies to Avoid Lunchroom Loneliness
• 9: An awkward invitation
• 8: 15 Ways to make friends at a new school
• 7: Friendships after 50: A radio interview with The Friendship Doctor
• 6: Sensing a depressed friend is pushing you away
• 4: Friendship: The problem of three
• 1: My 10-year-old daughter and the kid of my close friend constantly bicker

August 2015

• 29: In the Media – How To Survive a Breakup with Your Best Friend (Best Health)
• 28: Maintaining a friendship when a friend has more income than you
• 26: In the Media – Tips for handling a jealous friend
• 25: Friendship: When second best isn’t good enough
• 22: Moves: When the road to a friend’s house is one-way
• 20: In the Media – What to do if you can’t stand your boyfriend’s friends
• 19: Reader Wisdom: On chronic pain and friendship
• 18: In the Media – When friends fade away
• 17: Worried about dating a guy she met through a friend
• 16: Another Summer Book Giveaway: 100 Simple Ways To Have More Friends
• 13: An Ambivalent Friendship
• 10: Summer Book Giveaway: The Drummond Girls (contest ended)
• 7: Friendship takes two whether it’s an old friend or new
• 5: Having a hard time relating one-on-one
• 3: Friendships after recovering from an eating disorder
• 1: When It’s Time To Shut Up and Listen

July 2015

• 29: In the Media – How to break up when you’re the heartbreaker
• 29: Book Group Friends: Are They Real Friends?
• 26: A friendship question from a reader hints at something else
• 24: In the Media – 5 Ways your friendship may be unhealthy
• 23: In the Media – How to help a depressed friend
• 22: Are high school friendships meant to last forever?
• 20: Friendship: Is loyalty a weakness?
• 19: Tea Time: A new TV documentary showcasing female friendships
• 18: A teen is annoyed by a friend always changing plans at the last minute
• 18: In the Media – How to handle conflicts with your spouse over friends (Deseret News)
• 17: In the Media – 15 Signs You’re An Amazing Friend (BuzzFeed)
• 15: In the Media – When your partner dislikes your friends
• 15: Reader Wisdom: On how to join a conversation
• 14: Furious when a close friend is a no-show
• 11: A Facebook friendship that is out of sync
• 11: In the Media – How to Make Friends After A Move (Fitness Republic)
• 11: In the Media – On the loss of friends (National Catholic Register)
• 9: In the Media – Five Types of Needy Friends and How To Handle Them (Fitness Republic)
• 7: Mom Reaches Out For Help For Depressed Daughter
• 6: My Friends Won’t Let Me Stay At Their Apartment Anymore
• 5: Tween friends who live on the same block
• 3: Two Close Friends in the Same Book Club Cut Their Ties
• 2: Watching a teen being treated like a doormat
• 1: In the Media – Is Your Shopping Buddy Making You Spend Too Much? (U.S. News & World Report)

June 2015

• 30: In the Media – Tips for Reducing the Drama of a Breakup (Bustle)
• 30: On letting go: Too much follow up can feel like stalking
• 28: In the Media – 7 Ways To Survive a Breakup When You’re the Heartbreaker (SheKnows.com)
• 28: In the Media: On Why The Ending of A Friendship Sucks (TheJournal.IE)
• 28: Renewed a friendship that fizzled out
• 27: How can I get my friend to forgive me for a lie?
• 25: No Friends: And Before You Ask…I Am On Meds
• 24: In the Media – Pop culture: Our obsession with girl gangs (Yahoo Style)
• 23: In the Media – Girlfriends: The greatest loves of our lives (Daily Mail)
• 22: Finding friends after a divorce
• 21: Doomed friendship: A teacher gets too friendly with a parent of a child in her classroom
• 20: My friend is sick and I’m worried
• 19: Reader Wisdom: On giving up one-sided friendships
• 18: An introverted high school student feels uncomfortable with her group of friends
• 15: Not speaking: Should I wish her a happy birthday?
• 12: Should my friend have explained the circumstances of my divorce?
• 12: A new mom with marital and family problems
• 10: A young teen struggling with her emotions gets cut off by her friend
• 7: Friendship Etiquette: An Expanding Group of Neighbors
• 5: In the Media – How to Baby Proof Your Friendships (Mother & Baby)
• 4: Can I remain friends with someone with a totally different lifestyle?
• 1: Friends who mean well but get on your nerves

May 2015

• 30: Middle-Aged Woman Who Has Never Had Friends
• 29: Hating school because I have no true friends
• 28: In the Media – Friends and Money: Handling money issues with friends (Fitness Republic)
• 27: Shut out of my best friend without explanation
• 24: Connecting with a grieving friend
• 23: In the Media – Planning a Girlfriend Getaway (Fitness Republic)
• 23: All I want is to have one friend
• 20: Can’t stop thinking about a lost friendship
• 19: Good enough friends: Dealing with the hurt of being left out of the party
• 18: What can you do if a friend blocks you on social media?
• 17: A very generous gift
• 16: Betrayed by a friend
• 15: In the Media – Handling adult bullies who claim to be your friends (HuffPo UK)
• 15: Having a disagreement with a friend who gets diagnosed with a serious illness
• 14: My son hates people and has no friends
• 13: In the Media – How to End a Friendship
• 12: Can’t find friends at work or church
• 11: Starting high school without friends
• 10: Reader Wisdom: The best way to end a friendship
• 8: In the Media – Making Friends in a New Place (AARP)
• 8: How can I break up with a disturbed friend?
• 6: When our go-to friends disappoint us
• 5: My daughter has been singled out as the “bad friend”
• 2: An empty nester girls night out—plus one

April 2015

• 29: Too guarded to get close
• 28: In the Media: 5 Ways to Be A Better Friend
• 26: Insecure About My Relationship with My Best Friend
• 25: In the Media – Turning Down Being a Bridesmaid (WomensHealth)
• 23: In the Media: Bitching and Bonding (New York Magazine)
• 23: Three’s Company? My male roommate brought someone else into our home
• 21: In the Media – New study comparing male and female friendships
• 20: Giving money to friends who do fundraising on Facebook
• 18: In the Media – Keeping friends when you’re off to college
• 17: I just don’t like my friend’s husband
• 16: In the Media – Reconnecting on Facebook
• 15: In the Media – Long Distance Best Friends Who Live Far Away
• 14: A student seeks advice on dealing with a clingy friend
• 11: The friends of her ex cut off contact after a breakup
• 9: In the Media – In the Media – Younger, a TV show about intergenerational friendships (Yahoo Style)
• 8: When you have no other friends
• 7: Research looks at the emotional impact of spending time on Facebook
• 5: A Gay Woman Wants Her Friendship Back
• 2: Is it okay to befriend your friend’s friend?
• 1: Friendship by the Book: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

March 2015

• 30: My flaky friend makes me feel disposable
• 27: In the Media – On keeping long-distance friendships (Psychologies)
• 27: Not Invited To The Party: Should I Say Something?
• 24: Feeling left out by my group
• 23: In the Media – How to build an amazing intergenerational friendship
• 23: In the Media – How to deal with friendship breakups
• 21: Our friends don’t even leave a tip
• 18: What do I say to a friend I don’t really like?
• 16: In the Media – Social currency: Our friends (Rewire Me)
• 16: Reader Wisdom: Making peace with a friend who hates children
• 13: Building a new life in a new community
• 11: It feels like I’m losing my friend
• 9: Upset by a revelation on Facebook
• 7: Ever feel like you are an invisible friend?
• 6: Overheard: My friend heard me say I didn’t like talking on the phone
• 5: In the Media – The most difficult part of friendship
• 4: Introduced my guy friend to a girlfriend and…
• 1: Friends we can count on

February 2015

• 27: Disappointed by a best friend
• 24: My Maid of Honor Doesn’t Seem Happy For Me
• 23: A student is worried about a friend
• 21: Gambling and friendship
• 21: In the Media – Tips for mending a broken friendship (FitnessRepublic)
• 20: In the Media – Should you break up with a toxic friend? (Refinery29)
• 20: In the Media – 6 Reasons it’s okay to have a small group of friends (HerCampus.com)
• 18: Should I Return My Friend’s House Keys?
• 16: After a bout with depression, a middle-schooler has friendship problems
• 15: In the Media – 7 Tips for starting a conversation with a stranger
• 14: Valentine’s Day 2015: Not Just for Lovers
• 13: In the Media – Cliches people hear after breakups (Real Simple)
• 12: Asking a mechanic friend to work overtime
• 10: In the Media – Healing when a friends breaks up with you
• 9: My 15-year-old daughter was bullied at school
• 8: Friendship by the Book: 101 Quizzes for BFFs by Natasha Burton
• 6: In the Media – When your friend is religious and you’re not
• 6: Facebook: Do you use it to engage or to compare yourself to your friends?
• 4: Ten tips for making a good impression
• 1: Exhausted: When a friend needs more than a friend

January 2015

• 29: Friendship and happiness
• 26: Guest Post: 5 Ways To Know If Your Friend Is A Narcissist
• 26: Reader Wisdom: On making conversation
• 25: I am pretty but lack self confidence
• 24: In the Media – What should you do when a friendship turns addictive? (Cosmopolitan)
• 22: In the Media – How to handle awkward ex run-ins
• 22: Moved in with my boyfriend and lost my girlfriends
• 21: My 10-year-old son has no friends
• 19: Friendship: On asking for support
• 16: It feels like my friend is downgrading our relationship
• 14: 5 Ways you’re being a bad friend
• 13: A young woman feels left out of her group of friends
• 12: In the Media – How to help a friend who has lost her job (FitnessRepublic.com)
• 10: In the Media – 7 Surprising causes of high blood pressure (Grandparents.com)
• 10: Homebound senior who feels hopeless
• 9: Can these two couples maintain their close friendship?
• 6: Five signs your friendship may be going sour
• 6: In the Media – Five ways to get closer to your friends (AARP Life Reimagined)
• 6: Fitting in with groups in high school
• 4: Too Friendly, Too Soon With the Office Gossip

December 2014

• 30: A frayed friendship between partners spills over to their business
• 27: My best friend isn’t there for me
• 26: Friendships change when you are married
• 25: My Holiday Wish For You
• 23: In the Media – Combatting holiday loneliness (FitnessRepublic.com)
• 23: No friends at a new school
• 23: In the Media – Is unemployment affecting your friendships? (on GoThinkBig.co.UK)
• 21: When A Friend Always Copies and Imitates, What Do You Do?
• 20: In the Media – The Health Benefits of Friendship (FitnessRepublic.com)
• 19: Vive: Using technology to connect with real people
• 18: Feeling hurt that my relationship with my roommate has changed
• 15: Reader Wisdom: What friends should and shouldn’t say when someone loses a job
• 12: Friendship Etiquette: How To Explain Not Being Invited To Mutual Friends
• 9: In the Media – Tips for attending your high school reunion (WomensHealth.com)
• 9: Friendship by the Book: Big Little Lies by Lianne Moriarity
• 8: Having problems making friends at a small school
• 7: In the Media – How to Deal with Roommate Fights (HerCampus.com)
• 5: On missing old friends
• 3: In the Media – 8 Tips for Making New Friends (Fitness Republic)
• 2: Happy Endings: Do you have a friendship story to share?

November 2014

• 30: My friend wants me to store her stuff: How can I say no?
• 29: Helping Teens Resolve Friendship Problems
• 28: Should you drop a toxic friend? (The Journal News – NY)
• 28: A shy teen feels she isn’t popular with male or female friends
• 26: Thanksgiving Day – 2014
• 24: Making friends: Leery right from the start
• 21: In the Media – Holidays: how to navigate awkward situations (Journal News)
• 21: Reader Wisdom: On learning how to connect
• 19: Too desperate for friendship
• 18: A breakdown in communication with a college roommate
• 16: What can you do when a friendship abruptly ends?
• 15: My daughter is being excluded by her friends
• 14: Her friend won’t leave her alone
• 12: In the Media – How to deal with a jealous friend
• 12: Feeling hurt after being left out of the wedding party
• 11: A teen asks: Should I cut off this friendship?
• 9: Feeling friendless after a marriage falls apart
• 6: In the Media – On ending virtual friendships (Salon)
• 6: My daughter feels like an outsider
• 5: In the Media – How to save a long-distance relationship with your best friend (Cosmopolitan – AU)
• 3: In the Media – Taylor Swift on Friendship (Grazia UK)
• 3: College friendships: Finding a home away from home
• 1: Friendship etiquette: Separating work friends from other friends

October 2014

• 31: Afraid of being a loner in high school
• 28: When a friend doesn’t show up
• 27: No close friends: Senior year friendship problems
• 21: I am the needy friend!
• 18: A Friend Who Asks To Couchsurf With You
• 15: In the Media – 5 Secrets of people with lifelong friends
• 15: A Texting Only Friendship: Is That All There Is?
• 11: Friendship: A Matter of Trust
• 8: Worried about being separated from my friends in high school
• 5: When a friend with mental health problems makes you a scapegoat
• 4: In the Media – How to knock fear out of your life (Men’s Health)
• 2: 6 Tips for making friends as an expat

September 2014

• 29: My friend cheated on her husband and didn’t tell me
• 28: Unable to make friends: I feel like a failure waiting to die
• 26: When Your Friendship Is Downgraded
• 25: Connecting with a friend who is ashamed
• 23: When A Friend Threatens Suicide
• 22: In the Media – Never too old to make friends
• 22: Friendship by the Book: My Other Ex
• 20: Seeing My Friend For The First Time After A One-Sided Breakup
• 18: In the Media – 7 Signs you are in a toxic friendship (Real Simple)
• 17: The social challenges of changing schools in high school
• 14: My 7-year-old was left out and not invited to the party
• 11: Friendship by the Book: Getting Even by Sarah Rayner
• 8: Making high school friends after a move
• 5: Why would someone always offer advice?
• 2: Worried about making friends in high school?

August 2014

• 31: Apologizing after the wrong words slip out of your mouth
• 29: I’m a 13-year-old nerd having problems with friends at junior high
• 27: In the Media – 8 of Life’s Biggest Shakeups (Shape Magazine)
• 26: Sharing a friend’s happiness when you’re unhappy
• 24: 15 Tips for making friends at school this year
• 22: My disappointing maid of honor
• 21: My friend hasn’t returned two books
• 18: In the Media – Three Kinds of Friendzillas (Brides Magazine)
• 18: Walking on eggshells after a workplace friendship ends
• 16: Guest Post – How to Patch Those Black Hole Relationships
• 16: In the Media – Ways to Stay True to Yourself (Women’s Health Magazine)
• 13: My texting friendship seems to be off-track
• 11: I’m 14 years old and my best friend is unreliable
• 9: Dropped by a friend of 30 years
• 7: Sitting Alone At The High School Lunch Table
• 5: Is it okay if I don’t want any friends for now?
• 4: My best friend won’t talk to me
• 3: In the Media – On being with old friends (Daily Pioneer – India)
• 2: Friendship Day is on August 3, 2014 – So what?
• 2: Can blue hair get in the way of making friends?
• 1: In the Media – 4 Ways to Fix a Toxic Friendship (Huffington Post)

July 2014

• 30: Parenting: Dealing with unreliable moms
• 28: Friendship on hold
• 27: Making friends at college
• 26: The Clique At The Temple
• 24: Family friendships: When a spat between families spills over to the kids
• 23: In the Media – 5 Ways Your Friendships Might Be Unhealthy (HerCampus.com)
• 22: In the Media – Can friends can be bad for your health? (NextAvenue.com)
• 22: Parenting and friendship: Teaching kids to do the right thing
• 20: Mentally ill with no friends, home or job
• 19: When a friend is too clingy
• 16: Dealing with a needy friend when you have cancer
• 12: A woman loses a job and loses her friends in the process
• 10: Reader Wisdom: Becoming a mother and losing friends
• 8: My long-time friend disappointed me
• 7: In the Media – The Best Way to Comfort a Crier (Greatist)
• 6: My 14-year-old daughter was left out by a group
• 5: When a girl’s best friend is a guy friend
• 3: In the Media – Socializing Singles in Sioux Falls (Argus Leader)

June 2014

• 30: No friends and having a baby
• 28: How should I handle invasive questions from friends?
• 26: In the Media – Rules for Building New Friendships (Mind-Body-Green)
• 25: My teenage daughter was dropped by a friend
• 24: In the Media – Why We Need Mom Friends
• 23: Reader Wisdom: Invited To A Home Party You Don’t Want To Go To?
• 21: My friend is doing something dangerous
• 19: Hearing loss and friendship
• 17: Changing schools and changing friends
• 15: Collecting rent may trump hanging on to a tenuous friendship
• 12: Suffering from caregiver burnout? Journalist seeking sources
• 11: My career-focused friend isn’t putting any effort into maintaining our friendship
• 9: Friendship Research: Having a close confidante helps keep us healthy
• 8: 8-Year-Old Upset With Mean Girls At School
• 6: Good friends until he told her he was attracted to her
• 5: In the Media – 14 habits that leave you tired (Fox News)
• 4: In the Media: On the importance of intergenerational friendship (AllParenting.com)
• 4: Children’s friendships after moms break up
• 3: My friend was drunk and had sex on my couch
• 1: A victim of domestic abuse asks why her friend cut off their relationship

May 2014

• 31: Should I worry about my grandchildren making friends after a move?
• 27: My friend isn’t living up to my expectations
• 24: 6 simple ways to move your friendship to the next level (HuffPo)
• 24: How do you tell a friend you don’t have time for her?
• 23: Single moms need friends
• 22: Friendship Trivia: Unfriend finally makes it into another dictionary
• 21: Introverted? Put a name on it.
• 20: Feeling like a third wheel
• 19: Shifting workplace alliances
• 14: Should A Friend Always Forgive?
• 10: Guest Post: The Woman Who Couldn’t Stop Talking About Herself
• 8: Her other friend
• 4: My friend crush
• 3: Homeless and friendless

April 2014

• 30: Mom worries about her daughter’s friendships
• 29: In the Media – When mean girls become mean women (SheKnowsUK)
• 28: Abused by autistic friend
• 24: When teenage friends become coupled
• 21: In the Media – 9 Bad Influences on Your Child (Real Simple)
• 21: In the Media – How to Mend a Friendship (Woman’s Day)
• 21: Establishing boundaries with a disabled friend
• 19: Finishing school online without friends
• 17: A wife-chaser made me lose trust in female friends
• 15: Everyone else has close friends
• 13: Working in a family-owned business makes it hard to make friends
• 11: Feeling like a misfit with no money
• 9: Plum Beach Island, A Novel by Holly Robinson
• 8: In the Media – Dogs as connectors to friendships
• 8: I’m having problems making friends at a small school
• 6: How do you handle a pushy friend?
• 4: Not Invited To The Party: Could It Be A Misunderstanding?
• 2: My 8-Year-Old Son Has No Friends At School

March 2014

• 30: A 30-year-old woman with no friends
• 29: In the Media: 8 Ways to end an unhealthy friendship gracefully (on Bustle.com)
• 29: In the Media: 7 Ways you’re compromising your mental health (on HerCampus.com)
• 28: In the Media: 5 Ways to balance friends and a girlfriend (Men’s Health)
• 28: Finding friends: Are you barking up the wrong tree?
• 26: Friend crush: Dropped and depressed
• 24: When a friend lacks empathy
• 23: When making new friends is a struggle
• 21: My friend came out and changed
• 19: I don’t trust my friend
• 17: What Do You Do When An Ex-Friend Won’t Say Hello
• 15: You can’t always count on workplace friendships
• 13: In the Media – Recognizing when friendships become toxic
• 11: My friend didn’t show up at my birthday party
• 8: Flirting: My friends flirt too much
• 6: To find new friends, follow your interests
• 5: Peggy and Inez: Best friends at 90
• 4: A 13-year-old with a physically abusive friend
• 3: When Remaining Just Friends Is Tough
• 1: My best friend is desperate and makes bad choices when it comes to men

February 2014

• 28: My daughter’s friend is very competitive
• 27: Guest Post: What can happen when you deactivate a Facebook account
• 25: In the Media – Toxic pals: Behind frenemy lines (CNN)
• 25: Having trouble making friends after a move
• 23: In the Media – How to handle the stickiest of money situations (Daily Worth)
• 22: Reader Wisdom: On Handling a Toxic Friendship
• 21: The Maid of Honor in my wedding pictures who is no longer my friend
• 20: I have few friends and worry about my daughters’ friendships
• 18: National talk show seeking friends dating a friend’s ex
• 18: Making new friends one at a time
• 17: I feel like my friend is using me
• 16: My Friend Is Threatening To Kill Himself
• 14: Valentine’s Day: 7 ways to nurture your friendships
• 2: Sticky college roommates
• 2: What to do if you sleep with a friend’s ex (Women’s Health Magazine)

January 2014

• 31: A young teen feels ugly and lacks confidence
• 29: My friend is a no-show without a reasonable explanation
• 23: Making friends at school
• 21: Providing support for a friend who has been raped
• 18: In the Media – How to handle your best friend getting pregnant (Cosmopolitan)
• 17: When friends drift apart
• 17: I’m so embarrassed…what do I do next?
• 15: My best friend called my son a fag
• 13: My friend came into money
• 12: The friendships of military wives
• 11: The Friendship Blog: Not for women only
• 10: In the Media – Girlfriends with benefits
• 9: A young teen worries about her best friend
• 8: How to handle a jealous friend: 7 tips
• 7: An almost-perfect Internet friendship blows up
• 6: Feeling used by a friend who once was a lover
• 5: When no response is a response
• 5: A single mom has trouble making friends
• 4: Can you remain friends after you’re been jilted?
• 3: My friend has no interest in what I have to say
• 3: A teen feels she is being dropped by a group of friends
• 2: In the Media – 8 New Year’s Resolutions That You Can Actually Stick to (Women’sHealth)
• 2: In the Media – Which old friendships are worth hanging on to? (PBS Next Avenue)
• 1: Betrayal: My BFF ran off with my ex
• 1: Searching for Friendship 2013 – A Year-End Review
• 1: In the Media – What psychologies learnt in 2013

December 2013

• 20: How To Get Over The Holidays With No Friends or Family
• 20: When you need an extra push to get out and make friends
• 18: How do you handle a friend who is self-harming?
• 17: Reader Wisdom: What a boy with Asperger’s taught me about friendship and being different
• 16: I want to be a friend, not a replacement daughter
• 14: I’ve mourned her loss once. Should I give this friendship another chance?
• 13: How do you decide when it is time to break up with a friend?
• 12: 50 and no…
• 11: In the Media – How to Handle Sticky Situations With Friends and Money
• 11: I don’t seem to care about friendships. Should I?
• 10: One-Way Friendship Breakup
• 9: Dumped by a friend and co-worker
• 8: Guest post: Moving from small talk to friendship
• 6: The etiquette of leaving a clique
• 6: In the Media – How to deal with a roommate fight (Hercampus.com)
• 5: Lonely in my senior year at high school
• 4: An insider’s take on Toastmasters
• 3: In the Media – How friends save our lives (Health Magazine)

November 2013

• 30: Friendships at a ballet studio
• 29: Reader Wisdom: Setting standards for friendship
• 28: Friendship and Loss: When Grief Changes A Friendship
• 27: Thanksgiving Day – 2013
• 26: Sharing A Thanksgiving Table With People You Don’t Like
• 26: Friendship: Uninvited on Thanksgiving
• 26: The Fragility of Friendship
• 23: Friendship and chronic illness
• 22: Friendship: Are My Expectations Too High?
• 22: Reader Wisdom: When your teen feels like an outcast
• 20: Friends and weddings
• 18: First-Person: Friendship lessons after 50
• 17: The difficulty of giving up on a friendship
• 15: In the Media – Friendship is Health Insurance (Detroit Free Press)
• 15: Can You Rebuild Trust After Shutting Someone Out?
• 14: On YouTube: Using Google to find old friends
• 14: In the Media – How to deal with a jealous friend (on HerCampus.com)
• 13: In the Media – Are you Miss Judgypants with friends? (on iVillage)
• 13: Seeking forgiveness after ending a friendship
• 12: Guest Post: Fear, failure and being a real man
• 7: Making friends in high school
• 6: When teen friends talk about sex
• 3: Should a teen switch schools when she is having friendship problems?
• 2: How To Say No To A Home Party Held By Friends Selling Stuff

October 2013

• 31: Where Can My Depressed Friend Get Help?
• 30: Text Message Violated Trust Between Friends
• 27: Some friendships work better in small doses
• 26: In the Media – New movie about male friendships
• 23: When a friend meets her first boyfriend
• 22: To make friends after moving, you may have to make the first move
• 18: How can I break up with a needy friend?
• 18: In the Media – Are you too judgmental? (On iVillage)
• 17: Should You Stay Friends with an Ex-Boyfriend?
• 14: How to say no to a favor
• 10: Entering university without any friends
• 8: In the Media – How Friends Save Our Lives (Health.com)
• 7: Why am I attracted to toxic friends?
• 5: Am I doomed to have no friends?
• 3: Journalist wants to speak to real people who have felt betrayed when a friend got pregnant
• 1: The brush-off: Is my friend using his kids as an excuse?

September 2013

• 29: My nine-year-old son prefers to play with girls
• 27: How should a friend respond to bad news?
• 26: Is there anything wrong with dating my friend’s ex?
• 25: In the Media – 6 ways to make friends with your neighbors (Women’s Health)
• 24: In the Media – When friends spill secrets (on Yahoo Shine)
• 24: Dealing with a depressed friend when you are depressed
• 20: When A Friend Asks For Space
• 18: A complicated relationship: Would you consider it a friendship?
• 16: Friendship: Starting from zero
• 12: Dealing with grown-up mean girls and their men
• 10: In the Media – What to do when friends become needy
• 10: Moving forward after a hoax
• 9: In the Media – Girls’ night out a restaurant respite (Tampa Bay Times)
• 8: When a friend starts fibbing
• 7: A teen struggling with friendship problems asks for help
• 6: Saying No To Friends
• 2: Should I tell people I don’t have friends?
• 1: What to do when you fight all the time

August 2013

• 31: What does friendship have to do with confidence?
• 24: Remaining connected with a friend on a spiritual journey
• 21: Friendship: No response is a response of sorts
• 19: Middle School Friendships: What should this mom do?
• 19: In the Media – The Girlfriend Experience (Women’s Health – AU)
• 17: Dealing with an unreliable friend
• 16: Marital problems can kill a friendship
• 14: When a friend asks for one more chance
• 11: Remaining Friends With Friends Who Don’t Reciprocate
• 10: Should I give my friend a pass because she is grieving?
• 7: Getting Over A Blowup With A Best Friend
• 3: A teen worries she’s a burden to friends
• 3: Don’t want friends…I want to be alone
• 1: Babies, dogs and Facebook friends
• 1: In the Media – Do you need a friendship detox
• 1: Outgrowing mom friends: What would you do?

July 2013

• 31: In the Media – A short & simple guide to finding friends
• 30: Friendless In A New Town
• 28: Feeling drained by a friend
• 24: In the Media – Money & Friendship on LearnVest
• 21: Disappointed by friend at work
• 18: For Discussion: How quickly should a friend respond to a text message?
• 14: Confused about difference between friends and lovers
• 11: Stuck in a friendship rut
• 10: In the Media – I sent my friend a ranting text (Self Magazine)
• 8: What NOT to say to a friend
• 5: Making friends after being sick
• 5: Should I keep my friend at a distance or just let go?
• 2: High school friendships: The way things were
• 1: Should I move on after this breakup?

June 2013

• 30: A troubled marriage can divide best friends: Can this one be repaired?
• 29: The tag-along friend
• 28: In the Media – How to Be a Supportive Friend in Time of Need (Family Circle)
• 27: Teen Friendships: I’m 14 and my best friend’s parents just got divorced
• 26: In the Media – A Friend is Someone Who Likes You…
• 25: When religious differences divide friends
• 24: In the Media – Best Friends Forever?
• 24: Feeling guilty about cutting off a friendship
• 12: Ending A Friendship Nicely
• 6: Ditched by a gay friend when I started dating
• 4: Ex-pat friendships

May 2013

• 29: The Basics of Starting a Friendship: Step One
• 26: Frances Ha: A movie about female friendship in black, white and shades of gray
• 24: Can a friendship on life support be salvaged?
• 21: Our friendship isn’t the same
• 18: Friendship: In sickness and in health? Not always
• 18: In the Media – My very cheap day
• 18: Behind the Scenes: The Friendship Doctor meets Marlo Thomas
• 16: In the Media: OMG, I sent my friend a ranting text
• 15: ‘Single at Heart’ blogger on making friends
• 15: You’re My ‘Best Friend’: To Say or Not To Say?
• 15: Making friends with Marlo Thomas
• 10: Losing a best friend who is also your sister
• 6: Ending a friendship: My friend’s partner is toxic
• 2: Mining Your Neighborhood for Friends

April 2013

• 29: My teen feels rejected by friends and wants to end his life
• 27: Birthday Gifts And Friendship
• 27: Chronic pain and friendship – A discussion on PainResource.com
• 27: In the Media – On Making New Friends (London Telegraph)
• 27: 5 Fun and Healthy Girls Night Out Ideas – On AllForWomen.co.za
• 25: What to do when a friend is bringing you down – On WomensHealth.com
• 25: Adult mean girl who is an angel to everyone else
• 24: In The Media – 12 health tradeoffs that work
• 24: In the Media – Help! Freaked out my girl crush
• 23: Getting comfortable with a new circle of friends
• 20: Teens with learning disabilities: Making friends
• 19: How to end a friendship after growing apart
• 18: How to Make New Friends (in the Sacramento Bee)
• 13: Friendship and menopause: Change of life
• 9: Making Friends When You Are Shy
• 8: Oil and water: Friendship threesomes and foursomes
• 3: Best friends: Should children in preschool be separated from their friends?

March 2013

• 31: On Circle Envy: Everyone Can’t Have a Group of Friends
• 28: Let Down By A Friend When I Needed Her Most
• 28: A “Traveling Lady” shares her thoughts on traveling with friends
• 23: Ten tips for finding a long lost friend
• 20: CBS Sunday Morning looks at the power of friendship
• 16: Dumped by a friend with no explanation
• 15: CBS Sunday Morning Show Interview with The Friendship Doctor – Rescheduled for 3/17/13
• 13: On More Time To Travel: An inspiring group of ladies…
• 10: Journalist Seeking Sources – Women over 50 who share a home
• 10: Drained by a profoundly depressed friend
• 6: Making And Maintaining Online Friendships
• 4: The last straw in a friendship that is waning
• 3: 5 strategies for handling friends who talk too much
• 2: Taking friends for granted
• 1: The relationship between children’s friendships and those of their parents
• 1: In the Media: How to make amends with a best friend

February 2013

• 28: Can a friendship overcome a terrible betrayal?
• 25: Friendship by the Book: An Interview with Carlin Flora, author of Friendfluence
• 24: How To Handle A Blowup With A Friend
• 23: How to avoid losing a friend
• 23: IN THE MEDIA – Los Amigos que toda chica debe tener (In MSN Glo Espanol)
• 23: IN THE MEDIA – How to find new friends fast (in Life & Beauty Weekly)
• 20: Guest Post: The Importance of Friends When a Guy is Planning His Marriage Proposal
• 19: How can I handle a friend who is angry and hostile?
• 17: We could be great platonic friends, if only…
• 15: Friendship by the Book: Surviving Female Friendships
• 14: Valentine’s Day 2013: Not only for lovers
• 11: What do I say to my friend having a facelift?
• 10: In the Media – Wonderful friendship story by Joyce Wadler
• 8: In the Media – On Her Campus: Friendship Faux Pas
• 7: CBS Sunday Morning Appearance Postponed
• 7: My teenage daughter has no friends and feels like an outcast
• 7: Putting an end to phone tag
• 6: Three Rules for Opposite Sex Friendships
• 6: Can Men And Women Just Be Friends?
• 5: Friendship by the Book: An interview with Shasta Nelson, author of Friendships Just Don’t Happen
• 4: Should I end this friendship?
• 2: Confused and upset over being rebuffed by a friend at work

January 2013

• 31: Guest Post: Stress and e-mail can be bad for your health!
• 29: IN THE NEWS: Best Friends as Almost-Husbands
• 27: On Life Goes Strong: What NOT to say to a friend
• 27: How do I break up with a group?
• 26: I’m having problems with a spinster friend
• 25: Faking it: Is that what it takes to make new friends?
• 25: IN THE MEDIA: How Marriage Changes Friendships
• 25: How can I help my daughter with ADHD mend a broken friendship?
• 18: Guest Post: Why introverts have (even more) trouble making friends
• 17: Guest Post: 3 Ways to Flex Your Job for More Free Time for Friends
• 8: How Do I Develop Friendships As Part of a Couple?
• 4: How can I help my 13-year-old daughter get over a friendship breakup?

December 2012

• 30: Searching for Friendship: 2012
• 25: Making friends at midlife: Ties that bind
• 20: My friend criticizes me
• 20: Media opportunity: Have you broken up with a best friend?
• 16: On Access to Guns & Mental Health Services
• 13: We TV – What Should You Do When You Don’t Like Your Teen’s Friend?
• 11: An unsettling blow-up with a passive-aggressive friend
• 10: Handling jealousy over my lesbian partner’s relationships with men
• 8: Letting go of a best friend isn’t easy
• 5: Ultimatums can undermine a friendship

November 2012

• 26: Should I go to my friend’s party if I don’t like some of the guests?
• 24: When to let go of a friend
• 21: Thanksgiving Day 2012
• 20: Social Anxiety and Friendship: A First-Person Account
• 16: Why is it so hard finding a spontaneous friend to hang out with?
• 14: SF Gate: Friendship Problems, When Your Child is Fighting with her Best Friend
• 14: Ending the Family Feud (in Best You, Aviva Insurance)
• 11: Need advice: I feel like a recluse at work
• 10: No Friends In High School: What Am I Doing Wrong?
• 8: Friendship and retirement planning
• 8: The Law of Averages: How Long Do Friendships Last?
• 6: Guest Post: A frightening and uninvited Facebook introduction
• 3: Desperate: My daughter hangs out with friends who drink and do drugs
• 3: Guest Post: Cookies and Friendship
• 2: My close friend seems to have dropped off the face of the earth
• 1: My Friend At Work Dumped Me: Should I Keep Hanging On To Hope?

October 2012

• 31: Hurricane Sandy, Meeting Katie Couric and The Blog Makeover
• 29: Hurricane Sandy Update: From Irene
• 29: Making friends: Why can’t I get close?
• 23: Should I Go To My Friend’s Kids’ Birthday Party?
• 22: Chatting with Cherie: The About.com Friendship Guide
• 21: My friend makes jabs about my weight
• 18: Her Campus: The Collegiette’s Ultimate Midterm Survival Guide
• 17: Introduced Two Friends…And Now I’m Left In The Dust
• 17: My friends make me feel bad about my neck…and my nose
• 11: International Day of the Girl: Friendship advice for young women under the age of 18
• 10: A fickle high school friendship
• 9: Friendship: In Sickness and In Health
• 9: Worried about my partner’s failing friendships
• 6: Feeling awkward and conflicted about a threesome
• 1: Welcome
• 1: Getting Older: Fighting loneliness in small steps

September 2012

• 30: College: Balancing being a friend and being a roommate
• 30: Mom.Me – When Kids Fight
• 29: How can I peacefully end a relationship with a needy friend?
• 29: National Museum Day
• 28: My heart aches for my teenage daughter
• 27: Grandparents.com: 5 Friends Every Grandparent Needs
• 27: Chicago Tribune – Looking for Friends in All the Right Places
• 27: In the Media – iVillage – 18 Ways to Help Your Kid Make Friends
• 23: Is my friend over-reacting?
• 22: Camp Friendships: Some are fleeting, some last forever
• 18: Having trouble getting close
• 16: Can’t get close to my self-centered friend
• 13: Rx for Loneliness: Get out of the house!
• 12: Narcissism: Surviving the Self-Involved – An Interview with Meredith Resnick
• 12: Living with a close friend: What happened to our friendship?
• 6: Making Friends: Having trouble getting close
• 1: Money, trust and friendship

August 2012

• 31: My Daughter Is Friendless, Depressed, And Wants To Move
• 28: Slowly losing all my friends
• 27: Cosmopolitan Magazine (AU) – Fix Your Friendship
• 21: Friendship by the Book: Friends Forever by Danielle Steele
• 11: When it comes to having friends, a “boy” friend may not be enough
• 10: Finding it difficult to let go of an ex-friend
• 6: Traveling with Friends: A new vacation trend
• 6: Mail Online (UK) – Why We All Need a Peter Pan Friend
• 6: Is this friendship breakup worth talking about?

July 2012

• 31: The Journey of Two (blog) – Review of Best Friends Forever
• 31: Yahoo! Por Elle (France) – 7 Ways to Improve Your Relationship
• 31: Pais24.com (Argentina) – Cuando un amigo se va, queda un espacio vacío
• 31: I left my best friend after she had an affair: Was I wrong?
• 30: Guest Post: Recipe for Creating a Bully
• 27: My confusing relationship with my lesbian friend
• 27: Palm Beach Woman – Nurturing friendships
• 27: Blog Talk Radio – The Advice Goddess Interviews The Friendship Doctor
• 27: MSN Lifestyle (Canada) – Female bullying
• 27: My friend doesn’t want me to have other friends
• 22: No childhood friends to speak of
• 22: Marie Claire (Germany) – 50 ways to leave your friend
• 22: Semana.com (Colombia) – Mi viejo mejor amigo
• 20: Woman’s Day – Surviving a best friend breakup
• 18: Guest Post: Friendships between introverts and extroverts
• 15: Can someone be friends with a psychologist?
• 11: Parenting young adult friendships: Riddled with complications
• 8: How do I deal with childhood friends with childish ways?
• 8: He’s Back: How To Deal With Your High School Ex Over the Summer
• 7: Is a friend’s response to your loss or serious illness a litmus test of your friendship?
• 2: Guest Post – Getting over the trauma of multiple deaths

June 2012

• 27: Friendship and faith
• 24: A troubled marriage can make for troubled friendships
• 22: No friends: Don’t tell me to join a group
• 19: Guest Post: Trauma, Trust and Friendship
• 18: My Friend Doesn’t Trust Me: What Can I Do?
• 18: When Your Teen’s BFF Makes You Say OMG
• 13: Regretting the loss of a 20-year friendship
• 13: Flare Magazine – How to Breakup with a Friend on Social Media
• 12: On having neighbors who don’t have to knock
• 11: Guest Post: Getting Over Feeling Like a Stranger in Your Own Neighborhood
• 10: Change can challenge friendships
• 10: La Tercera (Chilean newspaper) Breaking a friendship is as painful as breaking with a partner
• 8: Yahoo! Shine- 10 People Every Woman Needs in Her Life
• 7: How can I handle a friend who is clingy and self-absorbed?
• 4: The Friendship Blog – Named a Must-Visit Blog
• 4: My friend discovered I lied to her
• 1: First-Person: It’s Tough to Reach Out to Friends When You’re Depressed
• 1: Embarrassed at having no friends

May 2012

• 31: Teenage Girl’s Survival Guide – Friend or Frenemies
• 30: Unhappily married…and more at home with my husband
• 28: A new beginning—but I don’t want to be alone
• 28: SOMETHING NEW: Check out The Friendship Blog Connection on Facebook
• 26: From the Friendship Forums: Balancing Friend-Time with Me-Time
• 23: Daily Spark: How to Fix a Friendship
• 23: My Friend Won’t Leave Her House—What Should I Do?
• 21: The awkwardness of friendship after dating
• 21: My so-called friend
• 16: Asking too much of a friend
• 13: An Encore Post – How Being A Mother Can Sabotage Your Friendships
• 11: The downside of getting involved in a friend’s marital problems
• 9: What to do with an out-of-sync friendship
• 9: Moving and leaving my best friend behind
• 3: What does email response time say about a friendship?

April 2012

• 27: MintStyle with Rachel Weingarten: The New Style of Socializing
• 26: No Friends: Why can’t I connect with a friend?
• 25: The Windsor Star – Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Particularly Among Friends
• 23: When a friend seems to be saying, “Go take a hike”
• 19: When a close friendship with a boss suddenly ends
• 18: From the Friendship Forums – On Learning from Past Mistakes
• 17: Finding out a dark secret about a friend
• 15: Is it possible to have two male best friends if one is your husband?
• 12: Just friends or more than friends?
• 11: Match.com Happen Magazine: How to Be More Social Throughout Your Day
• 11: Cosmopolitan Magazine – How To Lock Down a Girl Crush
• 10: Sisters Who Aren’t the Best of Friends—Right Now
• 6: Natural Health Magazine – Making New Friends
• 5: The Ottawa Citizen – It’s Over
• 5: Friendship by the Book: Stuff Every Mom Should Know
• 2: Guest Post: Don’t Let Money Ruin Your Friendships
• 2: Borrowing Money From A Friend: What Could Have Gone Wrong With This Friendship?

March 2012

• 29: I can’t make friends…could it be my voice or my bad relationship with my mother?
• 26: Cosmopolitan.com – How to Meet New Friends on a Busy Schedule
• 26: Friendship: Nightmare on my street
• 25: Friendship by the Book: Nine Rubies – by Mahru Ghashghaei, as told to Susan Snyder
• 24: Make It Better–Mothers of Tweens: Remaining Friends When Your Daughters Have Broken-Up
• 23: Fear of Losing All My Friends
• 22: Should I try to patch up this online friendship?
• 19: Feeling Left Out, Excluded, Rejected
• 18: Money and Friends: How to Figure It All Out
• 18: Friendship by the Book – When A Friend Dies
• 16: Friendship: When Little Problems Mushroom into Big Ones
• 15: Bad New Beau: What You Shouldn’t Say to a Friends in a Toxic Relationship
• 15: May the Best Woman Win? How Competition Can Hurt Friendships
• 13: Nervous about my friend moving on
• 13: Two friends who need each other—but don’t like each other
• 9: Mothering a Dependent Friend: How do I change course?
• 7: How You Can Help Other Women – International Women’s Day is March 8, 2012
• 7: From the Friendship Forums: Ten Signs of a Lazy Friend
• 5: Letting go of old friendships is never easy
• 4: New Love: How Do I Tell My Child And My Ex?

February 2012

• 28: Avoiding A One-Sided Friendship
• 27: Friends Don’t Let Friends Become Roommates
• 26: Gaming Friendships
• 25: When Friendships Aren’t Forever
• 25: Her Campus: How to Avoid Spending Too Much Time With Your Boyfriend
• 24: Home Alone & Lonely? Some Practical Tips
• 22: My Best Friend Is Pulling Away
• 21: Expert Advice for Tricky Friendship Situations
• 20: The Fantasy Best Friend
• 15: Happy ‘Friendship Day’ — And Maybe That’s a Good Thing
• 14: 8 Ways to Make a Friend Feel Special on Valentine’s Day
• 13: Remembering Jeffrey Zaslow
• 11: On WBUR NPR Radio/Boston: Love Letters- How to Break Up With a Friend
• 11: Distance between Friends
• 7: My 7-Year-Old Is Treated Like An Outcast
• 6: Friendship: The Significance of Timing
• 5: Heartbroken over the loss of a friendship…is there anything I can do?
• 3: Friendship by the Book: Two Plus Two: Couples and their Couple Friendships’
• 2: Is there a bestie in your life now?

January 2012

• 31: Children of Divorce and their Friendships
• 28: Friendship: The Whole Truth, Nothing but the Truth—Not Always
• 27: At Wit’s End: My friend lives from hand-to-mouth and I always need to bail her out
• 26: Interested in Making February Your “Month of Letters?”
• 24: The devastating effect of a pocket-dial on a friendship
• 24: Feeling guilty after a sudden breakup with college roommate
• 23: Can you give me two minutes of your time?
• 20: Too Much: Overwhelmed by a friend without boundaries
• 19: 8 common friendship problems and how to fix them
• 18: Taking Stock of a Friendship in Black and White
• 16: Guest Post: Friendship Survival for Childfree Women
• 9: No Social Life in High School: My Part-Time Friends
• 9: SecondAct.com: Breaking Up (with Friends) is Hard To Do
• 7: Words with Friends? Another Way to Make New Friends
• 6: From The Friendship Forums – 8 Telltale Signs of a Social Climber
• 4: Should friends be brutally truthful with one another?
• 2: Friendship by the Book – MWF Seeking BFF: My Yearlong Search for a New Best Friend
• 1: A Refrigerator List: 5 simple ways to improve your friendships

December 2011

• 30: Moving and Friendship: Is moving a good way to make new friends?
• 29: Lonely in High School
• 23: Top ten friendship posts in 2011: The Friendship Doctor reflects on friendship and blogging
• 22: Her Campus: Frenemies
• 21: Best Health (Canada): How to Revive an Old Friendship
• 21: Self.com – How to Make a New Best Friend
• 20: When A Friend Becomes A Frenemy
• 19: A complicated friendship
• 17: 10 Reasons Why Your Friend Didn’t Send You A Holiday Card
• 16: Why can’t I make friends?
• 15: Match.com Happen Magazine: Dating When You Have Roommates
• 14: The Kiss: Do you think her best friend will forgive her?
• 13: Friends with Cancer: What to Say and Do
• 13: From the Friendship Forums – Signs Your Best Friend is Becoming Your Worst Enemy
• 9: Distraught over a Breakup with a Workplace Friend
• 9: Woman’s Day – How to Walk Away From a Relationship
• 8: Mean girls at Montessori Preschool
• 7: Guest Post: Fat Talk Among Friends
• 5: Friendship, Cutting, and Making A Difference
• 3: Mom Concerned About Toddler Who Is Aggressive With Playmates
• 3: When Family or Close Friends Miss A Milestone Celebration
• 2: Two Unrelated Links That May Be of Interest
• 1: 13 Ways to Make Saying NO Easier

November 2011

• 26: Dumped: But my friend wants to remain connected — on her terms
• 24: Thanksgiving Day – 2011
• 23: My Friend Dumped Me Because She Thinks I Made A Play For Her Husband
• 22: AOL Jobs: I Tattled on a Co-Worker
• 19: Mom worried about work friendship endangering her child’s emotional well-being
• 18: Galtime.Com: How to Help Your Daughter Survive a Best Friend Breakup
• 17: Online Resource: What to tell to a friend who has cancer
• 17: Yahoo-Shine – How to Fight Fair with Your Best Friend
• 16: Brushed aside by my “best friend” at a formal dinner party
• 15: An Insecure Friend
• 11: College Friendships 101: The First Semester
• 11: Can parents be substitute friends?
• 6: Concerned about a friendship that’s been reduced to a Facebook relationship
• 4: Friendship by the Book: Falling Together by Marisa de los Santos
• 3: Complicated Grief: Having an extremely hard time getting over the death of a spouse

October 2011

• 26: Is it normal to be more interested in girlfriends than guys?
• 24: Happen Magazine: 7 Ways to Improve Your Relationship
• 24: Match.com Happen Magazine: How to Be More Social Throughout Your Day
• 24: My new friend drinks too much: Should I say something?
• 22: How friends help us feel confident
• 22: Pink and Blue :-) The Differences between Male and Female Friendships
• 22: Is it okay for me to get my 14-year-old daughter out of this friendship dilemma?
• 20: The Collegiette’s Ultimate Midterm Survival Guide
• 14: Not Invited to the Wedding: What Should She Do?
• 13: Breaking Up with Service Providers is Hard to Do
• 12: Guest Post: Do childfree women have more friends?
• 11: A newish mother finds it hard to make new friends
• 8: My son has no close friends
• 8: Concerned About My Friend’s Extramarital Relationship With A Married Guy
• 7: HerCampus – When relationships between your guys and girls collide
• 3: My sister is being controlled by a possessive friend

September 2011

• 30: Best Friends: She loves me, she loves me not
• 27: Not all friendships last forever: I lost my contacts in a NYC taxi cab
• 24: Friends who squelch your dreams
• 24: Need Help: National TV Show Looking for an Extraordinary Friendship
• 23: Best Friends: Can there be second chances?
• 21: Never too old to make new friends
• 19: National Women’s Friendship Month: 25 Ways to Make Yourself a ‘Keeper’
• 17: When A Friend Says, It Has Nothing To Do With You~
• 15: Washingtonian – Bridesmaid Blues
• 13: Did she cut off our friendship because I’m gay?
• 12: Can parents be friends if the kids don’t get along?
• 12: September is National Yoga Month
• 11: 9/11/11 On Human Bonds
• 8: Is all fair in friendship and employment?
• 6: Finding Friends After Divorce: Can we count the ways?
• 5: Guest Post: That’s Not the Train I’m Waiting For
• 5: Traveling with Friends: Planning together can help avoid excess emotional baggage
• 3: Five Tips on How To Break Up With a Friend
• 2: Am I Right To Feel Excluded and Violated By My Friend?
• 1: POLL – Friendship Advice: Whom do you trust?

August 2011

• 31: Rich Girl, Poor Girl: Can their friendship survive?
• 29: With Friends Like These: Book Giveaway and Q & A with Author Sally Koslow
• 28: My Home Away from Home: Making Friends in Maine
• 25: Guest Post: I found my childhood bully on Facebook
• 24: My friend doesn’t know how to say “thank you”
• 23: UK Daily Mail – The Curse of the Toxic Friend
• 22: Should My Friend Who Gossips Tell Me What I Don’t Want To Hear?
• 21: Do I have to be friends with a difficult sister-in-law?
• 17: CNN Mexico – 8 tácticas contra los molestos coqueteos de tu jefe
• 16: My friend’s husband put the moves on me: Should I tell her?
• 15: My Friend, The Flirt
• 15: On Life Goes Strong – The mean girls of “The Help”
• 11: Guest Post on Belief Net: When Friendship is Rocky
• 11: Undermined by a work colleague who was a friend
• 10: There’s No Such Thing As An Easy Breakup Between Friends
• 9: Feeling smothered by a friend
• 7: Happy Friendship Day, 2011
• 3: Drawing lines in the sand after a friendship breakup
• 3: Meeting a friend for “High Tea” at the Lambs Club
• 1: A teen asks: How can I get my friendship back?

July 2011

• 31: Guest Post: 7 ways to cheer up a girlfriend
• 29: Keeping peace with the daughter-in-law from hell
• 28: Five signs a friendship is falling apart
• 27: WebMD – Friends: How to Make, Keep, or Leave Them
• 27: F is for Friendship in Middle Grade Novels
• 27: A Haunting Death: Could friends have saved Amy Winehouse?
• 26: An inconvenient truth: She’s made you a second-tier friend
• 25: The Phase Out (Times Two)
• 23: Guest Post: Meeting Blog Friends – by Roni Bennett
• 22: Cafe Mom: End of Friendship Can Be As Devastating as Divorce
• 22: Knowing when to say goodbye – How to break up with a friend
• 21: Mean Girls Grown Up: How Long Will This Bully Be At It?
• 20: Help! My Teenage Daughter Is Losing Her Friends
• 19: What should I say to a friend with body odor?
• 19: Making Friends Through Dance
• 18: Pregnancy & Newborn – Making Mom Friends
• 18: When a friendship breakup spills over to family
• 14: Friendship by the Book: A Q & A with Katie Lee, author of Groundswell
• 11: A grown woman feels guilty she can’t be her mom’s best friend
• 8: Handling an insecure friend
• 8: Real Simple – What Kind of Friend are You?
• 8: Take the Real Simple Quiz – What kind of friend are you?
• 7: My friend turned into a monster!
• 6: My BFF can’t stand my boyfriend!
• 5: Albany Times Union – Get the Girls Together – Stat!
• 5: No One To Dance with: Adjusting To Life As A Widow

June 2011

• 30: How can I fire a bridesmaid?
• 30: The Etiquette of Hugging
• 29: My friend is like an FBI interrogator…asking so many questions
• 27: Is a less-than-perfect friend better than no friend at all?
• 23: How To Handle An Adult Bully
• 22: Do I need to breakup with my sister-in-law?
• 22: CBS News – Psychologists analyze the most-tweeted-about relationship killers
• 21: Need a new BFF? Take a summer course
• 20: Diagnosed With Breast Cancer and Feeling Depressed? Don’t Isolate Yourself
• 17: Guest Post: 10 Tips for Making Friends on the Open Road
• 17: How to keep the “good” in goodbye
• 15: Worrying about a depressed friend
• 13: Bipolar Disorder: When A Friend Backs Away
• 11: The Examiner: Best Friend Breakups
• 9: Working with friends: A double-edged sword
• 7: A Q & A with Susan Newman: Friendship and The Only Child
• 6: How do I handle a messy friend breakup?
• 6: Journalist Seeking Sources: The changing nature of friendship
• 5: 5 tips for making friends after 50
• 2: A friendship that is too close for comfort?
• 2: Life Goes Strong
• 2: How to Plan a Girlfriend Getaway in 5 Easy Steps
• 1: Helping Teens Set Boundaries with Needy Friends

May 2011

• 30: Depression, loneliness and friendship
• 26: Five signs a friendship’s headed south…
• 25: Trouble Making Close Friends?
• 24: How to set boundaries with an oddball co-worker
• 23: Friendship by the Book: An interview with the author of The Friendship Fix
• 21: A teen asks: Why are friendships so fleeting?
• 20: Q& A with Valerie Rains: Girlfriend Getaways
• 18: Slippery slope: How do I downgrade a relationship with a best friend?
• 17: Bridesmaids, The Movie: Overpromise Left Me Feeling Flat
• 16: Is This Friendship Worth “The Talk”?
• 14: Friendship by the Book: Q & A with Cathie Beck, author of Cheap Cabernet
• 12: Self-centered friends: Better in small doses
• 12: BFFs? Nah, Not Really – Head Drama
• 11: Great Friendship Stories: The Doria-Dentes from Brooklyn
• 9: Yikes, an unsettling friendship: Just found out my fiancé’s ex and his sister are friends
• 8: Drinks at Six
• 8: Terms of Service
• 8: About The Friendship Forums
• 6: Talking to Judy Gruen: About Friendship and Laughter
• 4: Can a mentor be a friend? Not always
• 3: Kickin’ It Up a Notch: Julia Child’s Recipe for Best Friends
• 2: Weight Watcher Magazine – Heavy with Envy
• 2: Friends and Holidays: Guess Who’s Disinvited From Dinner?
• 1: AOL My Daily – Help, I Hate My Friend’s Spouse!

April 2011

• 27: Guest Post – Friendship Woes: Whom can you turn to for help?
• 20: Managing relationships with ‘friend-in-laws’
• 17: Why Would Someone Have No Friends?
• 13: Friends: From almost-sisters to almost strangers
• 11: Toxic friends: There’s one in every bunch
• 8: Guest Post: How To Handle Toxic Teen friendships
• 7: Surprise! She’s back…
• 5: Legacy Friends: Keeping old friendships alive
• 4: Guest Post – A young mom takes stock of her friendships
• 4: The Friendship Doctor on My Talk Radio 107.1 (Minneapolis)
• 1: Girlfriend Getaways: Selecting Your Friends & Travel Companions
• 1: Can’t we all play nicely? Not always
• 1: Making new friends—and keeping them too

March 2011

• 31: Q & A with Debba Haupert: Girlfriend-in-Chief of Girlfriendology
• 30: Apologies can pave the way for second chances
• 28: To Tell Or Not To Tell: What Are The Ethics Of Being A Good Friend?
• 24: Guest Post – A Friendship That Changed the World
• 23: Phone Friends: Headed toward Extinction?
• 21: Friendship Calculus: The Problem of Three
• 18: Love my friend, not her problem child
• 16: Grief complicated by the loss of a best friend
• 14: Toxic friendships: It takes two
• 11: Giving friends a second chance after a divorce
• 10: John Tesh quotes The Friendship Doctor
• 10: Dr. Levine joins the Marmaduke Writing Factory
• 9: Dr. Irene S. Levine becomes a Factory Worker!
• 9: Interview with HealthyWomen – Why friendships are so important
• 9: Middle school is tough on friendships
• 8: The 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day
• 7: Feeling trapped? Honesty may help
• 4: Guest Post – There’s a reason it’s lonely at the top
• 3: Why Friendships Are So Important
• 3: Matters of the Heart: Friendship
• 3: WKVN TV – 2 (Nashville) Find Friends Fast
• 2: COUPLE WANTED for close friendship, especially on holidays
• 1: Walking on eggshells

February 2011

• 28: Infertility can derail friendships
• 25: 7 Tips for saying NO
• 24: Saying NO To A Friend Isn’t Easy
• 23: Slate: Lucinda Rosenfeld gives a nod to The Friendship Doctor
• 23: Help me deal with a Drama Queen
• 23: Her Campus: How to avoid spending too much time with your boyfriend
• 21: Expecting…..And Feeling Let Down By Friends
• 20: When good friends turn toxic – Herald Sun (Australia)
• 19: Worth Reading: First-Class Friends
• 18: When a friendly lunch turns sour
• 18: CreditCards.com: How your girlfriends can ruin your credit
• 17: Fluid friendships: Is it just me?
• 15: My best friend exhausts me!
• 14: Nothing But Trouble: Mom Can’t Stand Her Teen’s BFF
• 10: 7 Ways to make a friend feel special on Valentine’s Day
• 9: No Best Friends But Plenty of Contacts
• 8: Guest Post: Valentine’s Day Gifts for Friends
• 7: Worth Reading: Forever Friends
• 7: Independent Woman: Forever Friends (Ireland)
• 4: You don’t have to be a rocket scientist…
• 2: The etiquette of remaining friends with an ex-friend’s mom
• 1: Another reason why cancer sucks~

January 2011

• 31: Friendship in hindsight: What went wrong with this office friendship?
• 28: USA Today: It doesn’t take a time machine to try again
• 28: Ditched by a best friend
• 26: Guest Post: When BFF stands for Bad Feelings For everyone
• 24: Her other best friend
• 22: What Do You Do When A Good Friend Hits On Your Husband?
• 20: Getting Over an Old Grudge: Clearing the air
• 19: AOL Health: Like Family, Many Friends Share the Same Genes
• 18: Guest Post: Mixed-Age Facebook Friendships
• 17: Desperate for friendship at college
• 16: A Message from The Confidence Coalition for Girls ages 10-18
• 13: CareerBuilder – Help! My boss is flirting with me
• 12: Changing places and changing friendships
• 11: Left out of happy hour
• 9: Can a Facebook tragedy offer a friendship lesson?
• 9: AARP: 5 Ways to Get More Out of Friendship
• 6: Deserted by housemates
• 5: When work and friendship are a volatile mix
• 4: Teen Daughter With Not One Close Friend
• 3: Finding friends in the middle of nowhere

December 2010

• 29: Friendship: When Three’s A Crowd
• 28: Housebound, lonely, and craving contact
• 27: UK Mail: Why did my best friend dump me?
• 27: UK Mail: Why did my best friend dump me?
• 23: The most wonderful time of the year? Not for everyone
• 21: Best friends: Until business does us part
• 20: The Friendship Doctor provides Nestpert advice on The Nest
• 20: Handling a ‘Friend’ Who Doesn’t Get The Message
• 19: Women’s Health – On friends who are health snobs
• 16: Work spouses: An Interview with Dr. Jacqueline Olds
• 14: Guest Post: Learning from Elizabeth Edwards
• 13: Your platonic friend…she’s just not that into you~
• 11: Unfriending: To Purge or Not To Purge
• 10: Guest Post – Finding friendship and courage in Verona
• 9: Holiday Card Etiquette Among Friends: An Interview with Eliza Browning
• 8: A case of friendship fatigue?
• 6: Handling a friend who needs to have the upper hand
• 1: Helping a 10-year-old deal with bullies

November 2010

• 30: Roommates: When a frayed friendship has a lease
• 27: How to lose friends
• 25: My Thanksgiving Day Wish for You~
• 24: Wrestling with the end of a friendship
• 23: The friendship pause that refreshes
• 19: A friend who is stingy with time?
• 18: The Bonds of Female Friendship
• 17: Cultivating your inner Jennifer Aniston: 9 Characteristics of Likable People
• 12: Ending a one-sided friendship: How can I get her to stop IM-ing me?
• 10: Friendship by the Book: ‘Dump ‘Em’ by Jodyne L. Speyer
• 8: The challenges of making friends on a large campus
• 7: When your friend’s “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”
• 7: The Friendship Doctor interviewed by Web MD
• 4: How Far Would You Go To Protect A Friend or Lover?
• 2: Disappearing Acts: Should you think the best or assume the worst?
• 1: A Conversation with Alison and her friends behind The Traveling Journal

October 2010

• 21: Guest Post: Is it better to walk alone or persevere with boring friendships?
• 19: Taking a gamble on a friendship
• 15: Top 3 ways to get unfriended on Facebook
• 14: Montgomery Maryland Gazette – Pen Pal Friendships
• 14: Left out: When your gal pal falls in love with guy pal
• 14: The Benefits of Friendly Competition
• 12: Poll: What kind of friend are you? Betty White, Jamie Lee Curtis, or Kristen Bell
• 8: Guest Post: What do you say to someone who has just lost a friend?
• 6: Tips on Talking to a Teenage Daughter About Friendships
• 5: When Anxiety Clouds A Friendship
• 4: A friend asks: Should I throw her Maid of Honor under a bus?
• 2: The Friend Trend: Who do you trust?

September 2010

• 30: Guest Post – The Mother Divide: Friends with children and friends without
• 29: Friends who live high on the hog
• 29: Staten Island Advance – The Queens of Mean
• 28: Friendship by the Book: Life is a Trip
• 27: A less-than-perfect friend
• 26: Can Angelina possibly be a lonely girl?
• 25: Book-Signing Tips: Read this if you’re not Sarah Palin
• 25: Friendship by the Book: Giveaway and Q & A with Gail Caldwell
• 25: Mean girls use subtle, cruel tactics to isolate
• 22: My best friend is too demanding
• 22: Confidence Coalition Launches New Website – The Friendship Doctor Named Advisor
• 20: Guest Post: Of Friendship Lost
• 19: The Friendship Doctor joins the Kappa Delta Sorority Confidence Coalition
• 19: BFF finds its way into the Oxford English Dictionary
• 18: The Week: Does Falling in Love Mean Losing Your Friends?
• 17: Help! My Friend Is Too Clingy!
• 17: Breaking News: Embracing a new love interest kills two of your existing friendships
• 16: Dr. Levine becomes a ThirdAge.com expert
• 14: Friendship by the Book: Your So-Called Life
• 14: Don’t Skip Girl’s Night Out – Why women only time is vital
• 13: Scheduling problems: A simple misunderstanding or more?
• 13: Mom’s Homeroom (Scholastic)
• 12: NYU Grand Rounds – Families as Partners in Treatment
• 12: NYU Grand Rounds – Families as Partners in Treatment
• 12: Annual Conference – American Society of Journalists & Authors
• 12: Making Friends: When Should I Disclose My Emotional Baggage?
• 8: Friendship: For the sake of the children?
• 7: Out of the Shadows: A Q & A with Novelist Joanne Rendell
• 6: Dr. Levine mentioned on Jezebel
• 4: Thoughts on Being Defriended
• 3: Guest Post: 5 Ways to Keep Friendships Fresh

August 2010

• 31: Toronto Sun Asks the Friendship Doctor about Rent-A-Friend
• 30: CNN: Are your friendships hurting your career?
• 29: More Magazine interviews The Friendship Doctor
• 29: The Traveling Journal Talks to The Friendship Doctor about Long-Distance Friendships
• 26: Maybe Friendships Aren’t Meant to Last
• 25: Her friends say they’re ‘just not that into him’
• 23: Relating to a friend in crisis
• 21: Guest Post: Meet the Roommate
• 20: 5 Tips for Travel with Friends
• 19: Neglecting sisters for misters: Facing the consequences
• 18: Is “Befriending” A Treatment For Depression?
• 17: When close friends become far-away friends
• 16: MSN Glo interviews Dr. Levine on How To Break Up with Anyone
• 16: Friendship by the Book: Let’s Take The Long Way Home
• 12: Smoothing Over a Social Slip-up
• 11: 7 Tips for being an unequivocally B-O-R-I-N-G friend
• 9: Friendship by the Book: Molly Fox’s Birthday
• 8: How to Handle a Friend Who’s a Narcissist
• 6: Lost in a Crowd: 10 Tips for Making New Friends at a Conference
• 5: Girlfriend Social
• 4: How to Handle A Facebook Frenemy
• 3: Guest Post: Making Friends at College 101
• 1: Friendship Day – August 1, 2010

July 2010

• 31: Chelsea’s Getting Married: What about her friends?
• 29: Letting go of a toxic friendship—-gently
• 29: Rent-A-Friend: What do you think?
• 27: Comforting a Friend Who Has Had a Miscarriage
• 24: Woman’s Day – How to Breakup with Anyone
• 24: Cleo Magazine interviews The Friendship Doctor
• 23: In the Media – Cleo Magazine: Are you too UNPICKY with your friends?
• 21: Friendship by the Book: An Interview with Allison Winn Scotch
• 20: My Best Friend: How did I miss this gem?
• 19: An open letter to Lindsay Lohan: Find the right kind of friends
• 17: BFFs & BFs: Preventing Problems Between Your Two Faves
• 16: “Growing Up” and Outgrowing a Toxic Friendship
• 15: Apologizing and Forgiving: Tips from Sandra Lamb
• 14: Guest Post: Seven Ways to Annoy Your Introvert Friends
• 12: Friend Poaching: It’s Complicated
• 12: BFF’s No More: Your Problem or Your Child’s
• 11: New from The Friendship Blog – Weekly Email Updates
• 11: test
• 10: AOL Jobs – Are Your Work Friends Bringing You Down?
• 9: Different strokes: Can this friendship survive?
• 6: When A Friend Complains About Your Kid
• 1: Guest Post: Friendship Bucket Fillers and Bucket Drainers

June 2010

• 28: Talking about friendship with NYT best-selling author Jane Green
• 27: The Friendship Doctor on 107.1 Radio – Minneapolis
• 27: Listen to The Friendship Doctor on Your IPOD
• 25: The elephant in the room: My once-BFF
• 24: Shouldn’t a sister be a close friend?
• 23: Guest post: Connecting
• 21: Never a Best Friend?
• 19: OMG–Now Even the BFF Isn’t PC
• 19: Providence Journal: Who’s Got Time for Friends
• 18: Friendships by the Book: The Unfaithful Widow
• 17: Should A Child Be Allowed To Have A Best Friend?
• 16: Have a friendship breakup story to share?
• 15: Getting Out Of A Sticky Friendship
• 11: It’s hard to say goodbye to a BFF, even if she’s a narcissist
• 10: The friendships of humpback whales
• 8: Best Friends Day: The Soundtrack of our Friendship
• 7: The Examiner: Is it time to break up with your friend?
• 5: Talk and Book-Signing in Boston – June 8th
• 4: Why do some women have such a hard time making friends: Nature or nurture?
• 1: Friendship by the Book: Finding “unexpected angels” in the workplace

May 2010

• 30: The Friendship Doctor in The Cape Cod Times
• 30: Losing sleep over a betrayal by a couple
• 29: Is turning off a cell phone the solution to this friendship problem?
• 29: Real Simple Magazine: Finding Times for Friends
• 28: The Friendship Doctor weighs in on the SATC Friendship
• 27: Finding a Bunco group, one player at a time
• 26: BFF: Surviving a Breakup named finalist in Indie Awards
• 26: The Friendship Doctor interviewed by The Week Magazine
• 26: From the Staten Island Advance – on Friendship Circles
• 26: Friendship by the Book: Making Time for Friends
• 23: Working with an ex-friend: Should she stay or should she go?
• 21: The Friendship Doctor – Now on HerCampus.com
• 21: On a very personal note
• 20: Contending with the Food Police
• 12: Babies can make friendships go up in flames – The Tennessean
• 10: Passed over as a Godmother: Dealing with the hurt
• 9: The Dynamics of Friendship – Author talk and book-signing
• 3: Guest post: Can a mother be a daughter’s best friend?

April 2010

• 30: The Power of Friendship – Gaiam Life 4/30/10
• 30: Spontaneous Friends
• 29: Friendship by the Book: Every Last One by Anna Quindlen
• 29: Spontaneous Friendships
• 28: A carpool friendship: Has it reached a dead end?
• 26: Friends without Kids – Spokesman Review
• 25: Friendship and agreeing to disagree
• 22: Keeping The Friends You Make On Your Travels
• 21: Friendship in a Box: What’s going on?
• 19: The Friendship Doctor speaks in NYC – 4/23/10
• 16: The Sadness of Moving On and Leaving a BFF Behind
• 15: Making friends when you’re depressed: It’s not easy
• 9: Motherhood: The Shifting Sands of Friendship
• 9: In the Media – Chicago Tribune – Friendship and the Kid Factor
• 8: Why Don’t Friends Just Talk About It?
• 7: Come meet the Friendship Doctor in LA – 4/13/09
• 7: Girlfriend Circles
• 5: NYU News & Views – April 2010
• 5: NYU Medical School Newsletter – When Fractured Friendships Don’t Mend
• 2: Spinning out of control: It’s painful to lose friends and disturbing to lose clients

March 2010

• 30: Martha and Her: The Best of Friends?
• 29: Friendship: The importance of showing up
• 27: How to Break Up With a Friend: The WSJ interviews The Friendship Doctor
• 26: Finding A Long Lost Friend: Let Me Count The Ways
• 25: Unfriendly? Her problem, not yours
• 24: Making Friends After 60: What Are The Options?
• 23: In the Media: Wall Street Journal Interview – How to Break Up With a Friend
• 22: When a friend’s gifts are over-the-top
• 20: On AOL Health: How to make friends as an adult
• 19: A friend you can count on…well, sometimes
• 18: MWF Seeking BFF: Must Live in Chicago
• 17: Devastated over being dumped? Control what you can
• 16: Friendship by the Book: Nine Rooms of Happiness BOOK GIVEAWAY
• 15: What Can A Bride So About An Out-of-Control Maid of Honor?
• 14: Making friends at 60: “I don’t want to die alone…”
• 14: Book talk/fundraiser for The Pinwheel Project
• 14: NYU Southern CA Regional Alumni Event
• 12: Can we live with no friends?
• 12: MWF Seeking BFF
• 1: An Author’s Love Letter to Selma’s Book Group

February 2010

• 28: Can a friend who is ‘green with envy’ really be a friend?
• 25: Dr. Levine comments on “How to find Mommy Friends”
• 24: Roll Out the Red Carpet: Oscar Party Advice
• 20: A Leap of Faith: Dumped over religious differences?
• 20: March 27 issue of First for Women – Dr. Levine Offers Advice on How to Mend a Friendship
• 17: Friendship, caring, and “the call list”
• 10: Friends in unlikely places: The X factor
• 8: A breakdown of trust: When long-time friends fight over a guy
• 2: Friendship by the Book: Pieces of Happily Ever After

January 2010

• 26: Sisters who committed to be friends
• 23: Workplace friendships: Betrayed by the gossip girl
• 20: Friends at Work: Turns into a Workplace Nightmare
• 17: A BFF that has stood the test of time
• 16: BFF Now Available On Kindle and SONY Reader
• 16: A bad ending to a good friendship: Are there second chances?
• 16: A bad ending to a good friendship: Are there second chances?
• 10: Women’s Running Magazine recommends BFF for a good in-flight read
• 7: What next? She’s fallen in love with her best friend’s twins
• 3: 5 Ways To Improve Your Friendships in 2010

December 2009

• 30: Why Sarah Jessica Parker is jealous of Carrie Bradshaw
• 27: Raised by wolves: Is having no friends her mother’s fault?
• 26: Chatelaine Magazine interviews Dr. Levine about The Myth of the BFF
• 26: Chatelaine Magazine discusses the Myth of the BFF
• 23: Friendship on the rocks: She’s never invited to the parties
• 20: Bad News: What would you say to Mrs. Tiger Woods if you were her BFF?
• 15: No Nonsense tips to help friendships survive the challenges of time and distance
• 12: Watching a good friend make bad decisions
• 12: Hard to say goodbye: Ending a 20-year friendship
• 11: Dr. Lois’ Book Group
• 9: Love, Loss and Friendship: Getting Over the Death of a Child
• 9: Best friend breakups
• 8: A friend poached one too many times
• 5: The Bad Friend: What’s a mom to do?
• 5: Talk and book-signing at the Mount Kisco Publlc Library
• 4: Middle school frenemies: Why are girls so mean?
• 2: Exurb Magazine: 5 Questions with The Friendship Doctor
• 2: How to Break Up With Your Best Friend
• 2: Exurb Magazine: 5 Questions for Irene Levine

November 2009

• 30: Befriending a “bad egg” in the office
• 29: No Face Value: Unfriend them?
• 28: Electronic Press Kit
• 28: How to handle a fizzling friendship
• 28: FAQs
• 26: My Thanksgiving Day Wish for You~
• 26: Moving on after a breakup
• 25: Malaysia Today cites The Friendship Doctor
• 24: Her Campus Interview on College Friendships/Frenemies
• 23: Obsessed by a breakup
• 22: Ask America’s Ultimate Experts: Help I want more friends!
• 21: Friendship by the Book: I’m So Happy for You
• 21: In the Media – What to do when a girlfriend dumps you (More)
• 21: Columbus Dispatch has Dr. Levine to weigh in on ‘unfriend,’ the verb
• 20: The Friendship Doctor responds to a columnist’s Facebook dilemma
• 20: Can A Stepparent Be A Friend? An Interview with Erin Munroe
• 19: Inseparable friends until…
• 18: ‘Unfriend’: Not a simple verb by any means
• 16: A final friendship disappointment
• 13: Can a friendship fall apart over a small slight?
• 13: Girlfriendology BlogTalk Radio Show
• 13: Media Alert – Girlfriendology BlogTalk Radio – Friday, 11/13 at 2PM EST
• 12: Woman’s Day interviews Dr. Levine on How to Mend a Friendship
• 12: Guest post: Ten Tips to Help a Girlfriend Get Well
• 11: A friend’s unexpected move
• 10: Live in the Westport, Connecticut area? Mark March 8th on your calendar
• 10: Book talk and signing at the Westport Public Library
• 10: PregnancyToday interviews Dr. Levine on How To Find Mommy Friends
• 9: A frenemy across the street is too close for comfort
• 9: George Washington University Newspaper interviews the Friendship Doctor on College Friendships
• 9: Member Day Presentation – American Society of Journalists & Authors
• 8: BFF Breakups Are Hard to Do – From The Columbian
• 6: Is it “friendship anxiety”…or depression
• 6: Resisting The Urge To Gossip
• 5: Best Friend Breakups featuring Katie Price
• 3: The Inside Scoop on Introverts
• 2: More than awkward: My ex-friend is still involved with my family

October 2009

• 30: When A Friend Wants More Than Friendship
• 27: Best Friends Forever showcased in NASW newsletter
• 27: Guest Speaker – NYU Journalism Course
• 27: Breaking up is hard to do: Talk at Greenburgh Public Library
• 25: Why Breaking Up Is SO Hard To Do
• 24: Selma’s Thursday Afternoon Book Group
• 24: Cision Navigator announces PT Friendship Doctor Blog
• 23: The little lie that snowballed
• 23: Live radio interview NY 106.7FM
• 23: Christine Nagy’s live one-hour interview with Dr. Levine to air this Sunday morning 10/25 at 7AM
• 23: Get to know The Friendship Doctor: Listen to my interview with Christine Nagy of New York 106.7 FM
• 20: A Fashionable Life to discuss female friendships
• 18: Women’s Book Groups: Not Only About The Book
• 16: Can I catch my friend before she jumps off a cliff (again)?
• 15: Washington Post Express reviews BFF
• 15: Michele’s Book Club
• 15: NYU Dorm Event
• 15: Sisterhood of Congregation Sons of Israel
• 15: Invited lecture on Best Friends
• 15: Irene’s brush with stardom: John Tesh follows her Psychology Today blog
• 15: “Shelf Awareness” notes Irene’s appearance on The Today Show
• 13: My guest post on ParentTalkToday.com
• 12: AARP Magazine and Publishers Weekly recommend BFF on their list of “Books For Grownups”
• 11: P.S. What I Didn’t Say: An Iterview with Megan McMorris
• 11: Dr. Levine speaks about BFF Breakups on Let’s Talk Live
• 10: In Our Shoes
• 10: How can a misunderstanding kill a longtime friendship?
• 10: MomGadget.com reviews BFF
• 9: Publisher’s Weekly announces Dr. Levine’s appearance on Today
• 9: Profile of Dr. Irene Levine by Aggie Villanueva
• 8: BFF mentioned in October 2009 issue of Ladies Home Journal
• 8: BFF Launch Party covered by The Examiner News
• 7: Let’s Talk Live
• 7: The Today Show
• 7: Dr. Levine cited by CNN News
• 6: Author Dr. Irene Levine on the Today Show
• 6: Five tips for mending a tattered friendship
• 3: Behind the Scenes at The Today Show
• 3: Washington Square News article on Dr. Levine & BFF
• 2: AAAS Science Careers reports on Bethesda book-signing

September 2009

• 28: Could YOU be a toxic friend? 5 Sure Signs
• 24: Michelle dressed for my party :-)
• 24: BFF reviewed in the Phoenix Examiner
• 24: One awesome book launch party – two reports!
• 22: BFF selected as pick of the week on GirlfriendCelebrations.com
• 20: BFF featured on Connections for Women
• 20: Next stop on the blog tour: True/Slant
• 18: Got circle envy? How to get the circle of friends you’ve always wanted (AND Book Giveaway!)
• 17: Read Irene’s invited editorial in the Kappa Delta Sorority Newsletter
• 16: Women’s Friendship Day 9/20/09: Five Things You Can Do
• 15: BFF until they grew apart
• 15: BFF until they grew apart
• 15: Match.com dating site taps Dr. Levine’s expertise
• 15: BFF reviewed on Entrepreneur.com
• 11: Dr. Levine interviewed on breakups by AOL News
• 11: Announcing the winners of the BFF Giveaway!
• 10: BFF named editor’s pick on www.divine.ca
• 9: Making Friends: What is speed-friending?
• 7: Am I my friend’s keeper?
• 6: Friendship by the Book: An Interview with the Author of Crossing Washington Square
• 4: It’s National Women’s Friendship Month
• 1: Friends: Awkward encounters of the friendly kind

August 2009

• 29: Owning up to a mistake in judgment
• 28: Dr. Levine writes about friendship in Mental Health News
• 28: Irene’s guest post on Vibrant Nation
• 25: Reading, Discussion & Book-Signing
• 25: ForeWord Magazine reviews BFF – August 2009
• 22: Guest Post from Daylle Schwartz – What would you do for a friend?
• 20: Ending a Friendship: How to put the kibosh on a friendship that seems doomed from the start
• 18: Irene interviewed by Women’s Health Magazine
• 18: The BFF Launch Party!!!
• 17: Stuck in a rut
• 17: Discussion and Book-Signing
• 17: Discussion and Book-Signing
• 17: Tuesday Night Book Club – Rockville, Maryland
• 17: Midwest Book Review praises BFF – August 2009
• 17: Publisher’s Weekly reviews and lauds BFF – 7/29/09
• 17: Library Journal reviews BFF and says it delivers! – 7/15/09
• 17: Talk – The Myth of BFF
• 13: Why we need to declutter our friendships
• 11: Painful teen friendship: What’s a mom to do?
• 9: How to shake a clingy friend
• 9: A ‘best friend’ who is always critical
• 8: Caught in the middle
• 5: The Friendship Blog: What’s in a Name?
• 2: On losing a best friend – Friendship Day, August 2, 2009
• 2: Reading Group Guide
• 2: News & Events

July 2009

• 29: I love my BFF but I can’t take her husband!
• 24: Gay Straight Friendship: Is It Possible?
• 23: Is she a good mom but a lousy friend?
• 16: Five Awkward Friendship Moments: What Do You Say When…?
• 14: Summertime When the Friendships Comes Easy
• 10: Caution: Frenemies Can Be Bad For Your Health

June 2009

• 27: A friendly case of “Maid of Honor Abuse”
• 23: Too close for comfort
• 16: Gossip promotes health and happiness: NOT
• 4: Which friend was jilted?
• 4: June 2, 2009

May 2009

• 31: Does a ‘best friendship’ need to be a monogamous relationship?
• 28: The Seven-Year Expiration Date on Friendships
• 20: A friendship stuck in Dullsville
• 18: Seven Friendship Recovery Affirmations
• 17: Downgrading a disappointing friendship
• 10: On Mother’s Day
• 10: A misunderstanding with a primadonna
• 8: More on Friendship Circles: Sprichst du Deutsch?
• 6: Circles of Friends
• 3: The Friendship Blog Newsletter – May 2, 2009

April 2009

• 29: Friendship by the Book – The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women & a Forty-Year Friendship
• 27: Postcard from Mexico City: Wedding overseas
• 22: A friend who drinks too much
• 21: In friends we trust—until they let us down
• 15: Friends don’t judge—or do they?
• 15: Five common pitfalls of female friendship
• 13: The friendship challenges of teens with autism
• 12: Girlfriend Getaways: Time to reconnect and recharge
• 11: Me, me, me: When friendship is a one-way street
• 7: Feeling used by a friend
• 1: Girls’ Nights on the Cheap: Staying Connected Without Spending a Fortune

March 2009

• 30: March 29, 2009
• 29: Big hurts, little hurts, and apologies
• 18: Junior High Redux: Bounced From A Moms Group
• 13: America can no longer afford to fail our citizens with serious mental illnesses
• 4: Michelle Obama: First Lady, First Friend
• 3: Friendship and Money: Minimizing Losses
• 1: Choosing one over another

February 2009

• 25: A writer asks: How could my colleague and friend undermine me?
• 25: Friendship and Money: She’s fired, you’re not
• 23: Friendless in Seattle
• 23: Sharon Naylor’s Weddings
• 22: Reader Q & A: Unable to let go
• 20: Just Do It: Putting a fractured friendship behind you
• 18: For Better or For Worse: Weddings and Friendship – Part II
• 16: Double Trouble: Losing Two Friends At Once
• 12: Valentine’s Day: Not Just for Lovers
• 12: Friendship by the Book: Second Chance by Jane Green
• 11: She’s Just Not That Into You: Six ways to know when a girlfriend’s a frenemy
• 11: Girlfriendology: What to do and say when your friend gets a pink slip
• 9: For Better or For Worse: Weddings and Friendship
• 9: Girlfriendology: Inspiring Female Friendships
• 6: A “good enough” friend
• 4: Reader Q & A: By love possessed
• 2: Co-rumination: Is it healthy for adolescents to rehash their boy problems?

January 2009

• 29: Girlfriends with Pink Slips
• 29: January 29, 2009
• 29: The Sometimes Friend
• 23: Walking on eggshells
• 21: Escaping from a toxic triangle
• 20: Inauguration Day 2009
• 18: Sophisticated Lady
• 14: Friendship by the Book: Cancer is a Bitch
• 10: Just for Fun: How many friends would you give up for a Whopper?
• 9: Reader Q & A: No way out?
• 8: Getting over getting dumped
• 7: Lean on me: But enough is enough
• 3: Friendship by the Book: Friday Nights

December 2008

• 28: A Friendship Too Broken To Fix?
• 28: Girlfriendology
• 27: Reader Q & A: Escape from a toxic mentor
• 23: Leaving a friend behind
• 18: Wisdom from Whitney: Rx for being a less needy friend
• 16: Reader Q & A: Dumped Times Two
• 16: Reader Q &A: Should breaking up be a blame game?
• 9: Women Who Bicker Over Books
• 8: Reader Q & A: Mean Girls
• 4: My Christmas Bailout: An Open Letter to My Friends
• 3: Just for Fun: Huru Humi Contest Winner – Alexis Moreno of New City, New York
• 3: Reader Q & A: The sadness of letting go
• 1: Reader Q & A: Dealing with a pattern of fractured friendships
• 1: Reader Q & A: Help! New friend is too much

November 2008

• 27: Reader Q & A: [email protected]
• 26: In the Media – The awkwardness of defriending
• 24: Send me a ‘tweet’
• 24: Reader Q & A: One-Upsmanship among friends
• 22: Reader Q &A: A Foot-in-Her-Mouth Friend
• 20: Just for fun: HURU HUMI Photo Contest
• 20: ‘Girls’ Night In’ Photo Contest Winner Announced
• 19: Nostalgia: One way of handling a friendship drought?
• 18: Reader Q & A: Envy among friends
• 17: Reader Q & A: Why did she dump me?
• 10: Reader Q & A: Emotionally drained newlywed
• 10: Reader Q & A: Coping with a roller coaster friendship
• 6: Elective Friendships
• 4: Don’t Forget – It’s Too Important
• 2: Friendship by the Book: ‘Between the Covers’ by The Book Babes
• 1: Reader Q & A: Feeling like the odd woman out

October 2008

• 25: Reader Q & A: More than shy—could it be social anxiety?
• 23: Friendship by the Book: An interview with the author of The Professors’ Wives’ Club
• 22: Reader Q & A: Is my childhood friendship worth saving?
• 21: Reader Q & A: The Saga of the Disappointed Diva
• 19: Reader Q & A: What to do about a judgmental friend?
• 14: Just for fun: ‘Girls’ Night In’ Photo Contest
• 13: Friendship Counts: Looking at the numbers
• 8: Reader Q & A: Missing a second mum
• 7: Reader Q & A: Dumped by a group—what to do?
• 4: Friendship by the Book: An Interview with the Author of Time of My Life
• 2: Reader Q & A: Trying to find the courage to end it

September 2008

• 28: Friendship by the Book: An Interview with the Authors of Friend or Frenemy?
• 25: Lipstick Jungle premiere offers a teachable friendship moment
• 25: Reader Q & A: Needy Friends: They just don’t understand
• 24: Four calls before 8AM
• 22: Friendship by the Book: An Interview with Anne Roiphe
• 19: Reader Q & A : Young mother finds female friendships discouraging
• 18: Generation Y Moms: Log on to connect to other moms
• 17: In the Media – Staten Island Advance – Friend or Frenemy: Redux
• 15: Good News – My Friendship Blog was nominated for a Love this Site award!
• 13: Reader Q & A: Finding a Best Friend
• 11: The Friend I Never Met
• 5: Good Boundaries Make Good Friendships
• 3: Good News to Share
• 1: Just Friends?

August 2008

• 31: Self-centered friends with hefty needs
• 30: Mommy Friendships
• 29: Reader Q&A: Achieving closure after being dumped by a friend at work
• 21: The Friendship Olympics: Which Sex Gets the Gold?
• 17: Buried treasure: Finding Long Lost Friends
• 15: Baltimore Jewish Times: We’re friends, our children aren’t
• 15: Healing Lifestyles & Spas Magazine: Transform your self; Transform your life
• 10: Friend Poaching or Social Networking: What’s the Difference?
• 9: Reader Q & A: Saying NO to the Queen of Favors
• 9: Friendship by the Book: Friend or Frenemy?
• 8: Reader Q & A: Avoiding entanglements after a break up
• 2: Friendship by the Book: The Wednesday Sisters
• 2: Just for Fun: A Chance to Win the Ultimate Girls Only Weekend

July 2008

• 31: Finding Friends: Resolving the Friendship Deficit
• 23: Reader Q & A: I’m stuck! I don’t want to lose my BFF
• 11: Can This Teen Friendship Be Saved?

June 2008

• 28: Friendship by the Book: An interview with Alexa Young, author of Frenemies
• 17: The Unexpected Gift
• 11: Reader Q & A: Help! Can collateral damage be avoided in a breakup?
• 10: Best Friends Day: Also a day for ladies-in-waiting
• 7: Graduating? Give yourself the gift that keeps on giving
• 2: A Friend in Every Port?

May 2008

• 31: My Girl’s Night Out in Phoenix: Beschert
• 28: Reader Q & A: Sex and the City is Coming: No gal pal to go with!
• 23: Sex: The Ultimate GNO is Coming to Your Neighborhood
• 21: 100 Friends to See Before You Die
• 20: Reader Q & A: Help! My best friend is driving me crazy!
• 8: Motherhood is a friendship-killer
• 8: Reader Q & A: Should friends have open-door policies?
• 4: Friendship and personal notes: An interview with Sandra E. Lamb

March 2008

• 26: Splitting Hairs: The difference between talking and yakking
• 23: A friendship lesson from the Lipstick Jungle finale
• 16: A Hilton-Dupre friendship in the works?
• 15: Five Ways To Unload A Toxic Friend
• 13: Women, friends, and personal crises: An open letter to Friends of Silda Spitzer

February 2008

• 29: Breaking News – Volume 1 – 2/28/08
• 28: Female Friendships: Breaking News
• 26: Friendship by the Book: An interview with the author of MAYDAY
• 16: Sticks and Stones: Perversions of the language of friendship
• 16: Friends: Just what the doctor (surgeon) ordered
• 13: Needy Friends: A Friend Indeed?
• 13: Just for Fun: Send her hugs and kisses
• 12: Valentine’s Day: Also a day for friends
• 10: Frenemies – The Book by Alexa Young
• 9: Lipstick Jungle: A lesson in friendship?

January 2008

• 31: Singled Out (Part 2 of 2): Friendship Among Singles
• 31: Singled Out (Part I of 2): Friendship among singles
• 29: Sophia’s Blog
• 29: Lessons From A Recovering Doormat
• 28: The company we keep: Do our BFFs define us?
• 27: Friendship and forgiveness
• 26: People Who Need People May Anthropomorphize
• 20: Why they call it—My Friend Flickr
• 17: Preteen Worries: My family, my friends and me
• 15: Making Friendships Stick
• 12: Eat, Pray, Love, and Befriend
• 11: Friendship on the fairway: Keeping it evergreen
• 9: Suddenly single: Female friendships after death
• 1: 2008 – 8 Female Friendship Resolutions for the New Year

December 2007

• 30: Staying Alive
• 29: Blood sisters: A contemporary look
• 19: Waitress: Best Female Friendship Flick of 2007
• 10: Staying Connected: Whereboutz lets u no where yur besties r
• 4: Twenty Questions: Spotting a Toxic Friendship

November 2007

• 22: The marketing of friendship
• 17: When it comes to friendships, who is counting?
• 14: Baffled by Bratz & Biffles
• 11: The need for friendship is elementary
• 10: Working friendly, working smart
• 6: When female friendships fizzle
• 6: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
• 5: Friendship by the Book: Songs without Words

October 2007

• 28: RX for longer-lasting friendships
• 27: The evolution of friendship in a digital age
• 22: On the Blogosphere: Mouse pals
• 19: Out-of-sync friendships: A matter of timing
• 13: Why Women Need A Circle of Friends
• 11: Great expectations exceeded – Survey responses top the 1300-mark
• 6: Friendship and self-disclosure: The times they are a-changing
• 4: FriendFeed: A virtual glass house

September 2007

• 27: Rx for making friends: One small step at a time
• 26: Are you or your friends digitivity denizens?
• 21: The worth of friends who have been there
• 19: Saying NO to Friends: An interview with psychologist and author Susan Newman, PhD
• 17: Loneliness is bad for your health
• 16: The Fruits (and Vegetables) of Long Friendships
• 14: Friendship by the Book: To My Dearest Friends
• 12: Online friending and defriending patterns
• 10: Facebook & Freshman Friends
• 7: Thank you from happy blogger drowning in data
• 5: A friendship spanning the continents from Nigeria to Nebraska
• 3: Friendship Factoids on Facebook

August 2007

• 27: Toxic Friends: An Interview with Florence Isaacs
• 24: Friends in the Digital Playground
• 24: Friendship in Strange Places: Science Laboratories
• 21: Girl Talk: Too much of a good thing?
• 17: Making time for friends: Snail mail or email
• 16: Retro Friends: A blast from the past
• 11: Six degrees: A friend of a friend
• 11: College Friendships: A Case of Easy Come, Easy Go?
• 7: Friendship: Making It Work
• 2: Just for Fun: Have a friend who lights up your life?

July 2007

• 31: Celebrating Friendship Day
• 27: On the Lighter Side: Friendship Can Make You Fat
• 19: How many friends does it take…?
• 18: Another argument for May-December friendships
• 9: Survey Update: Responses Top 600!
• 7: On the Blogosphere: Second Life Friendships
• 6: Intergenerational friendships: The special joys of friendships at different ages and stages
• 4: Friendships that are truly HEART-FELT

June 2007

• 23: Friends wanted
• 23: On the tube: When good friends go bad
• 20: Friendship: Black, white and shades of gray
• 19: Social networking: His and Hers
• 14: Reel Jane’s Favorite Friendship Flicks

May 2007

• 29: Online Friendships: As Close As A Keystroke
• 23: Irene S. Levine, PhD Freelance Writer
• 23: American Society of Journalists & Authors
• 23: Survey Responses Top The 500 Mark!
• 22: Graduation can kill
• 21: Keeping friends after you say “I do”
• 16: All you have to do is call?
• 14: Author
• 14: Book
• 14: Welcome

Apologies and forgiveness

• February 27, 2022: What Do You Consider A ‘Friendship Killer’?
• January 6, 2022: Dealing With An Unforgiving Friend
• September 26, 2021: What Should The Borrowing Policy Be Between Friends?
• April 17, 2014: A wife-chaser made me lose trust in female friends
• November 15, 2013: Can You Rebuild Trust After Shutting Someone Out?
• August 16, 2013: Marital problems can kill a friendship
• May 24, 2013: Can a friendship on life support be salvaged?
• February 28, 2013: Can a friendship overcome a terrible betrayal?
• April 21, 2009: In friends we trust—until they let us down

Books & movies about friendship

• July 16, 2016: Friendship by the Book – The Sun in Your Eyes
• February 8, 2015: Friendship by the Book: 101 Quizzes for BFFs by Natasha Burton
• December 9, 2014: Friendship by the Book: Big Little Lies by Lianne Moriarity
• September 22, 2014: Friendship by the Book: My Other Ex
• September 11, 2014: Friendship by the Book: Getting Even by Sarah Rayner
• February 25, 2013: Friendship by the Book: An Interview with Carlin Flora, author of Friendfluence
• February 15, 2013: Friendship by the Book: Surviving Female Friendships
• November 3, 2012: Guest Post: Cookies and Friendship
• August 21, 2012: Friendship by the Book: Friends Forever by Danielle Steele
• February 13, 2012: Remembering Jeffrey Zaslow
• September 25, 2010: Friendship by the Book: Giveaway and Q & A with Gail Caldwell

Bridezillas and other monsters

• January 15, 2017: In the Media – On Firing a Bridesmaid (Brides.com)
• September 17, 2016: in the Media – 6 Ways to Befriend Your Partner’s Friends (Brides.com)
• June 20, 2016: My Bestie Didn’t Make Me Maid of Honor At Her Wedding
• May 4, 2016: In the Media – Too many bridesmaids: How do you choose? (Brides.com)
• April 20, 2016: My maid of honor has a drinking problem
• April 6, 2016: In the Media – Attending a wedding without a plus one (Brides)
• December 7, 2015: When a friend seems jealous of you getting engaged
• November 2, 2015: In the Media – When your friend copies your wedding (Brides)
• November 1, 2015: In the Media – When all your friends get married in the same year (Brides)
• February 24, 2015: My Maid of Honor Doesn’t Seem Happy For Me
• November 12, 2014: Feeling hurt after being left out of the wedding party
• August 22, 2014: My disappointing maid of honor
• June 30, 2011: How can I fire a bridesmaid?
• June 27, 2009: A friendly case of “Maid of Honor Abuse”

Building trust

• September 16, 2013: Friendship: Starting from zero
• January 25, 2013: Faking it: Is that what it takes to make new friends?

Bullies

• February 9, 2015: My 15-year-old daughter was bullied at school
• November 22, 2013: Reader Wisdom: When your teen feels like an outcast
• July 21, 2011: Mean Girls Grown Up: How Long Will This Bully Be At It?
• June 23, 2011: How To Handle An Adult Bully

Child and adolescent friendships

• February 1, 2022: Left Out Of The Group: A Mom Worries About Her 10-Year-Old Daughter
• October 7, 2021: Worried Mom: My Daughter Doesn’t Have A Close Friend
• August 14, 2021: The Bad Friend: How Can I End My 7-Year-Old Daughter’s Friendship?
• August 13, 2021: Friendship, Parenting and COVID
• August 12, 2020: Mom Concerned Her Teen Is Having A Hard Time During The Pandemic
• July 30, 2020: Disney Characters Offer Timeless Friendship Lessons
• May 15, 2017: Something’s wrong: My friend has lost so much weight
• April 10, 2017: Is homeschooling a solution to my 15-year-old daughter’s friendship problems at school?
• April 2, 2017: My Mom Banned Me From Seeing My Best Friend
• March 26, 2017: My oldest son (a young teen) is left out by his circle of friends
• March 23, 2017: In the Media – On parenting shy kids (Highlights Magazine)
• March 1, 2017: In the Media – Helping Your Teen Build Healthy Friendships (Your Teen Magazine)
• February 17, 2017: Handling an intrusive friend
• February 7, 2017: Losing friends because I don’t have a smartphone
• January 30, 2017: Child and Adolescent Friendships: My friend doesn’t like me making other friends
• January 25, 2017: In the Media – For teens: Unfollowing friends in real life
• January 15, 2017: My friend says I’m following her around too much
• December 20, 2016: BOOK GIVEAWAY – Too Shy? A Resource for Children and their Parents (contest ended)
• November 26, 2016: Teen struggling to find friends
• November 21, 2016: Feeling like a friendship failure
• November 7, 2016: Mom feels helpless as her daughter sabotages her friendships
• October 8, 2016: My daughter doesn’t seem to fit in with classmates
• August 31, 2016: Six-year-old struggling socially at school
• August 17, 2016: I’m nice to people but they don’t like my appearance
• August 11, 2016: Guest Post: Helping kids build the right kind of friendships
• August 6, 2016: It is better to have more or fewer friends?
• August 5, 2016: In the Media – When your kid breaks up with a close friend (Chicago Tribune)
• July 26, 2016: Lost my temper with my 10-year-old’s friends
• July 17, 2016: Is it normal for a child to have an imaginary friend?
• July 14, 2016: My middle school daughter’s ex-friend is jealous and mean
• June 25, 2016: My friend at school makes me feel unnoticed
• June 18, 2016: Adjusting to a more distant relationship with a friend
• June 10, 2016: Should I change my school placement to stay with friends?
• June 4, 2016: Concerned mom worries about her lonely 7-year-old
• May 25, 2016: How should a mom handle her 8-year-old daughter’s problem with mean girls?
• May 13, 2016: Ditched: Two friends are sort of ditching a third
• April 27, 2016: Middle school friendships can be trying
• April 21, 2016: Skipped grades and have no friends in high school
• April 6, 2016: Lost my best friend after moving
• March 26, 2016: 14-year-old who feels worthless and has trouble making friends
• March 21, 2016: Sixth grader in new school has trouble making friends
• March 19, 2016: A student dreads going to school without friends
• March 5, 2016: A young teen feels bad about her hair
• February 28, 2016: Teen Friendships: Losing my two closest friends
• February 11, 2016: How to help my son make friends
• January 21, 2016: 14-year-old student in a small school has trouble finding friends
• December 27, 2015: A young teen seeks advice on how to make friends with boys
• December 10, 2015: How do you tell a classmate you don’t really want to be her friend?
• December 5, 2015: My 13-year-old daughter doesn’t bring friends home
• December 3, 2015: My high school friend is suicidal
• November 25, 2015: Teen with anxiety issues feels frustrated by her best friend
• November 16, 2015: A mom worries that her teenage daughter who only has friends outside of school
• November 3, 2015: A young girl feels left out by her two friends
• October 26, 2015: A teen’s parents insist she end her friendship with a gay friend
• October 20, 2015: My daughter has no friends at a new school
• September 15, 2015: Making friends at school: Eighth grade girls are mean!
• September 4, 2015: Friendship: The problem of three
• August 25, 2015: Friendship: When second best isn’t good enough
• August 3, 2015: Friendships after recovering from an eating disorder
• July 22, 2015: Are high school friendships meant to last forever?
• July 7, 2015: Mom Reaches Out For Help For Depressed Daughter
• July 2, 2015: Watching a teen being treated like a doormat
• June 18, 2015: An introverted high school student feels uncomfortable with her group of friends
• May 29, 2015: Hating school because I have no true friends
• May 5, 2015: My daughter has been singled out as the “bad friend”
• March 27, 2015: Not Invited To The Party: Should I Say Something?
• February 27, 2015: Disappointed by a best friend
• February 23, 2015: A student is worried about a friend
• February 16, 2015: After a bout with depression, a middle-schooler has friendship problems
• January 25, 2015: I am pretty but lack self confidence
• January 13, 2015: A young woman feels left out of her group of friends
• January 6, 2015: Fitting in with groups in high school
• December 23, 2014: No friends at a new school
• December 8, 2014: Having problems making friends at a small school
• November 29, 2014: Helping Teens Resolve Friendship Problems
• November 15, 2014: My daughter is being excluded by her friends
• November 6, 2014: My daughter feels like an outsider
• October 31, 2014: Afraid of being a loner in high school
• October 27, 2014: No close friends: Senior year friendship problems
• October 8, 2014: Worried about being separated from my friends in high school
• September 25, 2014: Connecting with a friend who is ashamed
• September 17, 2014: The social challenges of changing schools in high school
• September 14, 2014: My 7-year-old was left out and not invited to the party
• September 2, 2014: Worried about making friends in high school?
• August 29, 2014: I’m a 13-year-old nerd having problems with friends at junior high
• July 30, 2014: Parenting: Dealing with unreliable moms
• June 8, 2014: 8-Year-Old Upset With Mean Girls At School
• June 4, 2014: Children’s friendships after moms break up
• May 4, 2014: My friend crush
• April 30, 2014: Mom worries about her daughter’s friendships
• April 19, 2014: Finishing school online without friends
• April 8, 2014: I’m having problems making friends at a small school
• March 4, 2014: A 13-year-old with a physically abusive friend
• February 28, 2014: My daughter’s friend is very competitive
• January 3, 2014: A teen feels she is being dropped by a group of friends
• December 5, 2013: Lonely in my senior year at high school
• November 30, 2013: Friendships at a ballet studio
• November 3, 2013: Should a teen switch schools when she is having friendship problems?
• September 29, 2013: My nine-year-old son prefers to play with girls
• September 8, 2013: When a friend starts fibbing
• September 1, 2013: What to do when you fight all the time
• August 19, 2013: Middle School Friendships: What should this mom do?
• August 3, 2013: A teen worries she’s a burden to friends
• July 2, 2013: High school friendships: The way things were
• June 27, 2013: Teen Friendships: I’m 14 and my best friend’s parents just got divorced
• April 27, 2013: Birthday Gifts And Friendship
• April 3, 2013: Best friends: Should children in preschool be separated from their friends?
• March 1, 2013: The relationship between children’s friendships and those of their parents
• January 25, 2013: How can I help my daughter with ADHD mend a broken friendship?
• January 4, 2013: How can I help my 13-year-old daughter get over a friendship breakup?
• November 10, 2012: No Friends In High School: What Am I Doing Wrong?
• October 11, 2012: International Day of the Girl: Friendship advice for young women under the age of 18
• September 28, 2012: My heart aches for my teenage daughter
• August 31, 2012: My Daughter Is Friendless, Depressed, And Wants To Move
• July 11, 2012: Parenting young adult friendships: Riddled with complications
• October 22, 2011: Is it okay for me to get my 14-year-old daughter out of this friendship dilemma?
• July 20, 2011: Help! My Teenage Daughter Is Losing Her Friends
• May 21, 2011: A teen asks: Why are friendships so fleeting?
• April 8, 2011: Guest Post: How To Handle Toxic Teen friendships
• February 14, 2011: Nothing But Trouble: Mom Can’t Stand Her Teen’s BFF
• October 6, 2010: Tips on Talking to a Teenage Daughter About Friendships
• June 19, 2010: OMG–Now Even the BFF Isn’t PC
• June 17, 2010: Should A Child Be Allowed To Have A Best Friend?
• March 26, 2010: Finding A Long Lost Friend: Let Me Count The Ways
• December 5, 2009: The Bad Friend: What’s a mom to do?
• August 11, 2009: Painful teen friendship: What’s a mom to do?
• June 28, 2008: Friendship by the Book: An interview with Alexa Young, author of Frenemies

Communication

• August 10, 2021: My Friend Is Acting Distant And Is Giving Me The Cold Shoulder
• July 25, 2021: My Clingy Friend Calls Me Too Often
• March 7, 2017: An unexpected workplace betrayal
• November 4, 2016: My friend’s son was sentenced to prison
• July 5, 2016: My friend in the weight loss group
• February 17, 2016: Bridesmaid advice: When the bride feels left out
• February 13, 2016: Afraid of losing her friend in India
• December 9, 2015: Should I Keep Sending Christmas Greeting Cards To People Who Don’t Respond?
• October 10, 2015: My friend doesn’t respect my feelings
• April 1, 2015: Friendship by the Book: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
• November 18, 2014: A breakdown in communication with a college roommate
• September 5, 2014: Why would someone always offer advice?
• August 31, 2014: Apologizing after the wrong words slip out of your mouth
• June 28, 2014: How should I handle invasive questions from friends?
• May 10, 2014: Guest Post: The Woman Who Couldn’t Stop Talking About Herself
• October 30, 2013: Text Message Violated Trust Between Friends
• October 23, 2013: When a friend meets her first boyfriend
• August 24, 2013: Remaining connected with a friend on a spiritual journey
• July 18, 2013: For Discussion: How quickly should a friend respond to a text message?
• May 21, 2013: Our friendship isn’t the same
• May 15, 2013: You’re My ‘Best Friend’: To Say or Not To Say?
• January 27, 2013: On Life Goes Strong: What NOT to say to a friend
• September 23, 2012: Is my friend over-reacting?
• January 4, 2012: Should friends be brutally truthful with one another?
• May 16, 2011: Is This Friendship Worth “The Talk”?
• March 7, 2011: Feeling trapped? Honesty may help

Coping with loneliness

• December 7, 2021: Blue Christmas: When Red and Green Make Blue
• October 9, 2021: A Woman Asks How To End A Very Long Friendship
• March 23, 2017: Loneliness as a grandparent
• February 14, 2017: Making friends after separating
• December 6, 2015: Feeling lonely? 14 Tips for getting over the holiday hump
• September 26, 2015: In the Media – On midlife loneliness
• December 20, 2013: How To Get Over The Holidays With No Friends or Family
• December 12, 2013: 50 and no…
• October 1, 2012: Getting Older: Fighting loneliness in small steps
• September 13, 2012: Rx for Loneliness: Get out of the house!
• May 30, 2011: Depression, loneliness and friendship
• December 23, 2010: The most wonderful time of the year? Not for everyone

Creating and maintaining boundaries

• May 7, 2022: Handling Pushy Overbearing Friends
• January 3, 2017: Feeling Worthless Without Any Friends
• December 11, 2016: Dealing with a friend in sales who works on commission
• November 18, 2016: Living and working with a friend: Too much of a good thing?
• February 29, 2016: When a best friend starts to feel like more than a friend
• February 20, 2016: Falling in love with a best friend
• January 12, 2016: How do I tell a friend that she can’t invite herself?
• October 8, 2015: When an irresponsible friend asks for money
• October 21, 2014: I am the needy friend!
• April 24, 2014: When teenage friends become coupled
• April 21, 2014: Establishing boundaries with a disabled friend
• February 17, 2014: I feel like my friend is using me
• January 12, 2014: The friendships of military wives
• October 14, 2013: How to say no to a favor
• September 6, 2013: Saying No To Friends
• February 6, 2013: Three Rules for Opposite Sex Friendships
• September 12, 2012: Living with a close friend: What happened to our friendship?
• December 1, 2011: 13 Ways to Make Saying NO Easier
• March 14, 2011: Toxic friendships: It takes two
• September 19, 2007: Saying NO to Friends: An interview with psychologist and author Susan Newman, PhD

Dealing with difficult friends

• December 26, 2016: Jealous friends who put you down
• February 14, 2016: A good friend but…
• March 18, 2015: What do I say to a friend I don’t really like?
• May 24, 2014: How do you tell a friend you don’t have time for her?
• May 14, 2014: Should A Friend Always Forgive?
• March 24, 2014: When a friend lacks empathy
• March 8, 2014: Flirting: My friends flirt too much
• November 26, 2013: Sharing A Thanksgiving Table With People You Don’t Like
• September 7, 2013: A teen struggling with friendship problems asks for help
• April 13, 2013: Friendship and menopause: Change of life
• December 20, 2012: My friend criticizes me
• February 23, 2011: Help me deal with a Drama Queen

Dealing with friends with health and/or emotional problems

• February 26, 2022: Psych 101: When A Close Friend Is Depressed
• October 11, 2021: Guest Post: What Do You Say To A Best Friend Who Has Cancer?
• September 5, 2021: My Friend Has Borderline Personality Disorder
• April 10, 2016: Coping with a depressed friend
• March 11, 2016: When a friend expresses suicidal thoughts
• February 1, 2015: Exhausted: When a friend needs more than a friend
• February 16, 2014: My Friend Is Threatening To Kill Himself
• January 9, 2014: A young teen worries about her best friend
• April 27, 2013: Chronic pain and friendship – A discussion on PainResource.com
• March 10, 2013: Drained by a profoundly depressed friend
• October 9, 2012: Friendship: In Sickness and In Health
• July 7, 2012: Is a friend’s response to your loss or serious illness a litmus test of your friendship?
• June 1, 2012: First-Person: It’s Tough to Reach Out to Friends When You’re Depressed
• May 23, 2012: My Friend Won’t Leave Her House—What Should I Do?
• July 31, 2011: Guest Post: 7 ways to cheer up a girlfriend
• April 11, 2009: Me, me, me: When friendship is a one-way street

Dealing with threesomes and groups of friends

• September 29, 2020: Losing Support From a Circle of Friends
• February 18, 2017: Left Out Of A Midlife Clique
• March 23, 2016: Two roommates having a hard time with a third who is emotionally draining
• May 20, 2014: Feeling like a third wheel
• May 8, 2014: Her other friend
• June 29, 2013: The tag-along friend
• April 8, 2013: Oil and water: Friendship threesomes and foursomes
• March 31, 2013: On Circle Envy: Everyone Can’t Have a Group of Friends
• March 2, 2013: Taking friends for granted
• October 6, 2012: Feeling awkward and conflicted about a threesome
• March 21, 2011: Friendship Calculus: The Problem of Three
• July 12, 2010: Friend Poaching: It’s Complicated

Death

• August 26, 2021: Abandoned By Friends After Death Of A Partner 
• August 18, 2021: Friendship and Loss: When The Loved One Who Dies Is A Friend
• February 2, 2017: A man experiences loneliness after a loss
• December 21, 2016: Coping with the death of a close friend around the holidays
• November 28, 2013: Friendship and Loss: When Grief Changes A Friendship
• November 3, 2011: Complicated Grief: Having an extremely hard time getting over the death of a spouse
• October 8, 2010: Guest Post: What do you say to someone who has just lost a friend?
• August 16, 2010: Friendship by the Book: Let’s Take The Long Way Home
• June 28, 2010: Talking about friendship with NYT best-selling author Jane Green
• January 9, 2008: Suddenly single: Female friendships after death

Dependent friends

• July 20, 2016: My friend is moving in on my space
• March 9, 2012: Mothering a Dependent Friend: How do I change course?
• June 15, 2010: Getting Out Of A Sticky Friendship

Depressed friends

• October 12, 2020: My Friend Has Mental Health Problems: How Can I Help Her?
• March 19, 2017: Supporting friends living with depression
• November 30, 2016: Guilted by a depressed best friend
• December 18, 2015: My friend needs more than I can give her
• September 23, 2014: When A Friend Threatens Suicide
• December 18, 2013: How do you handle a friend who is self-harming?
• October 31, 2013: Where Can My Depressed Friend Get Help?
• September 24, 2013: Dealing with a depressed friend when you are depressed
• July 28, 2013: Feeling drained by a friend
• July 21, 2013: Disappointed by friend at work
• June 15, 2011: Worrying about a depressed friend

Disappointing friends

• August 21, 2022: When Friends Let You Down: What to Do Next
• March 6, 2022: How To Deal With A Flaky Friend
• October 21, 2021: My Best Friend Will Not Be Coming To My Wedding
• April 13, 2017: We planned a trip together and my friend seems to be backing out
• February 28, 2017: A college reunion sparks a flame
• February 11, 2017: My roommate read my private messages
• October 11, 2016: Guess who’s coming to dinner?
• August 25, 2016: Key-Keeper Friends Who Watch Over Your Home
• July 31, 2016: I’m the depressed friend
• April 28, 2016: Stroke and friendship
• November 28, 2015: Feeling betrayed and blindsided by a best friend who is a co-worker
• March 1, 2015: Friends we can count on
• October 28, 2014: When a friend doesn’t show up
• October 15, 2014: A Texting Only Friendship: Is That All There Is?
• March 11, 2014: My friend didn’t show up at my birthday party
• January 21, 2014: Providing support for a friend who has been raped
• November 26, 2013: Friendship: Uninvited on Thanksgiving
• September 27, 2013: How should a friend respond to bad news?
• August 17, 2013: Dealing with an unreliable friend
• March 28, 2013: Let Down By A Friend When I Needed Her Most
• November 24, 2012: When to let go of a friend
• October 21, 2012: My friend makes jabs about my weight
• October 17, 2012: Introduced Two Friends…And Now I’m Left In The Dust
• July 6, 2010: When A Friend Complains About Your Kid

Downgrading a friendship

• July 26, 2011: An inconvenient truth: She’s made you a second-tier friend

Faith and friendship

• June 25, 2013: When religious differences divide friends
• June 27, 2012: Friendship and faith
• February 20, 2010: A Leap of Faith: Dumped over religious differences?

Family friends

• December 11, 2021: Family and Friends: Holiday Traditions Change Over Time
• May 10, 2013: Losing a best friend who is also your sister
• August 21, 2011: Do I have to be friends with a difficult sister-in-law?
• July 29, 2011: Keeping peace with the daughter-in-law from hell
• May 3, 2010: Guest post: Can a mother be a daughter’s best friend?

Finding friends at different ages and stages

• December 17, 2016: Social Dining: Meeting New Friends One Bite At A Time
• July 15, 2016: Friendship by the Book: “From Mom to Me Again”
• March 8, 2016: Finding upbeat friends when you are over 50
• February 9, 2016: In the Media – On AirTalk: The difficulty of making friends as an adult (Public Radio)
• September 7, 2015: Friendships after 50: A radio interview with The Friendship Doctor
• March 28, 2014: Finding friends: Are you barking up the wrong tree?
• January 5, 2014: A single mom has trouble making friends
• November 7, 2013: Making friends in high school
• December 25, 2012: Making friends at midlife: Ties that bind

Frenemies

• February 24, 2017: In the Media – Friend or frenemy? (Bustle)
• October 17, 2012: My friends make me feel bad about my neck…and my nose

Friends and Money

• October 11, 2021: When Good Friends Forget Your Birthday
• December 27, 2020: When Exchanging Gifts Feels Awkward
• January 22, 2017: In the Media – Income inequality: Keeping friends when they can spend more (Learnvest)
• September 17, 2016: In the Media – When money ruins a friendship (Forbes.com)
• April 18, 2016: My friend talks too much about money
• February 19, 2016: In the Media – Money can complicate friendships (The Debrief)
• January 12, 2015: In the Media – How to help a friend who has lost her job (FitnessRepublic.com)
• December 15, 2014: Reader Wisdom: What friends should and shouldn’t say when someone loses a job
• June 15, 2014: Collecting rent may trump hanging on to a tenuous friendship
• January 13, 2014: My friend came into money
• November 2, 2013: How To Say No To A Home Party Held By Friends Selling Stuff
• September 1, 2012: Money, trust and friendship
• April 2, 2012: Guest Post: Don’t Let Money Ruin Your Friendships
• April 2, 2012: Borrowing Money From A Friend: What Could Have Gone Wrong With This Friendship?
• January 27, 2012: At Wit’s End: My friend lives from hand-to-mouth and I always need to bail her out

Friends who abuse alcohol and/or drugs

• May 8, 2016: Stuck in a friendship with a married couple
• June 3, 2014: My friend was drunk and had sex on my couch
• November 3, 2012: Desperate: My daughter hangs out with friends who drink and do drugs
• July 19, 2010: An open letter to Lindsay Lohan: Find the right kind of friends

Friends with different ethics

• May 4, 2016: A disturbing encounter with another couple
• January 15, 2014: My best friend called my son a fag
• December 5, 2012: Ultimatums can undermine a friendship
• July 31, 2012: I left my best friend after she had an affair: Was I wrong?
• April 15, 2009: Friends don’t judge—or do they?

Friendship and aging

• December 30, 2016: On the strengths (and importance) of elder friendships: In the New York Times
• October 29, 2016: Depressed With No Friends
• March 18, 2016: Want to be happier and live longer? Get socially active.
• September 28, 2014: Unable to make friends: I feel like a failure waiting to die
• March 5, 2014: Peggy and Inez: Best friends at 90
• November 8, 2012: Friendship and retirement planning

Gay friends

• December 10, 2012: Handling jealousy over my lesbian partner’s relationships with men
• July 27, 2012: My confusing relationship with my lesbian friend
• April 12, 2012: Just friends or more than friends?

Getting over getting dumped

• February 11, 2023: Left Out Of A Friend Group After 35 Years
• February 20, 2017: What to do when a friend ignores you
• November 11, 2016: In the Media – How to Handle Being Ghosted (Inspiring Women)
• July 2, 2016: Ditched by an ex-friend at my condo
• September 26, 2014: When Your Friendship Is Downgraded
• August 21, 2014: My friend hasn’t returned two books
• July 28, 2014: Friendship on hold
• December 9, 2013: Dumped by a friend and co-worker
• December 8, 2012: Letting go of a best friend isn’t easy
• November 1, 2012: My Friend At Work Dumped Me: Should I Keep Hanging On To Hope?
• October 10, 2012: A fickle high school friendship
• August 10, 2012: Finding it difficult to let go of an ex-friend
• January 28, 2011: Ditched by a best friend

HANDLING BREAKUPS

• December 3, 2022: Left Out Of A Friend Group Without Explanation
• August 21, 2022: How To Break Up With A Friend: The Rules
• March 1, 2022: Dumped Without Explanation: Is There Anything To Do?
• January 3, 2022: How To End A Friendship With A Neighbor
• October 30, 2021: My Friend Has Lost Interest In Our Friendship
• August 17, 2021: What Do You Make of a Friend Who Is Only There To Listen?
• July 19, 2021: A Reader Asks: Is This Lifelong Friendship Toxic?
• July 15, 2021: Getting Over A Friendship With A Next-Door Neighbor
• May 5, 2017: A friendship between military wives begins to unravel
• April 16, 2017: Reader Wisdom: Confessions of a People Person
• March 10, 2017: Is There A Kind Way To End This Friendship?
• March 1, 2017: When an Internet friendship suddenly ends
• February 5, 2017: Should I Open The Door To A Friend Who Dumped Me?
• January 24, 2017: A woman bemoans the loss of a male best friend to his girlfriend
• January 6, 2017: When An Old Friend Calls Out of the Blue
• December 22, 2016: Two Friends Have A Falling Out That Affects Their Families
• December 7, 2016: In the Media – Friendship Breakups: Common but still devastating (Toronto Star)
• December 6, 2016: In the Media – Men’s Friendships: Growing Apart (Magnifier)
• December 3, 2016: In the Media – The Grownup Way To Break Up with a Friend (Huffington Post)
• December 1, 2016: In the Media – Getting Back In When You’re Left Out (Bravo TV)
• October 30, 2016: In the Media – Friendship Dealbreakers (SheSaid)
• October 8, 2016: In the Media – Getting over getting ghosted (Headspace.com)
• October 5, 2016: An Ex-Friend In The Next Office
• September 26, 2016: When tact doesn’t work with a “friend”
• September 20, 2016: When a close friend backs away
• September 14, 2016: Drifting apart from a high school friend
• September 1, 2016: Getting someone to accept the friendship is over
• August 14, 2016: Hurt by a long time friend
• August 10, 2016: Dropped by an old friend
• June 22, 2016: This guy is just too clingy and dependent
• May 29, 2016: Ending a long term friendship
• May 14, 2016: A couple cuts off contact
• April 22, 2016: My long time friend is selfish
• April 7, 2016: How long does it take an angry friend to get over it?
• April 3, 2016: Is it okay to retract an invitation to a friend?
• March 29, 2016: Looking back to move forward
• March 10, 2016: In the Media – On passive-aggressive friendships (Elite Daily)
• February 26, 2016: How To Step Back From An Ambivalent Friendship
• February 8, 2016: Not A Priority Anymore
• January 23, 2016: Toxic friendship: A friend who saps your energy
• January 15, 2016: A platonic friendship with a female friend breaks down
• January 9, 2016: Friendship with an unpredictable neighbor
• December 1, 2015: Poached: Two friends who have found each other
• November 9, 2015: Should she attend the wake of her ex-friend’s sister?
• October 14, 2015: Invitations: We don’t like them and they don’t like us
• September 27, 2015: Should I confront my friend?
• September 24, 2015: Mom worries when her teen daughter has a falling out with a best friend
• September 18, 2015: How do I opt out of a friendship I don’t want to continue?
• August 13, 2015: An Ambivalent Friendship
• August 7, 2015: Friendship takes two whether it’s an old friend or new
• July 3, 2015: Two Close Friends in the Same Book Club Cut Their Ties
• June 30, 2015: In the Media – Tips for Reducing the Drama of a Breakup (Bustle)
• June 30, 2015: On letting go: Too much follow up can feel like stalking
• June 28, 2015: In the Media: On Why The Ending of A Friendship Sucks (TheJournal.IE)
• June 19, 2015: Reader Wisdom: On giving up one-sided friendships
• May 27, 2015: Shut out of my best friend without explanation
• May 20, 2015: Can’t stop thinking about a lost friendship
• May 18, 2015: What can you do if a friend blocks you on social media?
• May 10, 2015: Reader Wisdom: The best way to end a friendship
• May 8, 2015: How can I break up with a disturbed friend?
• March 5, 2015: In the Media – The most difficult part of friendship
• February 21, 2015: In the Media – Tips for mending a broken friendship (FitnessRepublic)
• February 20, 2015: In the Media – Should you break up with a toxic friend? (Refinery29)
• February 18, 2015: Should I Return My Friend’s House Keys?
• January 16, 2015: It feels like my friend is downgrading our relationship
• December 30, 2014: A frayed friendship between partners spills over to their business
• November 16, 2014: What can you do when a friendship abruptly ends?
• October 11, 2014: Friendship: A Matter of Trust
• October 5, 2014: When a friend with mental health problems makes you a scapegoat
• September 20, 2014: Seeing My Friend For The First Time After A One-Sided Breakup
• August 9, 2014: Dropped by a friend of 30 years
• July 19, 2014: When a friend is too clingy
• July 12, 2014: A woman loses a job and loses her friends in the process
• June 25, 2014: My teenage daughter was dropped by a friend
• June 1, 2014: A victim of domestic abuse asks why her friend cut off their relationship
• March 26, 2014: Friend crush: Dropped and depressed
• March 17, 2014: What Do You Do When An Ex-Friend Won’t Say Hello
• February 21, 2014: The Maid of Honor in my wedding pictures who is no longer my friend
• January 17, 2014: When friends drift apart
• January 6, 2014: Feeling used by a friend who once was a lover
• January 5, 2014: When no response is a response
• January 4, 2014: Can you remain friends after you’re been jilted?
• December 14, 2013: I’ve mourned her loss once. Should I give this friendship another chance?
• December 13, 2013: How do you decide when it is time to break up with a friend?
• December 10, 2013: One-Way Friendship Breakup
• December 6, 2013: The etiquette of leaving a clique
• November 17, 2013: The difficulty of giving up on a friendship
• November 13, 2013: Seeking forgiveness after ending a friendship
• October 18, 2013: How can I break up with a needy friend?
• October 17, 2013: Should You Stay Friends with an Ex-Boyfriend?
• September 12, 2013: Dealing with grown-up mean girls and their men
• September 10, 2013: Moving forward after a hoax
• August 7, 2013: Getting Over A Blowup With A Best Friend
• August 1, 2013: Outgrowing mom friends: What would you do?
• July 1, 2013: Should I move on after this breakup?
• June 30, 2013: A troubled marriage can divide best friends: Can this one be repaired?
• June 24, 2013: Feeling guilty about cutting off a friendship
• June 12, 2013: Ending A Friendship Nicely
• May 18, 2013: Friendship: In sickness and in health? Not always
• May 6, 2013: Ending a friendship: My friend’s partner is toxic
• April 19, 2013: How to end a friendship after growing apart
• March 4, 2013: The last straw in a friendship that is waning
• February 4, 2013: Should I end this friendship?
• January 27, 2013: How do I break up with a group?
• December 20, 2012: Media opportunity: Have you broken up with a best friend?
• December 11, 2012: An unsettling blow-up with a passive-aggressive friend
• October 23, 2012: Should I Go To My Friend’s Kids’ Birthday Party?
• September 29, 2012: How can I peacefully end a relationship with a needy friend?
• August 6, 2012: Is this friendship breakup worth talking about?
• March 26, 2012: Friendship: Nightmare on my street
• February 3, 2012: Friendship by the Book: Two Plus Two: Couples and their Couple Friendships’
• January 24, 2012: Feeling guilty after a sudden breakup with college roommate
• December 9, 2011: Distraught over a Breakup with a Workplace Friend
• May 18, 2011: Slippery slope: How do I downgrade a relationship with a best friend?
• March 11, 2011: Giving friends a second chance after a divorce
• January 12, 2011: Changing places and changing friendships
• December 20, 2010: Handling a ‘Friend’ Who Doesn’t Get The Message
• November 30, 2010: Roommates: When a frayed friendship has a lease
• November 24, 2010: Wrestling with the end of a friendship
• September 8, 2010: Friendship: For the sake of the children?
• December 12, 2009: Hard to say goodbye: Ending a 20-year friendship
• November 18, 2009: ‘Unfriend’: Not a simple verb by any means
• October 25, 2009: Why Breaking Up Is SO Hard To Do
• August 20, 2009: Ending a Friendship: How to put the kibosh on a friendship that seems doomed from the start
• December 16, 2008: Reader Q & A: Dumped Times Two
• August 29, 2008: Reader Q&A: Achieving closure after being dumped by a friend at work

HAVING NO FRIENDS

• March 4, 2023: No Friends in High School: Feeling Anxious
• January 22, 2022: My Daughter Feels Like An Outcast At School: What Should I Do?
• August 30, 2021: Friendship and Aging: Is Losing Interest In Friends An Aging Thing?
• September 18, 2020: Retired and Feeling Disconnected
• May 27, 2020: Would Life Be Sweeter In A Coronavirus Bubble? It Depends.
• May 1, 2017: Making school cafeterias more friendly: There’s an app for that
• March 29, 2017: Struggling to keep friends
• March 14, 2017: In a rut and unable to make friends
• March 4, 2017: Making friends late in the game
• December 24, 2016: A holiday look back: Ghosts of Christmas past
• December 16, 2016: How can I find friends in the school lunchroom?
• December 2, 2016: Leaving a program that doesn’t feel like a good fit for making friends
• November 23, 2016: Late-life mom having trouble making friends
• November 13, 2016: Lacking communication skills to make friends
• October 14, 2016: Helping your child make friends after moving
• October 2, 2016: Son in high school has no friends since moving from India
• September 4, 2016: Embarrassed to have no friends at school
• August 7, 2016: My angry demeanor pushes people away
• May 20, 2016: Can’t seem to make friends
• February 27, 2016: My family is without real friends
• February 23, 2016: Having no friends in a small high school
• December 23, 2015: International Student Feels Friendless and Adrift
• December 8, 2015: Reader Wisdom: On loneliness over the holidays
• November 14, 2015: How can a woman working in a male-dominated industry find new friends?
• September 12, 2015: Bridesmaids Advice: Friendships first, bridesmaids second
• September 11, 2015: Back to School: Strategies to Avoid Lunchroom Loneliness
• June 25, 2015: No Friends: And Before You Ask…I Am On Meds
• June 22, 2015: Finding friends after a divorce
• June 12, 2015: A new mom with marital and family problems
• May 14, 2015: My son hates people and has no friends
• May 12, 2015: Can’t find friends at work or church
• May 11, 2015: Starting high school without friends
• April 8, 2015: When you have no other friends
• February 20, 2015: In the Media – 6 Reasons it’s okay to have a small group of friends (HerCampus.com)
• January 10, 2015: Homebound senior who feels hopeless
• December 23, 2014: In the Media – Combatting holiday loneliness (FitnessRepublic.com)
• November 9, 2014: Feeling friendless after a marriage falls apart
• August 5, 2014: Is it okay if I don’t want any friends for now?
• July 20, 2014: Mentally ill with no friends, home or job
• June 30, 2014: No friends and having a baby
• May 3, 2014: Homeless and friendless
• April 13, 2014: Working in a family-owned business makes it hard to make friends
• March 30, 2014: A 30-year-old woman with no friends
• March 23, 2014: When making new friends is a struggle
• March 6, 2014: To find new friends, follow your interests
• February 25, 2014: Having trouble making friends after a move
• December 11, 2013: I don’t seem to care about friendships. Should I?
• November 29, 2013: Reader Wisdom: Setting standards for friendship
• October 5, 2013: Am I doomed to have no friends?
• September 2, 2013: Should I tell people I don’t have friends?
• August 3, 2013: Don’t want friends…I want to be alone
• July 30, 2013: Friendless In A New Town
• April 29, 2013: My teen feels rejected by friends and wants to end his life
• April 23, 2013: Getting comfortable with a new circle of friends
• April 20, 2013: Teens with learning disabilities: Making friends
• February 19, 2013: How can I handle a friend who is angry and hostile?
• February 7, 2013: My teenage daughter has no friends and feels like an outcast
• August 28, 2012: Slowly losing all my friends
• July 2, 2012: Guest Post – Getting over the trauma of multiple deaths
• June 22, 2012: No friends: Don’t tell me to join a group
• June 19, 2012: Guest Post: Trauma, Trust and Friendship
• June 1, 2012: Embarrassed at having no friends
• May 9, 2012: Moving and leaving my best friend behind
• April 26, 2012: No Friends: Why can’t I connect with a friend?
• February 24, 2012: Home Alone & Lonely? Some Practical Tips
• December 29, 2011: Lonely in High School
• December 16, 2011: Why can’t I make friends?
• October 8, 2011: My son has no close friends
• April 17, 2011: Why Would Someone Have No Friends?
• September 26, 2010: Can Angelina possibly be a lonely girl?
• July 29, 2010: Rent-A-Friend: What do you think?
• March 14, 2010: Making friends at 60: “I don’t want to die alone…”
• March 12, 2010: Can we live with no friends?
• February 17, 2010: Friendship, caring, and “the call list”
• December 27, 2009: Raised by wolves: Is having no friends her mother’s fault?
• October 25, 2008: Reader Q & A: More than shy—could it be social anxiety?

How to make friends

• February 15, 2015: In the Media – 7 Tips for starting a conversation with a stranger
• January 26, 2015: Reader Wisdom: On making conversation
• December 8, 2013: Guest post: Moving from small talk to friendship
• May 29, 2013: The Basics of Starting a Friendship: Step One
• June 11, 2012: Guest Post: Getting Over Feeling Like a Stranger in Your Own Neighborhood
• June 5, 2011: 5 tips for making friends after 50

How to Use This Site

• May 6, 2020: The Friendship Blog Is Back! Welcome!
• November 21, 2012: Thanksgiving Day 2012
• October 1, 2012: Welcome

Husbands, boyfriends, and friendship

• August 20, 2016: Worried about the future
• January 22, 2015: Moved in with my boyfriend and lost my girlfriends
• July 11, 2013: Stuck in a friendship rut
• October 9, 2012: Worried about my partner’s failing friendships
• August 11, 2012: When it comes to having friends, a “boy” friend may not be enough
• May 11, 2012: The downside of getting involved in a friend’s marital problems
• August 21, 2008: The Friendship Olympics: Which Sex Gets the Gold?

IN THE MEDIA

• April 2, 2017: In the Media – Different ages and stages of friendship (Daily Mail UK)
• March 16, 2017: In the Media – On reviving a dead friendship (New York Magazine)
• March 8, 2017: In the Media – 9 Friendship Lessons from Favorite Best Friends (HuffPo)
• March 7, 2017: In the Media – Keeping long-distance friendships alive (New York Magazine)
• February 20, 2017: In the Media – Why is it so hard for women to make new friends? (Detroit Free Press)
• January 8, 2017: In the Media – 17 Ways to Renew You in 2017 (Postmedia)
• January 7, 2017: In the Media – On Friendship and Personality (ATTN:)
• January 7, 2017: In the Media – 9 Non-awkward ways to make friends in your 30s (HelloGiggles)
• December 19, 2016: In the Media – When you get engaged and your friend gets jealous
• November 17, 2016: In the Media – My best man unfriended me (NY Post)
• October 9, 2016: In the Media – Getting through a friendship breakup (TheSwaddle.com)
• September 29, 2016: In the Media – Maintaining friendships post-marriage (Romper.com)
• August 20, 2016: In the Media – The Friendship Cull: Taking Stock of Friendships (Stylist)
• August 20, 2016: In the Media – Making and keeping friends as an adult (Nylon)
• August 19, 2016: In the Media – Tips for making friendships after 50 (Michigan Prime)
• August 9, 2016: In the Media – On Decluttering Friendships? Hit Refresh (UK Sun)
• July 28, 2016: In the Media – 9 Signs You Don’t Have Quality Friendships (Bustle)
• July 15, 2016: In the Media – Signs you have trouble making friends (Bustle)
• July 12, 2016: In the Media – Does Taylor Swift have too many friends? (Bravo TV)
• June 23, 2016: In the Media – If your girlfriend’s boyfriend disappoints you (Toronto Sun)
• June 11, 2016: In the Media – How To Deal With a Jealous Friend (HerCampus.com)
• June 8, 2016: In the Media – How Being a New Mom Changes Old Friendships (Toronto Star)
• June 4, 2016: In the Media – How to lend money to friends (and family) (Forbes.com)
• June 4, 2016: In the Media – When a friendship isn’t worth your time (Bustle)
• June 3, 2016: Announcing the Family Circle Magazine “All About Friendship Survey”
• May 25, 2016: In the Media: Challenges of making midlife friendships (Today.com)
• May 4, 2016: In the Media – Commenting on your friend’s selfies (Refinery29)
• April 23, 2016: In the Media – Becoming business partners with a best friend (Glamour.com)
• April 21, 2016: In the Media – 5 Ways your friendships might be unhealthy (HerCampus.com)
• April 18, 2016: In the Media – The science of making friends (Wall Street Journal)
• April 4, 2016: In the Media – What makes someone a good friend? (Cosmopolitan)
• March 30, 2016: In the Media – Small Dose Friends (The Glow)
• March 26, 2016: In the Media – Why we keep legacy friends (On Attn:)
• March 17, 2016: In the Media – Being a good friend when you’re busy
• March 10, 2016: In the Media – The case for small dose friends (Mic.com)
• March 9, 2016: In the Media – How friendships can improve your romantic relationships (WomensHealth)
• March 9, 2016: In the Media – When you think your friend is marrying the wrong guy (Brides)
• January 18, 2016: Tips for breaking up with a friend
• January 11, 2016: In the Media – Friendship styles when socializing (Wall Street Journal)
• January 5, 2016: In the Media – Has social media changed the definition of friendship?
• December 24, 2015: In the Media – When all your friends are getting engaged (Brides)
• November 21, 2015: In the Media – How to Lock Down a Girl Crush (Cosmopolitan.com)
• November 17, 2015: In the Media – Thoughts on how to unfriend a friend (Nylon.com)
• November 13, 2015: In the Media – 6 Ways to Sneak More Time With Your Besties (CafeMom)
• November 10, 2015: In the Media: Two words you should never say to a friend (Grandparents.com)
• November 8, 2015: In the Media – Why breaking up with a friend hurts so much (HopesAndFears.com)
• November 7, 2015: In the Media – How to be a good Facebook friend (Fitness Republic)
• November 6, 2015: In the Media – Are you being taken advantage of as a bridesmaid? (Brides.com)
• October 22, 2015: In the Media – Pay and income inequality between friends (International Business Times)
• October 10, 2015: In the Media – Desperately Seeking a Bestie: When #SquadGoals Get Real
• October 5, 2015: In the Media – When is it time to break up with a friend? (Prevention)
• September 25, 2015: In the Media – Do you tell your friend she’s a terrible traveler?
• September 24, 2015: In the Media – How depression affects friendships
• August 29, 2015: In the Media – How To Survive a Breakup with Your Best Friend (Best Health)
• August 26, 2015: In the Media – Tips for handling a jealous friend
• August 18, 2015: In the Media – When friends fade away
• July 29, 2015: In the Media – How to break up when you’re the heartbreaker
• July 24, 2015: In the Media – 5 Ways your friendship may be unhealthy
• July 23, 2015: In the Media – How to help a depressed friend
• July 18, 2015: In the Media – How to handle conflicts with your spouse over friends (Deseret News)
• July 17, 2015: In the Media – 15 Signs You’re An Amazing Friend (BuzzFeed)
• July 15, 2015: In the Media – When your partner dislikes your friends
• July 11, 2015: In the Media – How to Make Friends After A Move (Fitness Republic)
• July 11, 2015: In the Media – On the loss of friends (National Catholic Register)
• July 1, 2015: In the Media – Is Your Shopping Buddy Making You Spend Too Much? (U.S. News & World Report)
• June 28, 2015: In the Media – 7 Ways To Survive a Breakup When You’re the Heartbreaker (SheKnows.com)
• June 24, 2015: In the Media – Pop culture: Our obsession with girl gangs (Yahoo Style)
• June 23, 2015: In the Media – Girlfriends: The greatest loves of our lives (Daily Mail)
• May 8, 2015: In the Media – Making Friends in a New Place (AARP)
• April 28, 2015: In the Media: 5 Ways to Be A Better Friend
• April 21, 2015: In the Media – New study comparing male and female friendships
• April 18, 2015: In the Media – Keeping friends when you’re off to college
• April 16, 2015: In the Media – Reconnecting on Facebook
• April 15, 2015: In the Media – Long Distance Best Friends Who Live Far Away
• April 9, 2015: In the Media – In the Media – Younger, a TV show about intergenerational friendships (Yahoo Style)
• March 27, 2015: In the Media – On keeping long-distance friendships (Psychologies)
• March 23, 2015: In the Media – How to deal with friendship breakups
• March 16, 2015: In the Media – Social currency: Our friends (Rewire Me)
• February 13, 2015: In the Media – Cliches people hear after breakups (Real Simple)
• February 6, 2015: In the Media – When your friend is religious and you’re not
• January 24, 2015: In the Media – What should you do when a friendship turns addictive? (Cosmopolitan)
• January 22, 2015: In the Media – How to handle awkward ex run-ins
• January 10, 2015: In the Media – 7 Surprising causes of high blood pressure (Grandparents.com)
• January 6, 2015: In the Media – Five ways to get closer to your friends (AARP Life Reimagined)
• December 23, 2014: In the Media – Is unemployment affecting your friendships? (on GoThinkBig.co.UK)
• December 20, 2014: In the Media – The Health Benefits of Friendship (FitnessRepublic.com)
• December 9, 2014: In the Media – Tips for attending your high school reunion (WomensHealth.com)
• December 7, 2014: In the Media – How to Deal with Roommate Fights (HerCampus.com)
• December 3, 2014: In the Media – 8 Tips for Making New Friends (Fitness Republic)
• November 28, 2014: Should you drop a toxic friend? (The Journal News – NY)
• November 26, 2014: Thanksgiving Day – 2014
• November 21, 2014: In the Media – Holidays: how to navigate awkward situations (Journal News)
• November 12, 2014: In the Media – How to deal with a jealous friend
• November 6, 2014: In the Media – On ending virtual friendships (Salon)
• November 5, 2014: In the Media – How to save a long-distance relationship with your best friend (Cosmopolitan – AU)
• November 3, 2014: In the Media – Taylor Swift on Friendship (Grazia UK)
• October 15, 2014: In the Media – 5 Secrets of people with lifelong friends
• October 4, 2014: In the Media – How to knock fear out of your life (Men’s Health)
• September 18, 2014: In the Media – 7 Signs you are in a toxic friendship (Real Simple)
• August 27, 2014: In the Media – 8 of Life’s Biggest Shakeups (Shape Magazine)
• August 18, 2014: In the Media – Three Kinds of Friendzillas (Brides Magazine)
• August 16, 2014: In the Media – Ways to Stay True to Yourself (Women’s Health Magazine)
• August 3, 2014: In the Media – On being with old friends (Daily Pioneer – India)
• August 1, 2014: In the Media – 4 Ways to Fix a Toxic Friendship (Huffington Post)
• July 23, 2014: In the Media – 5 Ways Your Friendships Might Be Unhealthy (HerCampus.com)
• July 22, 2014: In the Media – Can friends can be bad for your health? (NextAvenue.com)
• July 7, 2014: In the Media – The Best Way to Comfort a Crier (Greatist)
• July 3, 2014: In the Media – Socializing Singles in Sioux Falls (Argus Leader)
• June 26, 2014: In the Media – Rules for Building New Friendships (Mind-Body-Green)
• June 24, 2014: In the Media – Why We Need Mom Friends
• June 12, 2014: Suffering from caregiver burnout? Journalist seeking sources
• June 5, 2014: In the Media – 14 habits that leave you tired (Fox News)
• June 4, 2014: In the Media: On the importance of intergenerational friendship (AllParenting.com)
• May 24, 2014: 6 simple ways to move your friendship to the next level (HuffPo)
• May 22, 2014: Friendship Trivia: Unfriend finally makes it into another dictionary
• April 29, 2014: In the Media – When mean girls become mean women (SheKnowsUK)
• April 21, 2014: In the Media – 9 Bad Influences on Your Child (Real Simple)
• April 21, 2014: In the Media – How to Mend a Friendship (Woman’s Day)
• March 29, 2014: In the Media: 8 Ways to end an unhealthy friendship gracefully (on Bustle.com)
• March 29, 2014: In the Media: 7 Ways you’re compromising your mental health (on HerCampus.com)
• March 28, 2014: In the Media: 5 Ways to balance friends and a girlfriend (Men’s Health)
• March 13, 2014: In the Media – Recognizing when friendships become toxic
• February 25, 2014: In the Media – Toxic pals: Behind frenemy lines (CNN)
• February 23, 2014: In the Media – How to handle the stickiest of money situations (Daily Worth)
• February 18, 2014: National talk show seeking friends dating a friend’s ex
• February 2, 2014: What to do if you sleep with a friend’s ex (Women’s Health Magazine)
• January 10, 2014: In the Media – Girlfriends with benefits
• January 2, 2014: In the Media – 8 New Year’s Resolutions That You Can Actually Stick to (Women’sHealth)
• January 2, 2014: In the Media – Which old friendships are worth hanging on to? (PBS Next Avenue)
• January 1, 2014: In the Media – What psychologies learnt in 2013
• December 11, 2013: In the Media – How to Handle Sticky Situations With Friends and Money
• December 6, 2013: In the Media – How to deal with a roommate fight (Hercampus.com)
• December 3, 2013: In the Media – How friends save our lives (Health Magazine)
• November 15, 2013: In the Media – Friendship is Health Insurance (Detroit Free Press)
• November 14, 2013: In the Media – How to deal with a jealous friend (on HerCampus.com)
• November 13, 2013: In the Media – Are you Miss Judgypants with friends? (on iVillage)
• October 26, 2013: In the Media – New movie about male friendships
• October 18, 2013: In the Media – Are you too judgmental? (On iVillage)
• October 8, 2013: In the Media – How Friends Save Our Lives (Health.com)
• October 3, 2013: Journalist wants to speak to real people who have felt betrayed when a friend got pregnant
• September 25, 2013: In the Media – 6 ways to make friends with your neighbors (Women’s Health)
• September 24, 2013: In the Media – When friends spill secrets (on Yahoo Shine)
• September 10, 2013: In the Media – What to do when friends become needy
• September 9, 2013: In the Media – Girls’ night out a restaurant respite (Tampa Bay Times)
• August 19, 2013: In the Media – The Girlfriend Experience (Women’s Health – AU)
• August 1, 2013: In the Media – Do you need a friendship detox
• July 31, 2013: In the Media – A short & simple guide to finding friends
• July 24, 2013: In the Media – Money & Friendship on LearnVest
• July 10, 2013: In the Media – I sent my friend a ranting text (Self Magazine)
• June 28, 2013: In the Media – How to Be a Supportive Friend in Time of Need (Family Circle)
• June 26, 2013: In the Media – A Friend is Someone Who Likes You…
• June 24, 2013: In the Media – Best Friends Forever?
• May 18, 2013: In the Media – My very cheap day
• May 18, 2013: Behind the Scenes: The Friendship Doctor meets Marlo Thomas
• May 16, 2013: In the Media: OMG, I sent my friend a ranting text
• May 15, 2013: ‘Single at Heart’ blogger on making friends
• May 15, 2013: Making friends with Marlo Thomas
• April 27, 2013: In the Media – On Making New Friends (London Telegraph)
• April 27, 2013: 5 Fun and Healthy Girls Night Out Ideas – On AllForWomen.co.za
• April 25, 2013: What to do when a friend is bringing you down – On WomensHealth.com
• April 24, 2013: In The Media – 12 health tradeoffs that work
• April 24, 2013: In the Media – Help! Freaked out my girl crush
• April 18, 2013: How to Make New Friends (in the Sacramento Bee)
• March 20, 2013: CBS Sunday Morning looks at the power of friendship
• March 15, 2013: CBS Sunday Morning Show Interview with The Friendship Doctor – Rescheduled for 3/17/13
• March 10, 2013: Journalist Seeking Sources – Women over 50 who share a home
• March 1, 2013: In the Media: How to make amends with a best friend
• February 23, 2013: IN THE MEDIA – Los Amigos que toda chica debe tener (In MSN Glo Espanol)
• February 23, 2013: IN THE MEDIA – How to find new friends fast (in Life & Beauty Weekly)
• February 10, 2013: In the Media – Wonderful friendship story by Joyce Wadler
• February 8, 2013: In the Media – On Her Campus: Friendship Faux Pas
• February 7, 2013: CBS Sunday Morning Appearance Postponed
• January 29, 2013: IN THE NEWS: Best Friends as Almost-Husbands
• January 25, 2013: IN THE MEDIA: How Marriage Changes Friendships
• December 13, 2012: We TV – What Should You Do When You Don’t Like Your Teen’s Friend?
• November 14, 2012: SF Gate: Friendship Problems, When Your Child is Fighting with her Best Friend
• November 14, 2012: Ending the Family Feud (in Best You, Aviva Insurance)
• October 18, 2012: Her Campus: The Collegiette’s Ultimate Midterm Survival Guide
• September 30, 2012: College: Balancing being a friend and being a roommate
• September 30, 2012: Mom.Me – When Kids Fight
• September 27, 2012: Grandparents.com: 5 Friends Every Grandparent Needs
• September 27, 2012: Chicago Tribune – Looking for Friends in All the Right Places
• September 27, 2012: In the Media – iVillage – 18 Ways to Help Your Kid Make Friends
• August 27, 2012: Cosmopolitan Magazine (AU) – Fix Your Friendship
• August 6, 2012: Mail Online (UK) – Why We All Need a Peter Pan Friend
• July 31, 2012: The Journey of Two (blog) – Review of Best Friends Forever
• July 31, 2012: Yahoo! Por Elle (France) – 7 Ways to Improve Your Relationship
• July 31, 2012: Pais24.com (Argentina) – Cuando un amigo se va, queda un espacio vacío
• July 27, 2012: Palm Beach Woman – Nurturing friendships
• July 27, 2012: Blog Talk Radio – The Advice Goddess Interviews The Friendship Doctor
• July 27, 2012: MSN Lifestyle (Canada) – Female bullying
• July 22, 2012: Marie Claire (Germany) – 50 ways to leave your friend
• July 22, 2012: Semana.com (Colombia) – Mi viejo mejor amigo
• July 20, 2012: Woman’s Day – Surviving a best friend breakup
• July 8, 2012: He’s Back: How To Deal With Your High School Ex Over the Summer
• February 15, 2012: Happy ‘Friendship Day’ — And Maybe That’s a Good Thing
• April 4, 2011: The Friendship Doctor on My Talk Radio 107.1 (Minneapolis)
• February 7, 2011: Worth Reading: Forever Friends
• December 19, 2010: Women’s Health – On friends who are health snobs
• September 25, 2010: Mean girls use subtle, cruel tactics to isolate
• July 23, 2010: In the Media – Cleo Magazine: Are you too UNPICKY with your friends?
• April 9, 2010: In the Media – Chicago Tribune – Friendship and the Kid Factor
• March 23, 2010: In the Media: Wall Street Journal Interview – How to Break Up With a Friend
• October 3, 2009: Behind the Scenes at The Today Show
• September 18, 2009: Got circle envy? How to get the circle of friends you’ve always wanted (AND Book Giveaway!)
• October 4, 2008: Friendship by the Book: An Interview with the Author of Time of My Life
• September 17, 2008: In the Media – Staten Island Advance – Friend or Frenemy: Redux

Jealous friends

• January 8, 2014: How to handle a jealous friend: 7 tips
• January 26, 2013: I’m having problems with a spinster friend

KEEPING FRIENDS

• March 2, 2023: Setting Boundaries With Neighbors
• February 12, 2023: How to Nurture Friendships on Galentine’s Day
• January 27, 2023: Teenage Daughter Keeps Losing Friends in Her School
• November 30, 2022: Gay Friend Losing Interest in Our Friendship
• November 15, 2022: Book Club Friendships: We Read, Then Talk
• October 18, 2022: 5 Tips for Handling A Friend Who Talks Incessantly
• July 30, 2022: A message from the Friendship Doctor on International Friendship Day
• July 13, 2022: Feeling Left Out Of A Group Of Families
• May 27, 2022: Resolving Tension Between Friends
• March 2, 2022: When A Friend is Unreliable: You Can’t Count on Her!
• December 3, 2021: Friendship and Morals: Before, During and After The Age of Trump
• November 5, 2021: Friend Poaching: How Do I Handle Feeling Left Out?
• October 31, 2021: My Intolerant Friend Who Hates Children
• September 6, 2021: Friend With Borderline Personality Disorder Not Keeping Up The Friendship
• September 2, 2021: Colleague, Mentor or Friend? How To Avoid Feeling Used
• August 31, 2021: When Someone Has An Emotional Problem: Does That Change The Rules of Friendship?
• August 19, 2021: Disappearing Acts: When Friends Are Gone After a Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder
• August 1, 2021: Is It Disloyal To Talk To A Friend’s Enemy?
• July 26, 2021: Slowly Being Excluded From An Adult Clique: What Could Have Happened?
• July 21, 2021: The Trauma Queen Always Has A Calamity To Share
• July 13, 2021: My Friend Is Avoiding Me: What Can I Do?
• March 22, 2021: Friendship Trends: 9 Ways The Pandemic Has Changed Our Friendships
• October 9, 2020: Friendship Divided By Politics
• August 7, 2020: Saying No To A Friend During The Pandemic
• August 2, 2020: My Friend Wants To Get Together Too Often 
• July 29, 2020: Friendship Day: 6 Ways To Stay Connected During the Pandemic
• May 3, 2020: How Do You Deal With A Friend Who Is Oblivious To Social Distancing?
• April 19, 2020: Helping Your Child Feel Connected While Social Distancing
• May 29, 2017: Caregiving: Making friends after loss
• May 8, 2017: Not fitting in in high school
• April 24, 2017: I can’t stand my best friend’s husband
• April 6, 2017: How To Be A Better Facebook Friend
• April 3, 2017: Men’s Friendships: “Going in Style” the movie
• March 21, 2017: Reader Wisdom: Making friends by doing things alone
• March 18, 2017: In the Media – Tips for Reviving a Lapsed Friendship (Bustle)
• March 13, 2017: My friends are very judgmental
• March 6, 2017: Guest Post: Friendship lessons from a funeral
• February 26, 2017: Alcohol and friendship: Drinking friends
• February 23, 2017: Why do friends disappear when you’re depressed?
• February 14, 2017: Valentine’s Day 2017: Not just for lovers
• January 27, 2017: I made a mistake that provoked my friend’s anger
• January 18, 2017: Friendship Lessons from Winnie-the-Pooh
• January 12, 2017: My friend’s husband dislikes me
• December 31, 2016: How to keep friends when you have a mental disorder
• December 24, 2016: Balancing old and new friends
• December 14, 2016: A very intense friendship begins to unravel
• November 25, 2016: In the Media – College Friendships: What to do when they fall apart (HerCampus.com)
• November 16, 2016: Friendship after Election Day
• November 8, 2016: In the Media – Can Facebook friendships be saved once the election is over? (NY Post)
• November 1, 2016: Lost my best friend to a guy
• October 28, 2016: In the Media – Signs a friend doesn’t want to hang out with you (Bustle.com)
• October 23, 2016: High school friendship: Take one day at a time
• October 20, 2016: Feeling abandoned by old friends
• October 17, 2016: When work and friendship create a lose-lose situation
• September 29, 2016: My friend wants to send a guy a sexually explicit image
• September 11, 2016: My friend turned down the invitation to my son’s wedding
• September 8, 2016: It’s Awfully Quiet Around Here!
• September 5, 2016: Feeling slighted by my BFF
• August 28, 2016: Friend Poaching Isn’t Solely A Problem Of The Young
• August 3, 2016: Feeling guilty about a breakup
• July 29, 2016: Shut out by friends
• July 23, 2016: Ambivalent about going camping with friends
• July 11, 2016: The dark side of Facebook: Feeling slighted by a friend
• July 1, 2016: Staying home from school to avoid friends
• June 27, 2016: In the Media – Five Friends Every Stay-at-Home Mom Needs (Lifezette)
• June 26, 2016: Friends with different political views
• June 16, 2016: Not invited to the wedding of a friend’s son
• June 7, 2016: Happy National Best Friends Day! Life is better with friends
• May 17, 2016: An unexpected wedding invitation: Do we need to send a gift?
• May 15, 2016: Feeling depressed and uneasy with friends
• May 10, 2016: Feel like I don’t belong with my friends
• May 6, 2016: A friend who uses people
• May 1, 2016: Left out of the birthday party
• April 17, 2016: Friends of Convenience: Is convenience a drawback or strength in a friendship?
• April 15, 2016: Friendship at work becomes a problem
• April 9, 2016: To unfriend or not to unfriend on Facebook
• April 2, 2016: In the Media – Dealing with a flaky friend (Refinery 29)
• March 18, 2016: Journalist Seeking Sources: Readers in the UK only
• March 6, 2016: Guest Post – Friendships after 50: How to be a good friend 
• March 2, 2016: Not good at keeping friends
• February 12, 2016: In the Media – How to make friends when moving to a new city (Greatist.com)
• January 27, 2016: Our friend remarried and his new wife gets under my skin!
• January 24, 2016: Missing an old friend who treated me badly
• January 14, 2016: In the Media – Making friends as you age (Toronto Star)
• January 8, 2016: In the Media – Are you guilty of schadenfriending? (Grazia-UK)
• December 25, 2015: Reconnecting with old friends after a long hiatus
• December 21, 2015: Office friendships: When you are neither fish nor fowl
• December 17, 2015: Friendship by the Book: An Interview with Laura Hankin, author of The Summertime Girls
• December 15, 2015: A mom worries that her 13-year-old daughter can’t keep friends
• December 14, 2015: In the Media – When your friend is pregnant
• December 4, 2015: In the Media – It is okay to have small group of friends (HerCampus.com)
• November 28, 2015: In the Media – On living with roommates (HerCampus.com)
• November 6, 2015: When you can’t get a word in edgewise
• November 1, 2015: Friendship Over 40: As Women Age, Are They Less Tolerant of Friends?
• October 17, 2015: Two friends live far away and run out of things to say
• October 16, 2015: What can a mom do if her daughter can’t make and keep friends?
• October 5, 2015: When Expectations Differ
• October 2, 2015: Having misgivings on ending a friendship that’s gotten too complicated
• September 21, 2015: A blunt friend told me I’m boring and negative
• September 9, 2015: An awkward invitation
• September 6, 2015: Sensing a depressed friend is pushing you away
• September 1, 2015: My 10-year-old daughter and the kid of my close friend constantly bicker
• August 19, 2015: Reader Wisdom: On chronic pain and friendship
• August 17, 2015: Worried about dating a guy she met through a friend
• August 10, 2015: Summer Book Giveaway: The Drummond Girls (contest ended)
• August 1, 2015: When It’s Time To Shut Up and Listen
• July 29, 2015: Book Group Friends: Are They Real Friends?
• July 26, 2015: A friendship question from a reader hints at something else
• July 20, 2015: Friendship: Is loyalty a weakness?
• July 19, 2015: Tea Time: A new TV documentary showcasing female friendships
• July 14, 2015: Furious when a close friend is a no-show
• July 6, 2015: My Friends Won’t Let Me Stay At Their Apartment Anymore
• July 5, 2015: Tween friends who live on the same block
• June 20, 2015: My friend is sick and I’m worried
• June 12, 2015: Should my friend have explained the circumstances of my divorce?
• June 7, 2015: Friendship Etiquette: An Expanding Group of Neighbors
• June 5, 2015: In the Media – How to Baby Proof Your Friendships (Mother & Baby)
• June 4, 2015: Can I remain friends with someone with a totally different lifestyle?
• May 17, 2015: A very generous gift
• May 16, 2015: Betrayed by a friend
• May 13, 2015: In the Media – How to End a Friendship
• May 6, 2015: When our go-to friends disappoint us
• April 25, 2015: In the Media – Turning Down Being a Bridesmaid (WomensHealth)
• April 23, 2015: In the Media: Bitching and Bonding (New York Magazine)
• April 17, 2015: I just don’t like my friend’s husband
• April 14, 2015: A student seeks advice on dealing with a clingy friend
• April 11, 2015: The friends of her ex cut off contact after a breakup
• April 5, 2015: A Gay Woman Wants Her Friendship Back
• March 30, 2015: My flaky friend makes me feel disposable
• March 21, 2015: Our friends don’t even leave a tip
• March 16, 2015: Reader Wisdom: Making peace with a friend who hates children
• March 11, 2015: It feels like I’m losing my friend
• March 6, 2015: Overheard: My friend heard me say I didn’t like talking on the phone
• February 14, 2015: Valentine’s Day 2015: Not Just for Lovers
• February 12, 2015: Asking a mechanic friend to work overtime
• February 10, 2015: In the Media – Healing when a friends breaks up with you
• February 4, 2015: Ten tips for making a good impression
• January 14, 2015: 5 Ways you’re being a bad friend
• January 9, 2015: Can these two couples maintain their close friendship?
• January 6, 2015: Five signs your friendship may be going sour
• December 27, 2014: My best friend isn’t there for me
• December 26, 2014: Friendships change when you are married
• December 21, 2014: When A Friend Always Copies and Imitates, What Do You Do?
• December 18, 2014: Feeling hurt that my relationship with my roommate has changed
• December 12, 2014: Friendship Etiquette: How To Explain Not Being Invited To Mutual Friends
• December 5, 2014: On missing old friends
• November 11, 2014: A teen asks: Should I cut off this friendship?
• November 1, 2014: Friendship etiquette: Separating work friends from other friends
• October 18, 2014: A Friend Who Asks To Couchsurf With You
• September 22, 2014: In the Media – Never too old to make friends
• September 8, 2014: Making high school friends after a move
• August 26, 2014: Sharing a friend’s happiness when you’re unhappy
• August 11, 2014: I’m 14 years old and my best friend is unreliable
• August 4, 2014: My best friend won’t talk to me
• August 2, 2014: Friendship Day is on August 3, 2014 – So what?
• July 27, 2014: Making friends at college
• July 10, 2014: Reader Wisdom: Becoming a mother and losing friends
• July 5, 2014: When a girl’s best friend is a guy friend
• June 21, 2014: My friend is doing something dangerous
• June 19, 2014: Hearing loss and friendship
• June 6, 2014: Good friends until he told her he was attracted to her
• April 15, 2014: Everyone else has close friends
• April 4, 2014: Not Invited To The Party: Could It Be A Misunderstanding?
• April 2, 2014: My 8-Year-Old Son Has No Friends At School
• March 21, 2014: My friend came out and changed
• March 3, 2014: When Remaining Just Friends Is Tough
• February 27, 2014: Guest Post: What can happen when you deactivate a Facebook account
• February 14, 2014: Valentine’s Day: 7 ways to nurture your friendships
• February 2, 2014: Sticky college roommates
• January 18, 2014: In the Media – How to handle your best friend getting pregnant (Cosmopolitan)
• January 17, 2014: I’m so embarrassed…what do I do next?
• January 11, 2014: The Friendship Blog: Not for women only
• December 17, 2013: Reader Wisdom: What a boy with Asperger’s taught me about friendship and being different
• December 16, 2013: I want to be a friend, not a replacement daughter
• November 26, 2013: The Fragility of Friendship
• November 22, 2013: Friendship: Are My Expectations Too High?
• November 18, 2013: First-Person: Friendship lessons after 50
• November 14, 2013: On YouTube: Using Google to find old friends
• September 26, 2013: Is there anything wrong with dating my friend’s ex?
• August 11, 2013: Remaining Friends With Friends Who Don’t Reciprocate
• August 10, 2013: Should I give my friend a pass because she is grieving?
• July 8, 2013: What NOT to say to a friend
• May 26, 2013: Frances Ha: A movie about female friendship in black, white and shades of gray
• March 28, 2013: A “Traveling Lady” shares her thoughts on traveling with friends
• March 23, 2013: Ten tips for finding a long lost friend
• March 13, 2013: On More Time To Travel: An inspiring group of ladies…
• February 23, 2013: How to avoid losing a friend
• February 20, 2013: Guest Post: The Importance of Friends When a Guy is Planning His Marriage Proposal
• February 14, 2013: Valentine’s Day 2013: Not only for lovers
• February 11, 2013: What do I say to my friend having a facelift?
• January 17, 2013: Guest Post: 3 Ways to Flex Your Job for More Free Time for Friends
• November 16, 2012: Why is it so hard finding a spontaneous friend to hang out with?
• November 2, 2012: My close friend seems to have dropped off the face of the earth
• October 22, 2012: Chatting with Cherie: The About.com Friendship Guide
• September 22, 2012: Camp Friendships: Some are fleeting, some last forever
• August 6, 2012: Traveling with Friends: A new vacation trend
• July 22, 2012: No childhood friends to speak of
• July 8, 2012: How do I deal with childhood friends with childish ways?
• June 24, 2012: A troubled marriage can make for troubled friendships
• June 18, 2012: My Friend Doesn’t Trust Me: What Can I Do?
• June 18, 2012: When Your Teen’s BFF Makes You Say OMG
• June 13, 2012: Regretting the loss of a 20-year friendship
• June 10, 2012: Change can challenge friendships
• June 7, 2012: How can I handle a friend who is clingy and self-absorbed?
• May 31, 2012: Teenage Girl’s Survival Guide – Friend or Frenemies
• May 26, 2012: From the Friendship Forums: Balancing Friend-Time with Me-Time
• May 3, 2012: What does email response time say about a friendship?
• April 25, 2012: The Windsor Star – Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Particularly Among Friends
• April 18, 2012: From the Friendship Forums – On Learning from Past Mistakes
• April 5, 2012: The Ottawa Citizen – It’s Over
• April 5, 2012: Friendship by the Book: Stuff Every Mom Should Know
• March 24, 2012: Make It Better–Mothers of Tweens: Remaining Friends When Your Daughters Have Broken-Up
• March 22, 2012: Should I try to patch up this online friendship?
• March 19, 2012: Feeling Left Out, Excluded, Rejected
• March 18, 2012: Money and Friends: How to Figure It All Out
• March 18, 2012: Friendship by the Book – When A Friend Dies
• March 16, 2012: Friendship: When Little Problems Mushroom into Big Ones
• March 15, 2012: May the Best Woman Win? How Competition Can Hurt Friendships
• March 13, 2012: Nervous about my friend moving on
• March 13, 2012: Two friends who need each other—but don’t like each other
• March 7, 2012: From the Friendship Forums: Ten Signs of a Lazy Friend
• March 5, 2012: Letting go of old friendships is never easy
• March 4, 2012: New Love: How Do I Tell My Child And My Ex?
• February 26, 2012: Gaming Friendships
• February 21, 2012: Expert Advice for Tricky Friendship Situations
• February 14, 2012: 8 Ways to Make a Friend Feel Special on Valentine’s Day
• February 11, 2012: Distance between Friends
• February 7, 2012: My 7-Year-Old Is Treated Like An Outcast
• January 28, 2012: Friendship: The Whole Truth, Nothing but the Truth—Not Always
• January 16, 2012: Guest Post: Friendship Survival for Childfree Women
• January 9, 2012: SecondAct.com: Breaking Up (with Friends) is Hard To Do
• January 7, 2012: Words with Friends? Another Way to Make New Friends
• January 6, 2012: From The Friendship Forums – 8 Telltale Signs of a Social Climber
• January 1, 2012: A Refrigerator List: 5 simple ways to improve your friendships
• December 30, 2011: Moving and Friendship: Is moving a good way to make new friends?
• December 20, 2011: When A Friend Becomes A Frenemy
• December 19, 2011: A complicated friendship
• December 17, 2011: 10 Reasons Why Your Friend Didn’t Send You A Holiday Card
• December 14, 2011: The Kiss: Do you think her best friend will forgive her?
• December 13, 2011: Friends with Cancer: What to Say and Do
• December 13, 2011: From the Friendship Forums – Signs Your Best Friend is Becoming Your Worst Enemy
• December 8, 2011: Mean girls at Montessori Preschool
• December 7, 2011: Guest Post: Fat Talk Among Friends
• December 5, 2011: Friendship, Cutting, and Making A Difference
• December 3, 2011: Mom Concerned About Toddler Who Is Aggressive With Playmates
• December 2, 2011: Two Unrelated Links That May Be of Interest
• November 24, 2011: Thanksgiving Day – 2011
• November 23, 2011: My Friend Dumped Me Because She Thinks I Made A Play For Her Husband
• November 18, 2011: Galtime.Com: How to Help Your Daughter Survive a Best Friend Breakup
• November 17, 2011: Online Resource: What to tell to a friend who has cancer
• November 17, 2011: Yahoo-Shine – How to Fight Fair with Your Best Friend
• November 6, 2011: Concerned about a friendship that’s been reduced to a Facebook relationship
• November 4, 2011: Friendship by the Book: Falling Together by Marisa de los Santos
• October 24, 2011: My new friend drinks too much: Should I say something?
• October 22, 2011: How friends help us feel confident
• October 14, 2011: Not Invited to the Wedding: What Should She Do?
• October 13, 2011: Breaking Up with Service Providers is Hard to Do
• October 12, 2011: Guest Post: Do childfree women have more friends?
• October 8, 2011: Concerned About My Friend’s Extramarital Relationship With A Married Guy
• October 7, 2011: HerCampus – When relationships between your guys and girls collide
• September 30, 2011: Best Friends: She loves me, she loves me not
• September 21, 2011: Never too old to make new friends
• September 19, 2011: National Women’s Friendship Month: 25 Ways to Make Yourself a ‘Keeper’
• September 17, 2011: When A Friend Says, It Has Nothing To Do With You~
• September 15, 2011: Washingtonian – Bridesmaid Blues
• September 12, 2011: September is National Yoga Month
• September 11, 2011: 9/11/11 On Human Bonds
• September 6, 2011: Finding Friends After Divorce: Can we count the ways?
• September 5, 2011: Guest Post: That’s Not the Train I’m Waiting For
• September 5, 2011: Traveling with Friends: Planning together can help avoid excess emotional baggage
• September 3, 2011: Five Tips on How To Break Up With a Friend
• September 2, 2011: Am I Right To Feel Excluded and Violated By My Friend?
• September 1, 2011: POLL – Friendship Advice: Whom do you trust?
• August 31, 2011: Rich Girl, Poor Girl: Can their friendship survive?
• August 29, 2011: With Friends Like These: Book Giveaway and Q & A with Author Sally Koslow
• August 25, 2011: Guest Post: I found my childhood bully on Facebook
• August 24, 2011: My friend doesn’t know how to say “thank you”
• August 22, 2011: Should My Friend Who Gossips Tell Me What I Don’t Want To Hear?
• August 16, 2011: My friend’s husband put the moves on me: Should I tell her?
• August 15, 2011: My Friend, The Flirt
• August 15, 2011: On Life Goes Strong – The mean girls of “The Help”
• August 11, 2011: Guest Post on Belief Net: When Friendship is Rocky
• August 10, 2011: There’s No Such Thing As An Easy Breakup Between Friends
• August 3, 2011: Drawing lines in the sand after a friendship breakup
• August 3, 2011: Meeting a friend for “High Tea” at the Lambs Club
• August 1, 2011: A teen asks: How can I get my friendship back?
• July 28, 2011: Five signs a friendship is falling apart
• July 22, 2011: Knowing when to say goodbye – How to break up with a friend
• July 19, 2011: Making Friends Through Dance
• July 14, 2011: Friendship by the Book: A Q & A with Katie Lee, author of Groundswell
• July 8, 2011: Real Simple – What Kind of Friend are You?
• July 8, 2011: Take the Real Simple Quiz – What kind of friend are you?
• June 30, 2011: The Etiquette of Hugging
• June 29, 2011: My friend is like an FBI interrogator…asking so many questions
• June 27, 2011: Is a less-than-perfect friend better than no friend at all?
• June 22, 2011: CBS News – Psychologists analyze the most-tweeted-about relationship killers
• June 21, 2011: Need a new BFF? Take a summer course
• June 20, 2011: Diagnosed With Breast Cancer and Feeling Depressed? Don’t Isolate Yourself
• June 17, 2011: Guest Post: 10 Tips for Making Friends on the Open Road
• June 17, 2011: How to keep the “good” in goodbye
• June 13, 2011: Bipolar Disorder: When A Friend Backs Away
• June 9, 2011: Working with friends: A double-edged sword
• June 2, 2011: How to Plan a Girlfriend Getaway in 5 Easy Steps
• June 1, 2011: Helping Teens Set Boundaries with Needy Friends
• May 26, 2011: Five signs a friendship’s headed south…
• May 25, 2011: Trouble Making Close Friends?
• May 24, 2011: How to set boundaries with an oddball co-worker
• May 23, 2011: Friendship by the Book: An interview with the author of The Friendship Fix
• May 17, 2011: Bridesmaids, The Movie: Overpromise Left Me Feeling Flat
• May 14, 2011: Friendship by the Book: Q & A with Cathie Beck, author of Cheap Cabernet
• May 12, 2011: Self-centered friends: Better in small doses
• May 12, 2011: BFFs? Nah, Not Really – Head Drama
• May 11, 2011: Great Friendship Stories: The Doria-Dentes from Brooklyn
• May 9, 2011: Yikes, an unsettling friendship: Just found out my fiancé’s ex and his sister are friends
• May 6, 2011: Talking to Judy Gruen: About Friendship and Laughter
• May 3, 2011: Kickin’ It Up a Notch: Julia Child’s Recipe for Best Friends
• May 2, 2011: Weight Watcher Magazine – Heavy with Envy
• April 1, 2011: Girlfriend Getaways: Selecting Your Friends & Travel Companions
• April 1, 2011: Making new friends—and keeping them too
• March 31, 2011: Q & A with Debba Haupert: Girlfriend-in-Chief of Girlfriendology
• March 28, 2011: To Tell Or Not To Tell: What Are The Ethics Of Being A Good Friend?
• March 24, 2011: Guest Post – A Friendship That Changed the World
• March 10, 2011: John Tesh quotes The Friendship Doctor
• March 10, 2011: Dr. Levine joins the Marmaduke Writing Factory
• March 9, 2011: Dr. Irene S. Levine becomes a Factory Worker!
• March 9, 2011: Middle school is tough on friendships
• March 8, 2011: The 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day
• March 3, 2011: WKVN TV – 2 (Nashville) Find Friends Fast
• February 28, 2011: Infertility can derail friendships
• February 25, 2011: 7 Tips for saying NO
• February 23, 2011: Her Campus: How to avoid spending too much time with your boyfriend
• February 21, 2011: Expecting…..And Feeling Let Down By Friends
• February 20, 2011: When good friends turn toxic – Herald Sun (Australia)
• February 18, 2011: When a friendly lunch turns sour
• February 18, 2011: CreditCards.com: How your girlfriends can ruin your credit
• February 17, 2011: Fluid friendships: Is it just me?
• February 9, 2011: No Best Friends But Plenty of Contacts
• February 8, 2011: Guest Post: Valentine’s Day Gifts for Friends
• February 1, 2011: Another reason why cancer sucks~
• January 26, 2011: Guest Post: When BFF stands for Bad Feelings For everyone
• January 22, 2011: What Do You Do When A Good Friend Hits On Your Husband?
• January 19, 2011: AOL Health: Like Family, Many Friends Share the Same Genes
• January 18, 2011: Guest Post: Mixed-Age Facebook Friendships
• January 16, 2011: A Message from The Confidence Coalition for Girls ages 10-18
• January 9, 2011: Can a Facebook tragedy offer a friendship lesson?
• January 4, 2011: Teen Daughter With Not One Close Friend
• January 3, 2011: Finding friends in the middle of nowhere
• December 29, 2010: Friendship: When Three’s A Crowd
• December 28, 2010: Housebound, lonely, and craving contact
• December 20, 2010: The Friendship Doctor provides Nestpert advice on The Nest
• December 14, 2010: Guest Post: Learning from Elizabeth Edwards
• December 9, 2010: Holiday Card Etiquette Among Friends: An Interview with Eliza Browning
• December 6, 2010: Handling a friend who needs to have the upper hand
• December 1, 2010: Helping a 10-year-old deal with bullies
• November 23, 2010: The friendship pause that refreshes
• November 17, 2010: Cultivating your inner Jennifer Aniston: 9 Characteristics of Likable People
• November 10, 2010: Friendship by the Book: ‘Dump ‘Em’ by Jodyne L. Speyer
• November 4, 2010: How Far Would You Go To Protect A Friend or Lover?
• November 1, 2010: A Conversation with Alison and her friends behind The Traveling Journal
• October 21, 2010: Guest Post: Is it better to walk alone or persevere with boring friendships?
• October 15, 2010: Top 3 ways to get unfriended on Facebook
• October 5, 2010: When Anxiety Clouds A Friendship
• October 4, 2010: A friend asks: Should I throw her Maid of Honor under a bus?
• September 28, 2010: Friendship by the Book: Life is a Trip
• September 22, 2010: Confidence Coalition Launches New Website – The Friendship Doctor Named Advisor
• September 19, 2010: The Friendship Doctor joins the Kappa Delta Sorority Confidence Coalition
• September 19, 2010: BFF finds its way into the Oxford English Dictionary
• September 17, 2010: Breaking News: Embracing a new love interest kills two of your existing friendships
• September 16, 2010: Dr. Levine becomes a ThirdAge.com expert
• September 14, 2010: Friendship by the Book: Your So-Called Life
• September 12, 2010: Making Friends: When Should I Disclose My Emotional Baggage?
• September 7, 2010: Out of the Shadows: A Q & A with Novelist Joanne Rendell
• September 4, 2010: Thoughts on Being Defriended
• September 3, 2010: Guest Post: 5 Ways to Keep Friendships Fresh
• August 31, 2010: Toronto Sun Asks the Friendship Doctor about Rent-A-Friend
• August 29, 2010: More Magazine interviews The Friendship Doctor
• August 29, 2010: The Traveling Journal Talks to The Friendship Doctor about Long-Distance Friendships
• August 26, 2010: Maybe Friendships Aren’t Meant to Last
• August 20, 2010: 5 Tips for Travel with Friends
• August 18, 2010: Is “Befriending” A Treatment For Depression?
• August 17, 2010: When close friends become far-away friends
• August 12, 2010: Smoothing Over a Social Slip-up
• August 8, 2010: How to Handle a Friend Who’s a Narcissist
• August 4, 2010: How to Handle A Facebook Frenemy
• July 31, 2010: Chelsea’s Getting Married: What about her friends?
• July 29, 2010: Letting go of a toxic friendship—-gently
• July 27, 2010: Comforting a Friend Who Has Had a Miscarriage
• July 24, 2010: Woman’s Day – How to Breakup with Anyone
• July 24, 2010: Cleo Magazine interviews The Friendship Doctor
• July 21, 2010: Friendship by the Book: An Interview with Allison Winn Scotch
• July 15, 2010: Apologizing and Forgiving: Tips from Sandra Lamb
• July 14, 2010: Guest Post: Seven Ways to Annoy Your Introvert Friends
• July 12, 2010: BFF’s No More: Your Problem or Your Child’s
• July 1, 2010: Guest Post: Friendship Bucket Fillers and Bucket Drainers
• June 27, 2010: The Friendship Doctor on 107.1 Radio – Minneapolis
• June 27, 2010: Listen to The Friendship Doctor on Your IPOD
• June 19, 2010: Providence Journal: Who’s Got Time for Friends
• June 8, 2010: Best Friends Day: The Soundtrack of our Friendship
• June 7, 2010: The Examiner: Is it time to break up with your friend?
• May 30, 2010: The Friendship Doctor in The Cape Cod Times
• May 26, 2010: Friendship by the Book: Making Time for Friends
• May 12, 2010: Babies can make friendships go up in flames – The Tennessean
• April 30, 2010: The Power of Friendship – Gaiam Life 4/30/10
• April 30, 2010: Spontaneous Friends
• April 29, 2010: Friendship by the Book: Every Last One by Anna Quindlen
• April 28, 2010: A carpool friendship: Has it reached a dead end?
• April 22, 2010: Keeping The Friends You Make On Your Travels
• April 19, 2010: The Friendship Doctor speaks in NYC – 4/23/10
• April 16, 2010: The Sadness of Moving On and Leaving a BFF Behind
• April 8, 2010: Why Don’t Friends Just Talk About It?
• April 5, 2010: NYU News & Views – April 2010
• April 5, 2010: NYU Medical School Newsletter – When Fractured Friendships Don’t Mend
• March 30, 2010: Martha and Her: The Best of Friends?
• March 29, 2010: Friendship: The importance of showing up
• March 27, 2010: How to Break Up With a Friend: The WSJ interviews The Friendship Doctor
• March 22, 2010: When a friend’s gifts are over-the-top
• March 20, 2010: On AOL Health: How to make friends as an adult
• March 16, 2010: Friendship by the Book: Nine Rooms of Happiness BOOK GIVEAWAY
• March 15, 2010: What Can A Bride So About An Out-of-Control Maid of Honor?
• March 1, 2010: An Author’s Love Letter to Selma’s Book Group
• February 24, 2010: Roll Out the Red Carpet: Oscar Party Advice
• February 20, 2010: March 27 issue of First for Women – Dr. Levine Offers Advice on How to Mend a Friendship
• February 10, 2010: Friends in unlikely places: The X factor
• January 26, 2010: Sisters who committed to be friends
• January 23, 2010: Workplace friendships: Betrayed by the gossip girl
• January 20, 2010: Friends at Work: Turns into a Workplace Nightmare
• January 16, 2010: BFF Now Available On Kindle and SONY Reader
• January 10, 2010: Women’s Running Magazine recommends BFF for a good in-flight read
• December 30, 2009: Why Sarah Jessica Parker is jealous of Carrie Bradshaw
• December 26, 2009: Chatelaine Magazine interviews Dr. Levine about The Myth of the BFF
• December 26, 2009: Chatelaine Magazine discusses the Myth of the BFF
• December 9, 2009: Love, Loss and Friendship: Getting Over the Death of a Child
• December 9, 2009: Best friend breakups
• December 8, 2009: A friend poached one too many times
• December 2, 2009: Exurb Magazine: 5 Questions with The Friendship Doctor
• December 2, 2009: How to Break Up With Your Best Friend
• December 2, 2009: Exurb Magazine: 5 Questions for Irene Levine
• November 29, 2009: No Face Value: Unfriend them?
• November 28, 2009: Electronic Press Kit
• November 28, 2009: FAQs
• November 25, 2009: Malaysia Today cites The Friendship Doctor
• November 22, 2009: Ask America’s Ultimate Experts: Help I want more friends!
• November 21, 2009: Friendship by the Book: I’m So Happy for You
• November 21, 2009: In the Media – What to do when a girlfriend dumps you (More)
• November 21, 2009: Columbus Dispatch has Dr. Levine to weigh in on ‘unfriend,’ the verb
• November 20, 2009: The Friendship Doctor responds to a columnist’s Facebook dilemma
• November 20, 2009: Can A Stepparent Be A Friend? An Interview with Erin Munroe
• November 12, 2009: Woman’s Day interviews Dr. Levine on How to Mend a Friendship
• November 12, 2009: Guest post: Ten Tips to Help a Girlfriend Get Well
• November 11, 2009: A friend’s unexpected move
• November 10, 2009: PregnancyToday interviews Dr. Levine on How To Find Mommy Friends
• November 9, 2009: George Washington University Newspaper interviews the Friendship Doctor on College Friendships
• November 8, 2009: BFF Breakups Are Hard to Do – From The Columbian
• November 6, 2009: Is it “friendship anxiety”…or depression
• November 6, 2009: Resisting The Urge To Gossip
• November 3, 2009: The Inside Scoop on Introverts
• October 30, 2009: When A Friend Wants More Than Friendship
• October 23, 2009: The little lie that snowballed
• October 23, 2009: Christine Nagy’s live one-hour interview with Dr. Levine to air this Sunday morning 10/25 at 7AM
• October 23, 2009: Get to know The Friendship Doctor: Listen to my interview with Christine Nagy of New York 106.7 FM
• October 18, 2009: Women’s Book Groups: Not Only About The Book
• October 15, 2009: Irene’s brush with stardom: John Tesh follows her Psychology Today blog
• October 13, 2009: My guest post on ParentTalkToday.com
• October 12, 2009: AARP Magazine and Publishers Weekly recommend BFF on their list of “Books For Grownups”
• October 11, 2009: P.S. What I Didn’t Say: An Iterview with Megan McMorris
• October 11, 2009: Dr. Levine speaks about BFF Breakups on Let’s Talk Live
• October 10, 2009: MomGadget.com reviews BFF
• October 9, 2009: Profile of Dr. Irene Levine by Aggie Villanueva
• October 8, 2009: BFF mentioned in October 2009 issue of Ladies Home Journal
• October 6, 2009: Author Dr. Irene Levine on the Today Show
• October 2, 2009: AAAS Science Careers reports on Bethesda book-signing
• September 24, 2009: BFF reviewed in the Phoenix Examiner
• September 22, 2009: BFF selected as pick of the week on GirlfriendCelebrations.com
• September 20, 2009: BFF featured on Connections for Women
• September 20, 2009: Next stop on the blog tour: True/Slant
• September 17, 2009: Read Irene’s invited editorial in the Kappa Delta Sorority Newsletter
• September 16, 2009: Women’s Friendship Day 9/20/09: Five Things You Can Do
• September 11, 2009: Dr. Levine interviewed on breakups by AOL News
• September 11, 2009: Announcing the winners of the BFF Giveaway!
• September 9, 2009: Making Friends: What is speed-friending?
• September 6, 2009: Friendship by the Book: An Interview with the Author of Crossing Washington Square
• September 4, 2009: It’s National Women’s Friendship Month
• September 1, 2009: Friends: Awkward encounters of the friendly kind
• August 28, 2009: Irene’s guest post on Vibrant Nation
• August 25, 2009: Reading, Discussion & Book-Signing
• August 25, 2009: ForeWord Magazine reviews BFF – August 2009
• August 22, 2009: Guest Post from Daylle Schwartz – What would you do for a friend?
• August 5, 2009: The Friendship Blog: What’s in a Name?
• August 2, 2009: Reading Group Guide
• August 2, 2009: News & Events
• July 24, 2009: Gay Straight Friendship: Is It Possible?
• July 16, 2009: Five Awkward Friendship Moments: What Do You Say When…?
• July 14, 2009: Summertime When the Friendships Comes Easy
• July 10, 2009: Caution: Frenemies Can Be Bad For Your Health
• June 16, 2009: Gossip promotes health and happiness: NOT
• June 4, 2009: June 2, 2009
• May 31, 2009: Does a ‘best friendship’ need to be a monogamous relationship?
• May 28, 2009: The Seven-Year Expiration Date on Friendships
• May 8, 2009: More on Friendship Circles: Sprichst du Deutsch?
• May 3, 2009: The Friendship Blog Newsletter – May 2, 2009
• April 15, 2009: Five common pitfalls of female friendship
• April 12, 2009: Girlfriend Getaways: Time to reconnect and recharge
• April 1, 2009: Girls’ Nights on the Cheap: Staying Connected Without Spending a Fortune
• March 30, 2009: March 29, 2009
• March 18, 2009: Junior High Redux: Bounced From A Moms Group
• March 3, 2009: Friendship and Money: Minimizing Losses
• March 1, 2009: Choosing one over another
• February 25, 2009: Friendship and Money: She’s fired, you’re not
• February 18, 2009: For Better or For Worse: Weddings and Friendship – Part II
• February 16, 2009: Double Trouble: Losing Two Friends At Once
• February 12, 2009: Friendship by the Book: Second Chance by Jane Green
• February 11, 2009: Girlfriendology: What to do and say when your friend gets a pink slip
• February 9, 2009: For Better or For Worse: Weddings and Friendship
• February 9, 2009: Girlfriendology: Inspiring Female Friendships
• February 2, 2009: Co-rumination: Is it healthy for adolescents to rehash their boy problems?
• January 29, 2009: Girlfriends with Pink Slips
• January 29, 2009: January 29, 2009
• January 20, 2009: Inauguration Day 2009
• January 10, 2009: Just for Fun: How many friends would you give up for a Whopper?
• January 3, 2009: Friendship by the Book: Friday Nights
• December 28, 2008: A Friendship Too Broken To Fix?
• December 9, 2008: Women Who Bicker Over Books
• November 26, 2008: In the Media – The awkwardness of defriending
• November 20, 2008: Just for fun: HURU HUMI Photo Contest
• November 20, 2008: ‘Girls’ Night In’ Photo Contest Winner Announced
• October 23, 2008: Friendship by the Book: An interview with the author of The Professors’ Wives’ Club
• October 14, 2008: Just for fun: ‘Girls’ Night In’ Photo Contest
• October 13, 2008: Friendship Counts: Looking at the numbers
• September 28, 2008: Friendship by the Book: An Interview with the Authors of Friend or Frenemy?
• September 25, 2008: Lipstick Jungle premiere offers a teachable friendship moment
• September 22, 2008: Friendship by the Book: An Interview with Anne Roiphe
• September 18, 2008: Generation Y Moms: Log on to connect to other moms
• September 15, 2008: Good News – My Friendship Blog was nominated for a Love this Site award!
• September 13, 2008: Reader Q & A: Finding a Best Friend
• September 11, 2008: The Friend I Never Met
• September 5, 2008: Good Boundaries Make Good Friendships
• September 1, 2008: Just Friends?
• August 31, 2008: Self-centered friends with hefty needs
• August 30, 2008: Mommy Friendships
• August 17, 2008: Buried treasure: Finding Long Lost Friends
• August 15, 2008: Healing Lifestyles & Spas Magazine: Transform your self; Transform your life
• August 10, 2008: Friend Poaching or Social Networking: What’s the Difference?
• August 9, 2008: Reader Q & A: Saying NO to the Queen of Favors
• August 2, 2008: Friendship by the Book: The Wednesday Sisters
• August 2, 2008: Just for Fun: A Chance to Win the Ultimate Girls Only Weekend
• July 31, 2008: Finding Friends: Resolving the Friendship Deficit
• July 11, 2008: Can This Teen Friendship Be Saved?
• June 17, 2008: The Unexpected Gift
• June 11, 2008: Reader Q & A: Help! Can collateral damage be avoided in a breakup?
• May 31, 2008: My Girl’s Night Out in Phoenix: Beschert
• May 28, 2008: Reader Q & A: Sex and the City is Coming: No gal pal to go with!
• May 23, 2008: Sex: The Ultimate GNO is Coming to Your Neighborhood
• May 21, 2008: 100 Friends to See Before You Die
• March 23, 2008: A friendship lesson from the Lipstick Jungle finale
• March 16, 2008: A Hilton-Dupre friendship in the works?
• February 26, 2008: Friendship by the Book: An interview with the author of MAYDAY
• February 16, 2008: Sticks and Stones: Perversions of the language of friendship
• February 16, 2008: Friends: Just what the doctor (surgeon) ordered
• February 13, 2008: Just for Fun: Send her hugs and kisses
• February 12, 2008: Valentine’s Day: Also a day for friends
• January 31, 2008: Singled Out (Part 2 of 2): Friendship Among Singles
• January 28, 2008: The company we keep: Do our BFFs define us?
• January 27, 2008: Friendship and forgiveness
• January 26, 2008: People Who Need People May Anthropomorphize
• January 12, 2008: Eat, Pray, Love, and Befriend
• January 11, 2008: Friendship on the fairway: Keeping it evergreen
• December 30, 2007: Staying Alive
• December 29, 2007: Blood sisters: A contemporary look
• December 19, 2007: Waitress: Best Female Friendship Flick of 2007
• December 10, 2007: Staying Connected: Whereboutz lets u no where yur besties r
• November 22, 2007: The marketing of friendship
• November 17, 2007: When it comes to friendships, who is counting?
• November 14, 2007: Baffled by Bratz & Biffles
• November 10, 2007: Working friendly, working smart
• November 6, 2007: When female friendships fizzle
• November 6, 2007: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
• October 27, 2007: The evolution of friendship in a digital age
• October 13, 2007: Why Women Need A Circle of Friends
• October 6, 2007: Friendship and self-disclosure: The times they are a-changing
• September 27, 2007: Rx for making friends: One small step at a time
• September 26, 2007: Are you or your friends digitivity denizens?
• September 21, 2007: The worth of friends who have been there
• September 17, 2007: Loneliness is bad for your health
• September 14, 2007: Friendship by the Book: To My Dearest Friends
• September 12, 2007: Online friending and defriending patterns
• August 27, 2007: Toxic Friends: An Interview with Florence Isaacs
• August 24, 2007: Friends in the Digital Playground
• August 24, 2007: Friendship in Strange Places: Science Laboratories
• August 21, 2007: Girl Talk: Too much of a good thing?
• August 17, 2007: Making time for friends: Snail mail or email
• August 16, 2007: Retro Friends: A blast from the past
• August 11, 2007: College Friendships: A Case of Easy Come, Easy Go?
• August 7, 2007: Friendship: Making It Work
• August 2, 2007: Just for Fun: Have a friend who lights up your life?
• July 31, 2007: Celebrating Friendship Day
• July 19, 2007: How many friends does it take…?
• July 18, 2007: Another argument for May-December friendships
• July 7, 2007: On the Blogosphere: Second Life Friendships
• July 6, 2007: Intergenerational friendships: The special joys of friendships at different ages and stages
• June 19, 2007: Social networking: His and Hers
• May 22, 2007: Graduation can kill
• May 21, 2007: Keeping friends after you say “I do”
• May 16, 2007: All you have to do is call?
• May 14, 2007: Author
• May 14, 2007: Book
• May 14, 2007: Welcome

MAKING FRIENDS

• February 9, 2023: What’s the Difference Between Friends and Acquaintances?
• May 29, 2022: Tips For Making Friends At A New School
• January 7, 2022: Most Popular Posts On The Friendship Blog – 2021
• September 4, 2021: Shy All My Life: Will It Just Go Away?
• July 28, 2021: The Gift of Gab: Learning to Talk to Each Other Again
• June 4, 2020: Quarantine Fatigue: Single, No Work and No Travel
• May 16, 2020: How To Make New Friends During The Coronavirus Pandemic
• December 29, 2016: What’s wrong with me? I’m So Shy
• December 23, 2016: Travel Sweepstakes: Enter for a chance to win a European River Cruise
• November 23, 2016: A Thanksgiving Day 2016 wish from me to you…
• October 26, 2016: It pays to make friends before a move
• October 9, 2016: How can I make friends when I’m feeling depressed?
• September 28, 2016: Having a hard time forming close friendships at college?
• May 26, 2016: Finding Friends When You Have A Sensory Processing Disorder
• April 24, 2016: Generalized anxiety disorder and problems making friends
• April 12, 2016: Should you trust your instincts or give new friends a chance?
• February 2, 2016: Feeling blown off by a group
• December 31, 2015: Rejected by my high school friends
• December 30, 2015: Searching for Friendship – A Year-End Review 2015
• December 16, 2015: Friendship Dilemmas of Being a Pastor’s Wife
• November 25, 2015: Happy Thanksgiving Day 2015
• November 11, 2015: Finding friends in Pakistan (or other places)
• October 15, 2015: Finding friends on Craigslist: Lessons learned
• September 8, 2015: 15 Ways to make friends at a new school
• August 16, 2015: Another Summer Book Giveaway: 100 Simple Ways To Have More Friends
• August 5, 2015: Having a hard time relating one-on-one
• July 15, 2015: Reader Wisdom: On how to join a conversation
• June 28, 2015: Renewed a friendship that fizzled out
• May 30, 2015: Middle-Aged Woman Who Has Never Had Friends
• May 23, 2015: All I want is to have one friend
• April 29, 2015: Too guarded to get close
• March 23, 2015: In the Media – How to build an amazing intergenerational friendship
• March 13, 2015: Building a new life in a new community
• March 7, 2015: Ever feel like you are an invisible friend?
• December 19, 2014: Vive: Using technology to connect with real people
• November 28, 2014: A shy teen feels she isn’t popular with male or female friends
• November 24, 2014: Making friends: Leery right from the start
• November 21, 2014: Reader Wisdom: On learning how to connect
• November 19, 2014: Too desperate for friendship
• November 3, 2014: College friendships: Finding a home away from home
• October 2, 2014: 6 Tips for making friends as an expat
• August 24, 2014: 15 Tips for making friends at school this year
• August 7, 2014: Sitting Alone At The High School Lunch Table
• August 2, 2014: Can blue hair get in the way of making friends?
• June 17, 2014: Changing schools and changing friends
• May 31, 2014: Should I worry about my grandchildren making friends after a move?
• May 23, 2014: Single moms need friends
• April 11, 2014: Feeling like a misfit with no money
• April 9, 2014: Plum Beach Island, A Novel by Holly Robinson
• February 20, 2014: I have few friends and worry about my daughters’ friendships
• February 18, 2014: Making new friends one at a time
• January 31, 2014: A young teen feels ugly and lacks confidence
• January 23, 2014: Making friends at school
• December 20, 2013: When you need an extra push to get out and make friends
• December 4, 2013: An insider’s take on Toastmasters
• November 23, 2013: Friendship and chronic illness
• October 22, 2013: To make friends after moving, you may have to make the first move
• October 10, 2013: Entering university without any friends
• August 21, 2013: Friendship: No response is a response of sorts
• July 5, 2013: Making friends after being sick
• May 2, 2013: Mining Your Neighborhood for Friends
• April 9, 2013: Making Friends When You Are Shy
• March 6, 2013: Making And Maintaining Online Friendships
• February 6, 2013: Can Men And Women Just Be Friends?
• February 5, 2013: Friendship by the Book: An interview with Shasta Nelson, author of Friendships Just Don’t Happen
• January 18, 2013: Guest Post: Why introverts have (even more) trouble making friends
• January 8, 2013: How Do I Develop Friendships As Part of a Couple?
• December 30, 2012: Searching for Friendship: 2012
• November 20, 2012: Social Anxiety and Friendship: A First-Person Account
• November 11, 2012: Need advice: I feel like a recluse at work
• November 8, 2012: The Law of Averages: How Long Do Friendships Last?
• October 31, 2012: Hurricane Sandy, Meeting Katie Couric and The Blog Makeover
• October 29, 2012: Making friends: Why can’t I get close?
• September 18, 2012: Having trouble getting close
• September 6, 2012: Making Friends: Having trouble getting close
• July 18, 2012: Guest Post: Friendships between introverts and extroverts
• May 28, 2012: SOMETHING NEW: Check out The Friendship Blog Connection on Facebook
• November 11, 2011: College Friendships 101: The First Semester
• August 28, 2011: My Home Away from Home: Making Friends in Maine
• July 5, 2011: No One To Dance with: Adjusting To Life As A Widow
• March 4, 2011: Guest Post – There’s a reason it’s lonely at the top
• March 2, 2011: COUPLE WANTED for close friendship, especially on holidays
• November 8, 2010: The challenges of making friends on a large campus
• June 21, 2010: Never a Best Friend?
• June 4, 2010: Why do some women have such a hard time making friends: Nature or nurture?
• April 15, 2010: Making friends when you’re depressed: It’s not easy
• March 24, 2010: Making Friends After 60: What Are The Options?
• April 13, 2009: The friendship challenges of teens with autism
• March 26, 2008: Splitting Hairs: The difference between talking and yakking
• May 29, 2007: Online Friendships: As Close As A Keystroke

Mean girls

• December 30, 2016: In the Media – On Mom Bullies (Today.com)
• December 23, 2016: Teen daughter’s best friend is sticking with the mean girl
• August 16, 2014: Guest Post – How to Patch Those Black Hole Relationships
• July 26, 2014: The Clique At The Temple
• April 25, 2013: Adult mean girl who is an angel to everyone else
• December 4, 2009: Middle school frenemies: Why are girls so mean?

Narcissists

• June 28, 2016: Interview with Meredith Resnick: Author of “When Your Parent is a Narcissist”
• January 26, 2015: Guest Post: 5 Ways To Know If Your Friend Is A Narcissist
• March 3, 2013: 5 strategies for handling friends who talk too much
• September 16, 2012: Can’t get close to my self-centered friend
• September 12, 2012: Narcissism: Surviving the Self-Involved – An Interview with Meredith Resnick

Needy friends

• September 10, 2021: 6 Strategies For Handling A Needy Friend
• November 14, 2014: Her friend won’t leave her alone
• July 16, 2014: Dealing with a needy friend when you have cancer
• March 1, 2014: My best friend is desperate and makes bad choices when it comes to men
• September 18, 2013: A complicated relationship: Would you consider it a friendship?
• August 14, 2013: When a friend asks for one more chance
• July 27, 2012: My friend doesn’t want me to have other friends
• September 17, 2010: Help! My Friend Is Too Clingy!
• February 13, 2008: Needy Friends: A Friend Indeed?

Neighbors

• February 15, 2022: Resurrecting A Friendship With A Son’s Girlfriend
• January 16, 2022: Remaining On Friendly Terms When Neighbors Ask To Borrow Your Stuff
• June 7, 2016: Renting to family or friends
• February 5, 2016: A friend who is spreading rumors
• January 30, 2016: My neighbor makes me feel uncomfortable

Newsworthy

• September 29, 2012: National Museum Day

one-sided friendships

• March 10, 2021: How Do I Deal WIth A Pushy Person?
• January 16, 2016: Lopsided Friendship: Friends won’t come to her house
• January 19, 2015: Friendship: On asking for support
• August 13, 2014: My texting friendship seems to be off-track
• January 3, 2014: My friend has no interest in what I have to say
• October 1, 2013: The brush-off: Is my friend using his kids as an excuse?
• September 20, 2013: When A Friend Asks For Space
• February 28, 2012: Avoiding A One-Sided Friendship

Online friends

• August 1, 2013: Babies, dogs and Facebook friends
• January 31, 2013: Guest Post: Stress and e-mail can be bad for your health!
• November 6, 2012: Guest Post: A frightening and uninvited Facebook introduction

Opposite sex friends

• June 12, 2016: A co-worker backs off from a friendship
• November 19, 2015: Worried About My Husband’s Friendship With A Coworker
• July 14, 2013: Confused about difference between friends and lovers
• June 6, 2013: Ditched by a gay friend when I started dating
• February 17, 2013: We could be great platonic friends, if only…
• October 22, 2011: Pink and Blue :-) The Differences between Male and Female Friendships

OTHER ADVICE

• December 7, 2022: 10 Reasons Your Friend Didn’t Send A Holiday Card
• May 10, 2022: How To Say No To A Friend: It’s Never Easy
• March 31, 2022: Not Just Friends Anymore: A Disappointed Co-Worker
• February 5, 2022: Best Galentine’s Day Gifts for Friends (and anyone else you love)
• December 8, 2021: You Can Brighten A Blue Christmas
• August 18, 2021: Why Listening Matters: Friends Who Listen May Protect Our Cognitive Abilities
• July 2, 2021: What Do You Do When An Online Friendship Begins To Feel Creepy?
• November 8, 2020: Pandemic-Related Losses: How To Show A Friend You Care 
• September 15, 2020: Feeling Left Out Of A Pandemic Bubble? 
• August 26, 2020: COVID Mental Health Resources
• July 2, 2020: Visiting A Friend During The Pandemic: A Good Idea? It Depends.
• May 10, 2020: Have A Friend With Coronavirus? What To Say and What Not To Say
• December 12, 2016: The Butterfly Project: A chance to give back
• December 5, 2016: When a workplace friendship gets complicated
• November 27, 2016: My supervisor is pulling back from our friendship
• September 23, 2016: Friendship at Work: Work trumps friendship
• July 14, 2016: In the Media – Friends for hire (Globe and Mail)
• March 14, 2016: What to do when you lose multiple friends
• March 8, 2016: In the Media – On male friendships: Men bond with one another at a cigar bar (Aeon)
• February 5, 2016: In the Media – Handling awkward friendship situations at work (DailyWorth)
• January 27, 2016: In the Media – The mean girl habit you need to break (Refinery29.com)
• January 25, 2016: In the Media – Five tips to strengthen friendships (Modernae)
• January 21, 2016: A young teen asks what to do after she hurt a friend
• December 12, 2015: Disappointed family excluded from a surprise party
• September 30, 2015: In the Media – How to Tell A Friend She Can’t Bring a Plus-One to the Wedding
• May 24, 2015: Connecting with a grieving friend
• May 23, 2015: In the Media – Planning a Girlfriend Getaway (Fitness Republic)
• May 15, 2015: In the Media – Handling adult bullies who claim to be your friends (HuffPo UK)
• April 26, 2015: Insecure About My Relationship with My Best Friend
• April 7, 2015: Research looks at the emotional impact of spending time on Facebook
• February 6, 2015: Facebook: Do you use it to engage or to compare yourself to your friends?
• January 29, 2015: Friendship and happiness
• January 21, 2015: My 10-year-old son has no friends
• January 4, 2015: Too Friendly, Too Soon With the Office Gossip
• December 25, 2014: My Holiday Wish For You
• August 18, 2014: Walking on eggshells after a workplace friendship ends
• June 9, 2014: Friendship Research: Having a close confidante helps keep us healthy
• May 19, 2014: Shifting workplace alliances
• April 8, 2014: In the Media – Dogs as connectors to friendships
• March 15, 2014: You can’t always count on workplace friendships
• January 7, 2014: An almost-perfect Internet friendship blows up
• January 1, 2014: Searching for Friendship 2013 – A Year-End Review
• November 27, 2013: Thanksgiving Day – 2013
• November 20, 2013: Friends and weddings
• November 12, 2013: Guest Post: Fear, failure and being a real man
• August 31, 2013: What does friendship have to do with confidence?
• March 16, 2013: Dumped by a friend with no explanation
• February 2, 2013: Confused and upset over being rebuffed by a friend at work
• December 16, 2012: On Access to Guns & Mental Health Services
• November 26, 2012: Should I go to my friend’s party if I don’t like some of the guests?
• October 29, 2012: Hurricane Sandy Update: From Irene
• July 30, 2012: Guest Post: Recipe for Creating a Bully
• July 15, 2012: Can someone be friends with a psychologist?
• May 30, 2012: Unhappily married…and more at home with my husband
• March 7, 2012: How You Can Help Other Women – International Women’s Day is March 8, 2012
• December 23, 2011: Top ten friendship posts in 2011: The Friendship Doctor reflects on friendship and blogging
• August 11, 2011: Undermined by a work colleague who was a friend
• August 7, 2011: Happy Friendship Day, 2011
• May 4, 2011: Can a mentor be a friend? Not always
• January 11, 2011: Left out of happy hour
• January 5, 2011: When work and friendship are a volatile mix
• November 25, 2010: My Thanksgiving Day Wish for You~
• October 14, 2010: The Benefits of Friendly Competition
• August 9, 2010: Friendship by the Book: Molly Fox’s Birthday
• August 1, 2010: Friendship Day – August 1, 2010
• June 10, 2010: The friendships of humpback whales
• November 30, 2009: Befriending a “bad egg” in the office
• May 6, 2009: Circles of Friends
• April 29, 2009: Friendship by the Book – The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women & a Forty-Year Friendship
• April 27, 2009: Postcard from Mexico City: Wedding overseas
• January 14, 2009: Friendship by the Book: Cancer is a Bitch
• November 2, 2008: Friendship by the Book: ‘Between the Covers’ by The Book Babes
• January 20, 2008: Why they call it—My Friend Flickr
• July 4, 2007: Friendships that are truly HEART-FELT

RESOLVING PROBLEMS

• February 19, 2023: Best Friend: What Does That Mean?
• January 23, 2023: A Hot and Cold Friendship: Is It Worth Keeping?
• September 3, 2022: 5 Not-So-Simple Rules for Mending A Broken Friendship
• March 18, 2022: Struggling With An Ambivalent Friendship
• March 7, 2022: Regaining Trust In A Friendship: Is It Possible?
• September 16, 2021: How The Pandemic Changed My Expectations And Some Friendships
• August 22, 2021: My Friend Won’t Get Vaccinated: Can I Save The Friendship?
• July 30, 2021: When A Friend Asks A Favor, Are We Obliged To Say Yes?
• July 18, 2021: My Friend Suddenly Shut Me Out of Her Life
• September 20, 2020: Am I Obliged To Give Free Services To Family And Friends?
• June 30, 2020: My Friend Won’t Wear A Face Mask: What Can I Do?
• May 14, 2020: A Friend Who Takes Risks During the Coronavirus Pandemic
• May 8, 2020: Guest Post: How To Deepen a Friendship
• May 6, 2020: Zoom Etiquette For Friends: How Can I Tactfully Turn Down Invitations?
• May 10, 2017: When a friend jumps the gun
• March 16, 2017: My friend asks too many questions
• February 8, 2017: My friend doesn’t stop complaining
• January 21, 2017: Our friends became cold after we introduced them to our community
• January 18, 2017: Hesitant to judge a friend making bad decisions
• January 9, 2017: My friend of 50 years won’t “friend me” on Facebook
• December 18, 2016: My long time friend won’t talk to me: What can I do?
• December 8, 2016: Annoyed when friends ask about your holiday plans?
• November 10, 2016: My friend doesn’t understand depression
• September 17, 2016: Visiting an out-of-town friend: Having second thoughts
• September 8, 2016: An envious, flirtatious friend
• August 22, 2016: Reluctant to let go of a friend with a different lifestyle
• August 9, 2016: My friend is lying about her friendship with my ex-boyfriend
• August 2, 2016: Friendship by the Book: Interview with Camilla Way, author of Watching Edie
• July 8, 2016: Handling unwanted advice
• June 13, 2016: How Do I Respond To A Friend Who Always Compliments My Husband?
• June 1, 2016: Our friend never invites us to her home
• May 23, 2016: My distant friend
• April 1, 2016: Unbalanced friendships: Why does this happen?
• March 20, 2016: Getting along with other another mom in a play group
• March 17, 2016: Unnecessary drama with friends at my gym
• January 13, 2016: In the Media – Asking a bridesmaid to step down (Glamour.com)
• January 3, 2016: Friends who complain and don’t really want advice
• December 28, 2015: You’ve been friend poached!
• December 4, 2015: How to handle a know-it-all
• November 22, 2015: Feeling left out from a circle of friends
• October 29, 2015: Reeling from a falling out between my husband and my best friend
• October 23, 2015: Caught in the middle
• October 11, 2015: Traveling with a friend leads to a disagreement over spending
• September 30, 2015: What do you say to a neighbor who wants to use your washing machine?
• August 28, 2015: Maintaining a friendship when a friend has more income than you
• August 22, 2015: Moves: When the road to a friend’s house is one-way
• August 20, 2015: In the Media – What to do if you can’t stand your boyfriend’s friends
• July 18, 2015: A teen is annoyed by a friend always changing plans at the last minute
• July 11, 2015: A Facebook friendship that is out of sync
• July 9, 2015: In the Media – Five Types of Needy Friends and How To Handle Them (Fitness Republic)
• June 27, 2015: How can I get my friend to forgive me for a lie?
• June 21, 2015: Doomed friendship: A teacher gets too friendly with a parent of a child in her classroom
• June 15, 2015: Not speaking: Should I wish her a happy birthday?
• June 10, 2015: A young teen struggling with her emotions gets cut off by her friend
• June 1, 2015: Friends who mean well but get on your nerves
• May 28, 2015: In the Media – Friends and Money: Handling money issues with friends (Fitness Republic)
• May 19, 2015: Good enough friends: Dealing with the hurt of being left out of the party
• May 15, 2015: Having a disagreement with a friend who gets diagnosed with a serious illness
• May 2, 2015: An empty nester girls night out—plus one
• April 23, 2015: Three’s Company? My male roommate brought someone else into our home
• April 20, 2015: Giving money to friends who do fundraising on Facebook
• April 2, 2015: Is it okay to befriend your friend’s friend?
• March 24, 2015: Feeling left out by my group
• March 9, 2015: Upset by a revelation on Facebook
• March 4, 2015: Introduced my guy friend to a girlfriend and…
• February 21, 2015: Gambling and friendship
• December 2, 2014: Happy Endings: Do you have a friendship story to share?
• November 30, 2014: My friend wants me to store her stuff: How can I say no?
• September 29, 2014: My friend cheated on her husband and didn’t tell me
• July 24, 2014: Family friendships: When a spat between families spills over to the kids
• July 22, 2014: Parenting and friendship: Teaching kids to do the right thing
• July 8, 2014: My long-time friend disappointed me
• July 6, 2014: My 14-year-old daughter was left out by a group
• June 23, 2014: Reader Wisdom: Invited To A Home Party You Don’t Want To Go To?
• June 11, 2014: My career-focused friend isn’t putting any effort into maintaining our friendship
• May 27, 2014: My friend isn’t living up to my expectations
• May 21, 2014: Introverted? Put a name on it.
• April 28, 2014: Abused by autistic friend
• April 6, 2014: How do you handle a pushy friend?
• March 19, 2014: I don’t trust my friend
• February 22, 2014: Reader Wisdom: On Handling a Toxic Friendship
• January 29, 2014: My friend is a no-show without a reasonable explanation
• January 1, 2014: Betrayal: My BFF ran off with my ex
• November 6, 2013: When teen friends talk about sex
• October 27, 2013: Some friendships work better in small doses
• October 7, 2013: Why am I attracted to toxic friends?
• July 5, 2013: Should I keep my friend at a distance or just let go?
• June 4, 2013: Ex-pat friendships
• February 24, 2013: How To Handle A Blowup With A Friend
• February 7, 2013: Putting an end to phone tag
• January 24, 2012: The devastating effect of a pocket-dial on a friendship
• January 20, 2012: Too Much: Overwhelmed by a friend without boundaries
• January 19, 2012: 8 common friendship problems and how to fix them
• May 2, 2011: Friends and Holidays: Guess Who’s Disinvited From Dinner?
• April 27, 2011: Guest Post – Friendship Woes: Whom can you turn to for help?
• April 11, 2011: Toxic friends: There’s one in every bunch
• February 24, 2011: Saying NO To A Friend Isn’t Easy
• February 15, 2011: My best friend exhausts me!
• September 29, 2010: Friends who live high on the hog
• July 17, 2010: BFFs & BFs: Preventing Problems Between Your Two Faves
• January 16, 2010: A bad ending to a good friendship: Are there second chances?
• March 15, 2008: Five Ways To Unload A Toxic Friend
• February 28, 2008: Female Friendships: Breaking News
• December 4, 2007: Twenty Questions: Spotting a Toxic Friendship