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Female Friendship

Why Breaking Up Is So Hard to Do

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

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Dr. Irene S. Levine

Women have an extraordinarily difficult time ending their friendships, even very toxic ones. It's not surprising. Like divorce, the potential losses can be staggering, extending well beyond the friendship per se.

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9 Signs Your Friend Is Toxic

wowOwow | Randi Bernfield | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Fractured Friendships, Maintaining Friendships, Friends, Toxic Friendship, Female Friendships, Female Friendship, Happiness, Living News

The colloquial term "frenemy" was coined to describe a complicated relationship wherein a person causes a friend such pain and anguish that there is a...

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Who is Kristan Cole? Sarah Palin's BFF

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bff, Living News, Female Friendship, The Alaska Trust Fund, Kristan Cole, Relationships, Sarah Palin Truth Squad, Facebook, Sarah Palin, Wasilla, Breaking News, Bumpit, Politics News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

These two could have easily drifted apart as their lives and career paths diverged, but for better or for worse, Sarah and Kristin remain BFFs.

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For Better or Worse: Marriage Can Wreck a Female Friendship

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 03.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Transition, Wedding, Marriage, Matchmaking, The Bride’s Survival Guide, Living News, Relationships, Female Friendship, Bride, Bridesmaid, Tension, Newlywed, Planning in Peace, Lifecycle, Sharon Naylor, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Marriage is a milestone that often alters a couple's relationship with each other, as well as with those around them. For the new bride, it can herald...

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Girlfriends with Pink Slips

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 03.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Women, Fired, Depression, Living News, Unemployed, Female Friendship, Economic Crisis, Economy, Termination, Layoff, Washington Post, Pink Slip, Slate, Black Monday, Job Cuts, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

The support of female friends can help a woman get over the traumatic emotional and financial losses associated with being fired or let go. What can friends do?

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Together We Stand: The Inauguration

Joy Bryant | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

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Joy Bryant

We all stood, friends and strangers, freezing and frozen, laughing and crying, booing and cheering... together. And that's how we'll get through all the mess that our country is in.

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Networkaholism: It Could Happen To You

Karen Salmansohn | Posted 02.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Business Conferences, Organizations, Female Friendship, Social Networks, Social Networking, Colleagues, Living News
Karen Salmansohn

There's a huge trend these days for networking up a storm at various organizational events and social networking sites. But sadly with this cultural e...

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Obamarella Borrows for the Ball

Alison Owings | Posted 02.15.2009 | Style

Read More: Fashion, Inauguration, Inaugural Ball, Obama Inauguration, Women, Clothing, Female Friendship, Barack Obama Inauguration, Clothes, Dresses, Female Friendships, Style News
Alison Owings

For a woman, ball means ballgown. For this woman, "ball" conjures high school formal. I have nothing fitting that ball bill. I can come up with a great slacks and top outfit. It ain't ballgown.

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Best Friends: No Way Out?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 02.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Women, Living News, Relationships, Female Friend, Mean Girl, Insecure, Reader Q & A, No Way Out, Female Friendship, Manipulative, High School, Std, Controlling, Toxic Friend, Abusive, Counselor, Promiscuity, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Dear Irene: I wish I had an escape but I'm still in high school and I live a street away from her and she knows almost everything about me, even that I may have an STD.

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Friendship by the Book: Friday Nights

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 02.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Fractured Friendships, Women, Relationships, Female Friendship, Friday Nights, Books, Joanna Trollope, Female Friendships, Irene S. Levine, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Through her characters, author Joanna Trollope explores some of the universal emotions that characterize female friendships including love, loyalty, passion, and jealousy.

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My Christmas Bail Out: An Open Letter to My Friends

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 01.04.2009 | Style

Read More: Women, Consumerism, Time, Living News, Bail Out, Holiday Season, Relationships, Female Friendship, Christmas Gifts, Christmas, Gifts, Jewish, Charitable Gifts, Redefine Christmas, Style News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

By avoiding Black Friday this year, I've already saved the lives of innocent strangers who otherwise might have been trampled by sale-crazed crowds.

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Getting Over a Friendship Drought

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 01.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Women, Drought, Loneliness, Living News, Relationships, Female Friendship, Coping Mechanism, Nostalgia, Making Friends, Psychological Science, Sense of Belonging, Tim Wildschut, Friendship Study, Psychology, Psychological Coping Mechanism, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

The more lonely people are, the more nostalgic they tend to become as a way of increasing their self-perceived feeling of social support.

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Friend Poaching or Social Networking?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 09.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Linkedin, Friend Poaching, Myspace, Relationships, Female Friendship, Social Networking, Social Poaching, cnn.com, Living, Toxic Friends, Facebook, Betrayal, New York Magazine, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Friendships change over time. A friendship that is 'stolen' may have long been gone. It may offer the poachee an opportunity to change or get rid of a friendship that was draining or toxic in other ways.

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Psych 101: When a Close Friend is Depressed

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 08.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Mental Illness, Female Friendship, Tipping Point, Needy Friend, Suicide, Reader Q&A, Living, The Inner Life, Depression, Nimh, Mental Health, Health, Toxic Friends, Toxic Friendship, The Full Life, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Yes, there are some cases when close friends need to cut a little slack. Could it be that your friendship feels burdensome and painful because your friend is depressed?

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Sex: The Ultimate GNO is Coming to Your Neighborhood

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 06.03.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Entertainment, Bff, Girl’s Night Out, Charlotte and Miranda, Satc, Sex and the City, Living Benefits, Female Friendships, Swap in the City, Fractured Friendships, Movies, Success in the City, Skirt! Magazine, Female Friendship, Carrie Bradshaw, Sex, Manolos, Gno, Samantha, Carrie, Cosmos, Entertainment News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

What will you be doing when Sex and The City hits the theaters on May 30th? If you are female and haven't thought about getting together with friends, you must be living in a cave.

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