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Friendship by the Book: Interview with Camilla Way, author of Watching Edie

Published: August 2, 2016 | Last Updated: December 24, 2022 By | 26 Replies Continue Reading
Friendship by the Book: Interview with Camilla Way, author of Watching Edie

Win a copy of Watching Edie, a new novel by Camilla Way…

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Unnecessary drama with friends at my gym

Published: March 17, 2016 | By | 14 Replies Continue Reading

A woman in her 50’s feels sucked into a drama at her gym.

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Reader Wisdom: On Handling a Toxic Friendship

Published: February 22, 2014 | Last Updated: August 19, 2022 By | 9 Replies Continue Reading

A reader explains why she hung on to a toxic friendship.

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Why am I attracted to toxic friends?

Published: October 7, 2013 | Last Updated: October 7, 2013 By | 14 Replies Continue Reading

A reader wonders why she gets into relationships with toxic friends.

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Toxic friends: There’s one in every bunch

Published: April 11, 2011 | Last Updated: September 6, 2016 By | 1 Reply Continue Reading

The more people in a group, the more likely the possibilities of personality clashes.

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P.S. What I Didn’t Say: An Iterview with Megan McMorris

Published: October 11, 2009 | Last Updated: January 3, 2021 By | Reply Continue Reading

Portland-based Megan McMorris is the editor of a new anthology, P.S. What I Didn’t Say: Unsent Letters to Our Female Friends

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Five Ways To Unload A Toxic Friend

Published: March 15, 2008 | Last Updated: December 9, 2021 By | 80 Replies Continue Reading

The term toxic friendship refers to a variety of relationships that are consistently negative and draining. The nature of these relationships is defined by patterns, not by one-time or occasional lapses in the reciprocity that is the essence of a healthy friendship.

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Twenty Questions: Spotting a Toxic Friendship

Published: December 4, 2007 | Last Updated: September 17, 2014 By | 9 Replies Continue Reading

Here are 20 questions to help you spot a toxic friendship.

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Toxic Friends: An Interview with Florence Isaacs

Published: August 27, 2007 | Last Updated: May 17, 2020 By | 2 Replies Continue Reading

Freelance journalist Florence Isaacs, an expert on relationships, friendship, and effective communication in business and social situations, wrote the groundbreaking book on friendship, Toxic Friends True Friends: How Your Friendships Can Make or Break Your Health, Happiness, Family, and Career (Citadel, 2003). When I decided to write a book about fractured friendships, her book was high on my reading […]

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