If you’re here from the Star Tribune article on post-pandemic friendships or the version in the Seattle Times, welcome! I was thrilled to give some tips on managing those relationships as we take up our social lives in a big way again.
And for those even a fraction as interested in dissecting friendships as I am, I hope you’ll join my new-ish Facebook group. We chat about the intricate details of friendship, and I also leave opportunities for people to leave comments for future podcast episodes of “Dear Nina.” (The podcast is in production now.)
The group only started a few weeks ago, but it’s going to be a great place to talk about the friendship stuff we can’t always talk about elsewhere.
I’d love to see you there!
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Nina Badzin hosts the top 1% podcast Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship. She's been writing about friendship since 2014 and has had friendship advice in NPR, WSJ, Real Simple Magazine, The Daily Skim, The Guardian, The Telegraph UK, Time Magazine, and elsewhere.
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