Tag: toxic friend
In the Media – Should you break up with a toxic friend? (Refinery29)
On Refinery29.com, writer Colette McIntyre answers a reader who asks how to break up with a toxic friend.
In the Media – Do you need a friendship detox
In this article in the Philippine Chronicles, the author talks about why someone might need a friendship detox.
Should I end this friendship?
I have a friend whom I‘ve known for over five years. Lately, she has really hurt me in a lot of ways. How do I know If she is really my friend or it is time to end this friendship?
Toxic friendships: It takes two
It takes two people to define a friendship. So if your friend has no boundaries, it’s also true that you haven’t set any limits.
Changing places and changing friendships
QUESTION Dear Irene, I have never been the type to initiate friendships, although I can usually guess pretty accurately whether I’ll end up being friends with someone from the moment we meet. I just wait for the friendship to ‘happen’ or for them to make the effort. I have very few friends and am somewhat […]
“Growing Up” and Outgrowing a Toxic Friendship
QUESTION Dear Irene: My best friend and I have been teachers at the same school for over twelve years. I am 37 and she is 58, which makes her older than my mother. Through many of her life’s challenges, I was there for her. I brought food when she was hungry, accompanied her to see […]
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 […]
Reader Q & A: No way out?
QUESTION: Dear Irene: My "best" friend and I have been friends since last year. Sometimes I feel like I love her; other times, she’s my worst enemy. She comes from a controlling and abusive family and I was always there for her to get through it. I just turned 18, and I realize more and […]
Wisdom from Whitney: Rx for being a less needy friend
I recently received this post from a reader named Whitney that I thought was worth sharing. Whitney was fortunate to have a good friend—who gave her honest feedback about her neediness— without making Whitney feel totally hurt or bent out of shape. Whitney also seems to have a fair degree of insight into her own […]
How to Handle A Facebook Frenemy
Have you ever had the unsettling experience of having a Facebook frenemy?
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