Tag: toxic
In the Media – Can friends can be bad for your health? (NextAvenue.com)

A recent study conducted by Carnegie Mellon University suggests that some friends may be bad for your health.
Slippery slope: How do I downgrade a relationship with a best friend?
A woman asks how she can make that transition out of best friend status and downgrade it with minimum damage.
Is This Friendship Worth “The Talk”?

Sometimes there’s no point in having “the talk” if a friendship is consistently disappointing and unrewarding.
Toxic friends: There’s one in every bunch
The more people in a group, the more likely the possibilities of personality clashes.
Guest Post: How To Handle Toxic Teen friendships
Teens are hard-pressed to know when they should phase out a friendship—even toxic teen friendships.
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.
5 Ways To Improve Your Friendships in 2010
Whether it’s the occasion of a birthday or an anniversary, or the passing of another year or of another decade, it’s human nature to periodically take stock of things. Turning the page on the calendar means looking back and looking forward, which often brings into bold relief those aspects of our lives where we think […]
The Bad Friend: What’s a mom to do?
Most parents have the unsettling experience of their children bringing home a “bad friend.” Here’s some advice for moms facing this dilemma.
Friendship by the Book: I’m So Happy for You
You may not be able to picture yourself in a relationship like that of Wendy and her college friend Daphne but in the larger-than-life caricatures of two quintessential New Yorkers, novelist Lucinda Rosenfeld captures the essence of many close female friendships. Daphne Uberoff is stunningly beautiful and has all the trappings of material success; Wendy […]
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