Tag: relationships
Five Tips on How To Break Up With a Friend
Ending a relationship is never easy. But even close relationships with friends can reach their shelf lives or expiration dates. A friendship that once felt satisfying and easy begins to feel awkward, boring, stressful, edgy, competitive, draining, or uncomfortable – or all of the above. A previous post I wrote for NBC Universal Life […]
Friendship by the Book: Life is a Trip
At first glance, Life is a Trip: The Transformative Magic of Travel by Judith Fein (Spirituality & Health Books, 2010) doesn’t appear to be a book about friendship. But once you open up the cover and begin reading about the author’s gutsy cross-cultural adventures, you realize that she has honed a unique talent for opening […]
New from The Friendship Blog – Weekly Email Updates
No relationship is ever perfect, including our friendships. But if you’re reading this, I’m sure you agree that warm and trusting friendships are vital to our happiness and well-being—despite their occasional disappointments and confusing moments. To help you avoid the potential landmines and answer the hard questions that are bound to crop up in any […]
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 and Money: She’s fired, you’re not
Any major life change–including an unexpected job loss or other threat to economic security–can increase the risk of a once-close friendship falling apart.
Friendless in Seattle
Why would a middle-aged woman not be able to keep a friend? Read my latest reader query on that topic on The Huffington Post.
In the Media – Staten Island Advance – Friend or Frenemy: Redux
In an interesting article in yesterday’s Staten Island Advance, relationship columnist Elise McIntosh
looks at the distinctions between friends and frenemies.
The Friendship Olympics: Which Sex Gets the Gold?
What do we know about male friendships, female friendships and the differences between the two?
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