Tag: move

In the Media – How to Make Friends After A Move (Fitness Republic)

Published: July 11, 2015 | Last Updated: July 11, 2015 By | 2 Replies Continue Reading
In the Media – How to Make Friends After A Move (Fitness Republic)

In an article she penned for Fitness Republic, The Friendship Doctor offer five tips on how to make friends after a move.

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Feeling friendless after a marriage falls apart

Published: November 9, 2014 | By | 12 Replies Continue Reading

Life transitions can topple relationships, leaving someone feeling friendless.

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Making high school friends after a move

Published: September 8, 2014 | By | 1 Reply Continue Reading

A 15-year-old can seem to fit it at her new school after a move.

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In the Media – 8 of Life’s Biggest Shakeups (Shape Magazine)

Published: August 27, 2014 | Last Updated: April 8, 2022 By | 2 Replies Continue Reading
In the Media – 8 of Life’s Biggest Shakeups (Shape Magazine)

One constant thing about life is that it is always changing. In this article in Shape Magazine, writer Locke Hughes spoke with experts for advice on how to recover from some of its shakeups and move successful through various milestones.

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No friends: Don’t tell me to join a group

Published: June 22, 2012 | Last Updated: April 2, 2016 By | 28 Replies Continue Reading

Some people are joiners and others aren’t. There are other ways to meet new people—but you need to discover how and it may take more time and effort. QUESTION Hi Irene, I am a forty-something woman, no kids. I used to have friends, a life, and a career. Then we moved to a rural area for […]

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Is a less-than-perfect friend better than no friend at all?

Published: June 27, 2011 | Last Updated: May 14, 2020 By | 17 Replies Continue Reading

It’s so easy to become attached to the idea of "having a best friend" that we ignore the reality of a flawed friendship.   QUESTION Dear Irene, There’s a girl who I thought was my best friend forever whom I’ve grown to dislike. I feel guilty for wanting to dump her, but I don’t know […]

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Friendship Calculus: The Problem of Three

Published: March 21, 2011 | Last Updated: November 5, 2021 By | 2 Replies Continue Reading

When three people are good friends, it’s not unusual for two of them to become closer to each other over time. In your situation, what made the change especially painful is that you introduced these two women to each other and now they are excluding you.

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Finding friends in the middle of nowhere

Published: January 3, 2011 | Last Updated: September 11, 2016 By | 6 Replies Continue Reading

How do you find friends if you live in the middle of nowhere?

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A friend’s unexpected move

Published: November 11, 2009 | Last Updated: June 15, 2015 By | Reply Continue Reading

A woman feels jolted by her close friend’s unexpected move.

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Which friend was jilted?

Published: June 4, 2009 | Last Updated: June 4, 2009 By | 1 Reply Continue Reading

QUESTION Hi Dr. Levine, I have a friend who was my closest friend for about seven years. Recently, my husband and I moved to town to be closer to her and her family, along with some of my family, too. At first, everything was perfect; we spent nearly every day with each other, had dinners […]

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