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#113 - Unintentionally Hurting a Friend: (encore with my mom)
Season 1 Episode 113
So, you've unintentionally hurt your friend's feelings. Or, your friend hurt your feelings, likely not on purpose. My wise mom joins me in this repla…
1 year, 8 months ago
#112 - Navigating Friendships During the College Admissions Process with Kate Proger
Season 1 Episode 112
This week's friendship topic is the frenzy of college admissions and how it affects friendships between teens and how it potentially affects friendsh…
1 year, 9 months ago
#111 - The Friend Who Never Asks About You: Letter Spotlight
Season 1 Episode 111
It's another letter spotlight episode! This week's anonymous letter is from a woman with two friends who never ask about her. She's fed up doing all …
1 year, 9 months ago
#110 - Neurodiversity and Friendships with Dr. James F. Richardson
Season 1 Episode 110
Thrilled to welcome Dr. James F. Richardson, author of Our Worst Strength: American Individualism and Its Hidden Discontents, who explains how his ne…
1 year, 9 months ago
#109 - Quiet Quitting a Friendship: Withdrawing From Friends or Ending Friendships with Dr. Miriam Kirmayer
Season 1 Episode 109
"Quiet quitting" is the latest term for withdrawing from a friendship, phasing out, or disengaging completely. In this episode with the insightful Dr…
1 year, 10 months ago
#108 - Talking to Friends About Money (encore with Mia Brabham)
Season 1 Episode 108
Talking to friends about money has always been a taboo topic. What if, instead, discussing money with friends could deepen a friendship?
Money can be …
1 year, 10 months ago
#107 - Friendships Between Sisters-in-law (and roommates, cousins, and neighbors)
Season 1 Episode 107
I rarely cover family relationships on Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship, but I consistently receive letters about sisters-in-law so I realiz…
1 year, 10 months ago
#106 - Healing After Being Dropped From a Group of Friends with Meghan Judge
Season 1 Episode 106
Today is a tough topic, and I'm not going to promise you that we come to an easy solution at the end. The fallout from losing the friendship of an en…
1 year, 10 months ago
#105 - Stop Waiting to See Your Long Distance Friends
Season 1 Episode 105
After a trip to Chicago to say goodbye to my childhood house, I appreciated how even one meal with your long distance friends means so much. You need…
1 year, 10 months ago
#104 - Brain Cancer, Friendship, and the Scary Mommy Blogging Days with Jill Smokler
Season 1 Episode 104
Jill Smokler is the creator of Scary Mommy, one of the most original and successful mom blogs ever. She was also the first mom blogger to sell her si…
1 year, 11 months ago