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 stay friends. Today I also have a big […] The post Subtle Friendship Slights and Changing Your Instagram Handle appeared first on Nina Badzin ..read more

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 […] The post Why Big Friend Groups Often Fail: Dr. Lisa Damour appeared first on Nina Badzin ..read more

  Many of us say we would be there for our friends in an emergency, but that’s often theory until it’s tested. Not everyone can rise to the occasion. And crisis is a time when the friends you want around you and the ones you may need to leave behind (even for just a while) […] The post The Friends You Want Around During a Crisis appeared first on Nina Badzin ..read more

  It’s never too late to address negative patterns in our friendships or any relationship. Today’s guest, author Christie Tate, author of B.F.F.: A Memoir of Friendship Lost and Found, set out to break decades of unhealthy cycles in her friendships. Do you think you “suck at friendship” as Christie thought before she started this process? There […] The post Negative Friendship Patterns appeared first on Nina Badzin ..read more

  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 […] The post Differences of Opinion With Friends appeared first on Nina Badzin ..read more

Welcome to another friendship roundup! If you like friendship topics, you’ll enjoy my podcast, Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship, which you can find anywhere you listen to podcasts. Friendship Articles and More I love doing these friendship roundups! I see so many friendship-related things, either because I find them myself or people send them to […] The post Friendship Roundup #28 appeared first on Nina Badzin ..read more

  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 […] The post Beyond The Golden Girls: Platonic Life Partners at Any Age appeared first on Nina Badzin ..read more

Making friends and deepening existing friendships starts with some basic truths. “Every friendship starts with an act of bravery. And every friendship goes to the next level because of someone’s act of bravery. “ “Do not wait for the other person to make the first move. It’s always your turn.” These are just two of […] The post Every Friendship Starts With an Act of Bravery appeared first on Nina Badzin ..read more

Welcome to another friendship roundup! If you like friendship topics, you’ll enjoy my podcast, Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship, which you can find anywhere you listen to podcasts. Friendship Articles and More I love doing these friendship roundups! I see so many friendship-related things, either because I find them myself or people send them to […] The post Friendship Roundup #27 appeared first on Nina Badzin ..read more

Welcome to another friendship roundup! If you like friendship topics, you’ll enjoy my podcast, Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship, which you can find anywhere you listen to podcasts. Friendship Articles and More I love doing these friendship roundups! I see so many friendship-related things, either because I find them myself or people send them to […] The post Friendship Roundup #26 appeared first on Nina Badzin ..read more