Tag: friendships
Guest post: Connecting
On a beautiful Sunday autumn afternoon more than a year ago, my husband and I attended a Harvest Festival at a local winery not too far from where we live. We didn’t know anyone else there and wound up sitting next to a lovely couple, who seemed to be enjoying the day as much as […]
Friendship by the Book: Nine Rooms of Happiness BOOK GIVEAWAY
The Nine Rooms of Happiness: Loving Yourself, Finding Your Purpose, and Getting Over Life’s Little Imperfections (Hyperion Voice, 2010) offers straightforward strategies, or “pearls” of wisdom, for resolving relationship conflicts. One gem that particularly resonated with me was: “You can’t change them. You can change yourself.” Having wasted incalculable time in my own youth trying […]
Circles of Friends
Some women have the good fortune of having a circles of friends with a shared history
Elective Friendships
One political poll reported that a large majority of voters said they would be frightened if the presidential candidate—other than the one they supported—won the election. It reminded me of how we live in our own little worlds. The differences between the parties’ candidates were great and I have to admit: Most of my […]
Women, friends, and personal crises: An open letter to Friends of Silda Spitzer
"She’ll have no shortage of people wanting to be there for her," says one of Silda’s friends quoted in the Washington Post. But will her friends know how to be there for her? When something lousy happens to a friend, it often leaves us at a loss for words. That’s why I’m writing this open […]
Preteen Worries: My family, my friends and me
Preteens tend to worry. Why? As they’re simultaneously growing into awkward new bodies and tackling the social challenges of middle school, they’re also victims of the emotional roller coaster created by their fluctuating hormones. With these stressors, it’s a difficult time for kids well as their parents. Preteens tend to be tight-lipped—preferring to share secrets […]
Are you or your friends digitivity denizens?
If you’ve never heard the term before, Ann Mack, director of trend spotting for JWT (the largest advertising agency in the U.S.), uses the term “digitivity denizens” to describe those of us who straddle two worlds, the real world and the digital one. According to a report by Reuters, the agency surveyed more than […]
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