Tag: support

Another reason why cancer sucks~

Published: February 1, 2011 | Last Updated: November 23, 2013 By | 18 Replies Continue Reading

A woman talks about the isolation from friends that often accompanies a cancer diagnosis.

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Taking a gamble on a friendship

Published: October 19, 2010 | Last Updated: October 19, 2010 By | 2 Replies Continue Reading

QUESTION Hi Irene, I am a 52-year-old woman who had a very close friendship with a young girl in her late 20s whom I worked with for about two years. We met at our training class and continued once out on the floor.   I’m a young minded person and get along with mostly every […]

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Shouldn’t a sister be a close friend?

Published: June 24, 2010 | Last Updated: June 25, 2010 By | 11 Replies Continue Reading

QUESTION Dear Irene, Last October I discovered that my only sister, who is two years older than me, has been stealing the money I send to take care of my mother in Mexico. She was managing a property I have in Mexico. The rent had always been used to pay for our mother’s expenses. My […]

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Love, Loss and Friendship: Getting Over the Death of a Child

Published: December 9, 2009 | Last Updated: October 12, 2020 By | 2 Replies Continue Reading

Lynn shares her experience of how the friends she made through a support group helped her cope with this unimaginable loss.

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Me, me, me: When friendship is a one-way street

Published: April 11, 2009 | Last Updated: April 25, 2016 By | 2 Replies Continue Reading

One-way friendships can be very frustrating.

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Girlfriends with Pink Slips

Published: January 29, 2009 | Last Updated: July 24, 2021 By | Reply Continue Reading

The support of female friends can help a woman get over the traumatic emotional and financial losses associated with being fired or let go. What can friends do? Read my latest post on The Huffington Post.

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Women, friends, and personal crises: An open letter to Friends of Silda Spitzer

Published: March 13, 2008 | Last Updated: March 13, 2008 By | Reply Continue Reading

"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 […]

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