To Make New Friends, Get Out of Your Comfort Zone Episode 13 of Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship is about the difficulty of making
How To Help a Friend In Crisis Today’s episode is about how to help a friend who’s in crisis because of illness or grief. It’s
What We Can Learn From Male Friendships Today’s episode about male friendship came about organically when my brother-in-law, Dave Dluger got into a conversation
Yes, All Friends Make Mistakes Last week in episode #10 with author Jessica Speer who wrote BFF or NRF, we talked briefly about her nine friendship
In episode #10 we’re discussing what to do when you’re not interested in pursuing a friendship, but you don’t want to be unkind when
Yes, Friends WILL Hang Out Without You Accepting that friends will hang out without you is a key to happier adult friendships. It’s a key
DEAR NINA: Conversations About Friendship is a podcast and newsletter about the ups and downs of adult friendship. I’m the host, Nina Badzin, a Minneapolis-based writer who accepted a position as a friendship advice columnist in 2014 and never stopped. DEAR NINA, the podcast, started in 2021, and has been referenced in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Time Magazine, The Guardian, The Chicago Tribune, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, and elsewhere!
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HI, I’M NINA BADZIN. I’m a writer fascinated by the dynamics of friendship, and I’ve been answering anonymous advice questions on the topic since 2014. I now also answer them on my podcast, Dear Nina! I’m a creative writing instructor at ModernWell in Minneapolis, a freelance writer and editor, and an avid reader who reviews 50 books a year. Welcome to my site!
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DEAR NINA: Conversations About Friendship is a podcast and newsletter about the ups and downs of adult friendship. I’m the host, Nina Badzin, a Minneapolis-based writer who accepted a position as a friendship advice columnist in 2014 and never stopped. DEAR NINA, the podcast, started in 2021, and has been referenced in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Time Magazine, The Guardian, The Chicago Tribune, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, and elsewhere!
I send emails through Substack with the latest anonymous friendship letters, podcast episodes, book reviews, and more.
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