Tag: Irene S. Levine
A message from the Friendship Doctor on International Friendship Day
This post about International Friendship Day is reprinted from the archives of The Friendship Blog.
CBS Sunday Morning looks at the power of friendship
We all know that good friends make us feel good—but even scientists aren’t really sure why. Last weekend, CBS Sunday Morning national correspondent Rita Braver took a look behind the emerging science of friendship.
Friendship by the Book: Your So-Called Life
Released today, Your So-Called Life: A Guide to Boys, Body Issues and Other Big-Girl Drama You Thought You Would Have Figured Out By Now (Harper, 2010) is a self-described guide for thirty-somethings. This is a phase of life when friendships are in flux as women mate, marry and mother—so this time, the authors who previously […]
Her friends say they’re ‘just not that into him’
QUESTION Dear Irene, Our best friend has been seeing this guy. She’s really into him so she wanted us to spend some time together to get to know him. Unfortunately, both of us really dislike him. We find him arrogant and narcissistic, to the point of his putting us down to make himself look better. […]
5 Tips for Travel with Friends
A recent Harris Interactive Poll commissioned by Hampton Hotels found that 43% of adults travel with friends at least once a year and at least 74% prefer to take a road trip when they do.
7 Tips for being an unequivocally B-O-R-I-N-G friend
Here are some simple tips to nip a new friendship in the bud or to sabotage an existing one: 1) Do it her way Abrogate all responsibility for the friendship to your friend. Let her do all the planning—including where, when and what. When you do get together, don’t initiate any conversation, or show […]
Friendship Day – August 1, 2010
In 1935, the US Congress proclaimed the first Sunday in August each year as Friendship Day.
Letting go of a toxic friendship—-gently
How do you back away from an unhealthy friendship without hurting someone’s feelings?
In the Media – Cleo Magazine: Are you too UNPICKY with your friends?
I was recently interviewed by Nicole Elphick, a writer with Cleo, an Australian fashion and beauty magazine.
Friendship by the Book: An Interview with Allison Winn Scotch
Allison Winn Scotch‘s novel, The One That I Want (2010), is an engaging summer beach read that makes you think about the friendships you have and those that have drifted apart. The main character, Tilly Farmer, is a 30-something high school guidance counselor who marries her high-school sweetheart, and still lives and works in the […]
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