Subtle Friendship Slights and Changing Your Instagram Handle
Subtle Friendship Slights and Changing Your Instagram Handle A quick conversation about the subtle hurts that can make friendship difficult. It’s the small slights I cover on Dear Nina in general, not the giant betrayals. Why? The big “stuff” is much more black and white, and we don’t need much conversation around whether to […]
The Courage to Trust Friends After You’ve Been Hurt
The Courage to Trust Friends After You’ve Been Hurt For anyone who has been hurt by a friend–or a group of friends–recently or in the past, this 14-minute episode is for you. It’s a solo episode that came from my reaction to a TikTok video I saw by a woman who was left out of […]
Why Big Friend Groups Often Fail: Dr. Lisa Damour
Why Big Friend Groups Often Fail; And Helping Kids Manage Conflict with Friends: Dr. Lisa Damour Dr. Lisa Damour‘s latest book, The Emotional Lives of Teenagers is out in paperback. On this episode we revisit the best nuggets of my previous conversation with Dr. Lisa, focusing on teen and tween friend groups and all of the […]
Differences of Opinion With Friends
Managing differences of opinion with friends can get tricky. An obvious area is politics, but smaller differences also get between friends, like parenting decisions. Examples: parents who give their kids a phone and social media years before the other friend; public vs. private school; where you live; how you vacation—those are not as divisive as […]
Beyond The Golden Girls: Platonic Life Partners at Any Age
Beyond The Golden Girls: Platonic Life Partners at Any Age Shows like The Golden Girls and Grace & Frankie are beloved by so many, but also treated as a fantasy. What if platonic life partnerships didn’t have to be merely a dream? What if you didn’t have to wait until retirement age to consider […]
How to Turn an Acquaintance Into a Friend
Turn an Acquaintance Into a Close Friend In episode 84 of Dear Nina, I’m taking on two topics, with one topic logically leading to the other. How to go from being casual acquaintances to actually considering someone a friend. How to make it easier to have people over for a meal. Inviting people into your […]