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Lonely in High School: Tips for Making Friends

Published: April 19, 2025 | Last Updated: April 19, 2025 By | 1 Reply Continue Reading
Lonely in High School: Tips for Making Friends

She’s lonely in high school but the middle of high school is a difficult time to make new friends, especially in small schools and small towns.

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A Friend Poached One Too Many Times

Published: March 2, 2025 | Last Updated: May 17, 2025 By | 8 Replies Continue Reading
A Friend Poached One Too Many Times

A woman is friend-poached by the same woman repeatedly and doesn’t know what to say or do. Should she give up her friends?

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How Do I Deal WIth A Pushy Person?

Published: January 18, 2024 | By | 10 Replies Continue Reading
How Do I Deal WIth A Pushy Person?

How do you deal with a pushy person? Two women met in a workshop but one wants more of a friendship than does the other.

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When A Friend is Unreliable: You Can’t Count on Her!

Published: March 2, 2022 | Last Updated: April 5, 2022 By | 9 Replies Continue Reading
When A Friend is Unreliable: You Can’t Count on Her!

When a friend is unreliable, it can be very disappointing, and consistently breaking appointments can be a friendship-killer

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Guest Post: What Do You Say To A Best Friend Who Has Cancer?

Published: October 11, 2021 | Last Updated: October 11, 2021 By | 11 Replies Continue Reading
Guest Post: What Do You Say To A Best Friend Who Has Cancer?

My only clue was that my best friend had started detailing eating healthier foods in our almost daily email correspondence. She called on a Wednesday evening to tell me she had breast cancer and was having a mastectomy on Friday.

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Shy All My Life: Will It Just Go Away?

Published: September 4, 2021 | By | 13 Replies Continue Reading
Shy All My Life: Will It Just Go Away?

A young woman writes “I’ve been shy all my life.” She wonders whether those feelings will ever go away on their own.

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Colleague, Mentor or Friend? How To Avoid Feeling Used

Published: September 2, 2021 | Last Updated: September 2, 2021 By | 2 Replies Continue Reading
Colleague, Mentor or Friend? How To Avoid Feeling Used

Whether you are a mentor or friend, you may need to set boundaries or you’ll wind up feeling used and depleted of energy.

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When Is It Disloyal To Talk To A Friend’s Enemy?

Published: August 1, 2021 | Last Updated: May 16, 2025 By | 28 Replies Continue Reading
When Is It Disloyal To Talk To A Friend’s Enemy?

I pride myself in being a loyal, good friend. However, recently I have run into a problem. I don’t know how to handle myself in the company of people that my close friends consider their “enemies.”

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How To Be A Better Facebook Friend

Published: April 6, 2017 | Last Updated: August 23, 2022 By | 8 Replies Continue Reading
How To Be A Better Facebook Friend

Dr. Levine suggests some of the keys to being a better Facebook friend.

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My friend’s son was sentenced to prison

Published: November 4, 2016 | By | 6 Replies Continue Reading

A woman’s friend’s son was sent to prison and it has affected their friendship.

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