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#182 - Three Phrases That Help When a Friend Is Experiencing Loss (with Shelby Forsythia)
Season 1 Episode 182
Knowing how to show up for a friend in grief can feel overwhelming. We want to say the right thing, we don’t want to make it worse—and too often, tha…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
#181 - Exclusion and the Power to Build New Friendships (with Amy Weatherly)
Season 1 Episode 181
This week’s episode is an expansion to last week’s conversation with Dr. Noelle Santorelli about relational aggression, belonging vs. inclusion, and …
5 months ago
#180 - Mean Mom Culture, Relational Aggression, and Belonging vs. Inclusion (with Dr. Noelle Santorelli)
Season 1 Episode 180
This week I have a conversation with clinical psychologist Dr. Noelle Santorelli about belonging vs. (forced) inclusion, "mean mom" culture, and rela…
5 months, 1 week ago
#179 - Your Newest Friendship Questions, Answered (with My Mom)
Season 1 Episode 179
For the first episode of 2026, I have my mom, Kathy Sackheim, in the studio for her 6th appearance on the podcast to help me answer a stack of listen…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
#178 - Top 5 Cities, Top 5 Episodes, and Friendship Takeaways from 2025 (with Rebekah Jacobs)
Season 1 Episode 178
It’s the annual end-of-year wrap-up, and my assistant producer Rebekah Jacobs is back for a behind-the-scenes look at what landed with listeners in 2…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
#177 - The Myth of Instant College Friends (with Dr. Janice McCabe)
Season 1 Episode 177
Finding Your People in College Takes Longer Than You Think. At some schools its even a structural problem. As students come home between semesters, s…
6 months ago
Bonus: Take Back Your Social Life (Nina on “SuperPsyched” with Dr. Adam Dorsay)
Season 1
This week’s episode is a bonus! I’m sharing a conversation from when I was a guest on Dr. Adam Dorsay’s podcast, SuperPsyched. I don’t usually repost…
6 months, 1 week ago
#176 - Divorce and the Impact on Your Friendships (with Hope Lutz Firsel)
Season 1 Episode 176
I’m finally tackling a topic I’ve been wanting to cover for a long time: how divorce affects our friendships. Today's episode addresses both sides of…
6 months, 1 week ago
#175 - Write a Letter to One Friend: December (the final!) Friendship Challenge
Season 1 Episode 175
The final friendship challenge of the year is to write one friend a real letter. This was inspired by the novel I'm currently reading and loving--The…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
#174 - The Neuroscience of Feeling Seen, Ignored, or Left Out in Friendships (with Dr. Ben Rein)
Season 1 Episode 174
I'm thrilled to welcome Dr. Ben Rein, neuroscientist and author of Why Brains Need Friends: The Neuroscience of Social Connection. We discuss what fr…
6 months, 3 weeks ago