Tag: toxic friendships
In the Media – Recognizing when friendships become toxic
In PsychCentral.com, Lauren Suval outlines some of the signs of a toxic friendship.
In the Media – Toxic pals: Behind frenemy lines (CNN)
LeTrent interviewed Dr. Irene S. Levine and other experts on the topic of toxic friendships, pointing out some of the characteristics of these relationships and how to end them.
Friendship by the Book: An interview with Alexa Young, author of Frenemies
Some of the most painful and unexpected girlfriend breakups occur during the roller-coaster middle-school years. Alexa Young’s engaging new teen novel, Frenemies (HarperTeen, 2008) is a book that moms will want their daughters to read in preparation for this rude awakening. The book tells the story of two eighth-graders and BFFs, Halley Brandon and Avalon Greene, who have always agreed on everything. But after spending a summer apart, they’ve changed—physically, emotionally, socially, intellectually.
Twenty Questions: Spotting a Toxic Friendship
Here are 20 questions to help you spot a toxic friendship.
Friendship by the Book: Songs without Words
When a close friendship fades away, the passage of time makes it harder and harder to patch up the divide. In Songs without Words (Alfred A. Knopf, 2007), the writing of Ann Packer captures the fragility of female friendships as well as the complexities of repairing friendships when they falter. Lifelong friends Liz and Sarabeth […]
Toxic Friends: An Interview with Florence Isaacs
Freelance journalist Florence Isaacs, an expert on relationships, friendship, and effective communication in business and social situations, wrote the groundbreaking book on friendship, Toxic Friends True Friends: How Your Friendships Can Make or Break Your Health, Happiness, Family, and Career (Citadel, 2003). When I decided to write a book about fractured friendships, her book was high on my reading […]
Friendships that are truly HEART-FELT
If you need another excuse for getting out of a fractured friendship, here it is: Stressful friendships may be bad for your heart.
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