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#93 - Handling Small Friendship Slights and Changing Your Instagram Handle
Season 1 Episode 93
A quick conversation about the subtle hurts that can make friendship difficult. It's the small slights I cover on Dear Nina in general, not the giant…
2 years, 2 months ago
#92 - Trusting Friends Again After You’ve Been Hurt
Season 1 Episode 92
For anyone who has been hurt by a friend--or a group of friends--recently or in the past, this 14-minute episode is for you. It's a solo episode that…
2 years, 2 months ago
#91 - Why Big Friend Groups Often Fail (encore with Dr. Lisa Damour)
Season 1 Episode 91
Dr. Lisa Damour's latest book, The Emotional Lives of Teenagers , is out in paperback. On this episode we revisit the best nuggets of my previous con…
2 years, 2 months ago
#90 - The Friends You Want Around During a Crisis with Kelly Lang
Season 1 Episode 90
Many of us say we would be there for our friends in an emergency, but that's often theory until it's tested. Not everyone can rise to the occasion. A…
2 years, 3 months ago
#89 - Negative Friendship Patterns; Breaking an Unhealthy Cycle (encore with Christie Tate)
Season 1 Episode 89
Episode #89: Do you ever feel like you or someone you know is just not “good at” friendship? It's never too late to address negative patterns in our …
2 years, 3 months ago
#88 - Differences of Opinion With Friends and The Potential of Friendship Between Cousins with Emily Locker
Season 1 Episode 88
Episode #88: Managing differences of opinion with friends can get tricky. An obvious area is politics, but smaller differences also get between frien…
2 years, 3 months ago
#87 - Beyond The Golden Girls: Platonic Life Partners at Any Age with Rhaina Cohen
Season 1 Episode 87
Today's guest, Rhaina Cohen, author of The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center, profiles platonic partners in he…
2 years, 4 months ago
#86 - Every New Friendship Takes an Act of Courage with Amy Weatherly and Jess Johnston
Season 1 Episode 86
Making friends and deepening existing friendships starts with some basic truths.
"Every friendship starts with an act of bravery. And every friendship…
2 years, 4 months ago
#85 - When the More the Merrier is not Always True with Danielle Bayard Jackson
Season 1 Episode 85
"The more the merrier" is a common expression for good reason. Most of us don't want to be considered exclusive. We want others to feel welcomed and …
2 years, 4 months ago
#84 - Turning an Acquaintance Into a Friend (encore with Debra Arbit)
Season 1 Episode 84
Yes, you can turn an acquaintance into a friend! Debra Arbit and I tell our real-life friendship story, which is a great example of going from barely…
2 years, 4 months ago