#120 – Six Ways to be More Generous in Your Friendships
6 ideas to be a more generous friend and why it’s worth trying Being generous in our friendships makes us better friends and keeps solid friends in our lives. We’re not talking about money here! To quote this week’s guest, relationship-based therapist and author, Emma Nadler, “When we act more generously we feel better. So […]
Reviving #119 – Friendships That Drifted Apart (even decades later)
If you’re lonely, consider reviving a friendship that ended because of life, not because of personality or hurt feelings. What if your next good friend is an old friend who drifted away from your life for reasons of circumstance and not personality or hurt feelings? If you’re in a stage of life where you’re lonely, […]
#116 – Lose Track of Who Makes the Plans and 7 Other Friendship Tips from Dr. Ruth
8 favorite friendship tips from Dr. Ruth What a thrill to interview author and journalist Allison Gilbert, who met with Dr. Ruth Westheimer, of blessed memory, every week for a year during what would be the last year of Dr. Ruth’s life. Together they worked on Dr. Ruth’s final book, The Joy of Connections: 100 Ways […]
#113 – Unintentionally Hurting a Friend
When you’ve hurt your friend’s feelings or a friend has hurt you So, you’ve unintentionally hurt your friend’s feelings. Or, your friend hurt your feelings, likely not on purpose. My wise mom joins me in this replay episode about forgiveness—asking for forgiveness and wanting apologies from others. We also discussed grudges, forgiving but not forgetting, personal stories […]
#112 – Navigating Friendships During the College Admissions Process
Navigating friendships during the college admissions process and keeping a level head This week’s friendship topic is the frenzy of college admissions and how it affects friendships between teens and how it potentially affects friendships between those teens’ parents, too. Most importantly, we discuss how to approach the college admissions world with a level head! Meet […]
#111 – The Friend Who Never Asks About You
Don’t Put All Your Eggs in One Friendship Basket and The Friend Who Never Asks About You It’s another letter spotlight episode! This week’s anonymous letter is from a woman with two friends who never ask about her. She’s fed up doing all the listening and none of the talking. She wants to know how to […]