Podcast Episodes

#26 - Making New Friends After 50 with Pop Culture Preservation Society

Season 1 Episode 26

You want to make new friends, but worry it’s too late? Too hard? Too intimidating? You don’t know where to start? 

I believe it's never too late to ma…

4 years ago

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#25 - Improving Group Texts with Kat Vellos

Season 1 Episode 25

Love them or hate them, you're probably in a group chat once in a while or even very regularly. Author, Kat Vellos, and I are navigating the world of…

4 years ago

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Bonus: Analyzing Steel Magnolias With The Untitled Gen-X Podcast

Did you love the movie Steel Magnolias in the 80s/early 90s? I did, but rewatching it recently brought up some thoughts I never would have had as a k…

4 years ago

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#24 - Boundaries Without Damaging Your Friendships (with my husband!)

Season 1 Episode 24

How to gracefully maintain boundaries and stop giving away too much information without damaging your friendships. This episode with my husband, Brya…

4 years, 1 month ago

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#23 - When Kids' Issues Are Too Private to Discuss With Friends with Rebecca Prenevost

Season 1 Episode 23

I answered an anonymous listener's question about how to still feel close to friends when you can no longer discuss issues that once might have bonde…

4 years, 1 month ago

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#22 - Host Friends (and Potential Friends) for Meals With Less Stress with Debra Arbit

Season 1 Episode 22

Fast forward a friendship by hosting friends for a meal! I'm taking on two topics today, with one topic logically leading to the other. #1. How to go…

4 years, 2 months ago

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#21 - The Friends Who Are Like Family with Rachel Levy Lesser

Season 1 Episode 21

I loved my conversation with Pennsylvania-based author Rachel Levy Lesser, and I REALLY enjoyed Rachel's memoir, Life’s Accessories. In the episode, …

4 years, 2 months ago

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#20 - Friendship Chemistry: What Makes People Click

Season 1 Episode 20

I'm fascinated by what makes people click. Within minutes we often know whether we want to pursue a friendship with someone, or not. Is that fair? Ma…

4 years, 3 months ago

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#19 - Novels and Memoirs About Friendship with Rebekah Jacobs

Season 1 Episode 19

Books about friendship! Today's episode combines two of my favorite topics—friendship and books--specifically, novels and memoirs about friendship fo…

4 years, 3 months ago

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#18 - Four Friendship Dilemmas in 30 Minutes with Taryn Kessel

Season 1 Episode 18

Scaling back, reaching out, overlooking flaws, and accepting boundaries. Taryn and I answered four listeners' questions about friendship in about 30 …

4 years, 4 months ago

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