Tag: women
How You Can Help Other Women – International Women’s Day is March 8, 2012
Observed since the early 1900s, International Women’s Day (IWD) is now celebrated globally.
Mean Girls Grown Up: How Long Will This Bully Be At It?
Whatever their age, mean girls can make someone’s life miserable. Because character endures, they are hard to change.
Great Friendship Stories: The Doria-Dentes from Brooklyn
Margaret Doria and Anita Dente have taught at the same two Catholic high schools in Brooklyn, at the same time, for 45 years. At first blush, they seem like the proverbial "odd couple"—an Oscar and Felix with different styles and views of the world. A collegial relationship at first developed into an extraordinary friendship. Fast […]
Another reason why cancer sucks~
A woman talks about the isolation from friends that often accompanies a cancer diagnosis.
Work spouses: An Interview with Dr. Jacqueline Olds
With more women entering the workplace, it’s not surprising that many develop extraordinarily close ties with colleagues, both male and female. To learn more about these relationships, I spoke to psychiatrist Dr. Jacqueline Olds. Irene: What is a work spouse? Dr. Olds: A work spouse a person at work with whom you have a special […]
Your platonic friend…she’s just not that into you~
QUESTION Dear Irene, I have read and been told by female friends that when a man is friends with a woman and all of a sudden wants to take it to a romantic level, the woman will "freak out" and get turned off. She’ll feel betrayed, thinking that the man’s intentions all along were to […]
In the Media – Cleo Magazine: Are you too UNPICKY with your friends?
I was recently interviewed by Nicole Elphick, a writer with Cleo, an Australian fashion and beauty magazine.
Is turning off a cell phone the solution to this friendship problem?
QUESTION Hi Irene, My friend and I are best friends and I care about her a great deal. She calls me A LOT! I don’t mind that but the problem is that if I don’t pick up the phone she gets really upset. Many times, I have tried to explain to her that I don’t […]
Finding a Bunco group, one player at a time
QUESTION Dear Irene, First of all, thank you for your blog and columns; I’ve gained much insight from you. I am a 42-year-old mother of two boys and I have always had trouble making friends. I’ve read countless books on the subject of relationships and intellectually, I know what to do: Be open, smile, ask […]
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