Friendships

4 Types of Friends to Avoid

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 01.30.2012 | Women

Read More: Marriage, Women, Friendships, Divorce, Relationships, Health, Psychology, Cliques, Separation, Women News

My suggestion is to do a friendship check and ask yourself why you hang on to the energy vampires. There is just not enough time in life to spend with those who deflate you.

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Can Your Friends Make You Sick?

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 01.24.2012 | Women

Read More: Stress, Women, Friendships, Female Friendship, Relationships, Bullying, Emotional Support, Somatic Symptoms, Physical Illness, Women News

I remember being bedridden with writhing stomach pain in 7th grade when Lisa K. decided that I was an "undesirable" and that none of the girls in my English class should talk to me.

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Tony Blankley

Bob Franken | Posted 01.09.2012 | Media

Read More: Politics, Friendships, Media, Washington, Press Secretary, Gingrich, Blankley, Media News

Tony Blankley's home in Great Falls, Virginia, outside Washington, was routinely described as a "gentleman's farm", which was appropriate because Tony was the consummate gentleman, befitting his birth in London.

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Taking Care Of Your Aging Parents

Posted 01.05.2012 | Women

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Aging Parents, Caregiving, Friendships, Elder Care, Parents, Girlfriends, Video, Women News

Watch the girls and I discuss taking care of aging parents - how to help and when to let go. Do we touch on any issues that reflect an experience you'...

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Getting Over A Breakup? Remember This

Amy Chan | Posted 02.11.2012 | Women

Read More: Friendships, Support System, Divorce, Relationships, Letter to Friend, Heartbreak, Mourning, Breakups, Separation, Women News

I've realized that all I can do is be a source of love myself, to embrace the love around me, cherish it and share it with others. That is my source of joy.

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The People Women Really Count On

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 01.15.2012 | Fifty

Yes, we women count on our partners, our parents if we are lucky enough to still have them, and, of course, our friends. But let's face it, there is ...

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Who You Surround Yourself With, You Become

Amy Chan | Posted 12.14.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Friendship, Happiness, New Friendships, Friendships, Old Friendships, Friends, Healthy Living Spirit, Assessing Friendships, Reassessing Friendships, Healthy Living News

There is a beauty of having old friends that I will not deny, but history alone is not enough to bring an old friendship into the present, and subsequently, the future.

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My Gay Best Friend: She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 12.01.2011 | Women

Read More: Friend, Gay Voices, Friendships, Women, Lovers, Lesbian, Friendship Advice, Friends With Benefits, Gay, Best Friends, Women News

After telling me for three years she loves me and wants to be with me, she now suddenly doesn't feel that way.

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Your 'Happiness Group' Starter Kit

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.30.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Friendships, Friends, Relationships, Groups, Resolutions, Health, Happiness, Healthy Living News

I've heard from lots of people who want to launch or join groups for people doing happiness projects together, so I created this (free) starter kit to help folks get the ball rolling.

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Validate Me

Amy Chan | Posted 11.07.2011 | Women

Read More: Friendships, Self-Esteem, Relationships, Validation, Women News

We've all done it before -- played something up in order to make ourselves appear more important than we really are. Why do we do this?

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Could You Work With Your Best Friend?

The Grindstone | Posted 10.10.2011 | Women

Read More: Work Life Balance, Friendships, Work Friendships, Career, Friends, Relationships, Career Life Balance, Best Friends, Relationships at Work, Women News

Hopefully, we all have a close friend or two at work. We work with these people at least eight hours a day. We spend the majority of our waking hours ...

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Women Can Be Powerful and Likeable

Shasta Nelson, M.Div. | Posted 09.24.2011 | Women

Read More: Friendship, Poweful Women, Friendship Advice, Friendships, Female Friendship, Women News

The numbers of loneliness are staggering. And it's not because we have a world filled with little old ladies sitting in dark houses. It's because we're intimidated by each other.

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Being Nice vs. Being a Victim

Daylle Deanna Schwartz | Posted 08.31.2011 | Women

Read More: Friendships, Being Nice, Female Friendships, Relationships, Happiness, Women News

People who consider themselves nice moan, "Why do people use me?" And groan, "Why me?" But this isn't nice! Or satisfying.

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You Need Women Friends. Specifically, You Need A Sheila.

Robin Quivers | Posted 08.13.2011 | Women

Read More: Friendship, Female Friends, Friendship Advice, Friendships, My-Story, Female Friendship, Women Friendship, Women News

I just lost one of my best girlfriends. Her name was Sheila Ginesin. But I'm not writing this to talk about her disease. I wanted to talk about our friendship.

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Your Friends Could Be Bad For Business

Michaël Bikard | Posted 05.30.2011 | Business

Read More: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Small Business, Friends, Business School, Mit, Business Advice, Entrepreneurs, Social Connections, Pyschology, Friendships, Social Networks, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Small Business America, Business Management, Business News

Beware of the blinding effect of social connections.

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How To Turn A Potential Friend Into A Real Friend

Shasta Nelson, M.Div. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Friendship, Friendship Advice, Adult Friends, Living News, Women Friends, Friendship Adulthood, Finding Adult Friends, Adult Friendships, Female Friendship, Making Friends, Finding Female Friends, Forming Female Friendships, Finding Friends, Relationships, Women Friendship, Friendships, Healthy Living News

You have never met a friend. But you have most certainly met amazing people you have turned into friends. And you can do it again.

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The Geography Of Friendship

Rachel Bertsche | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Rachel Bertsche, Living News, Friendship Expert, How to Make Friends, Friendship Loneliness, Friendship, Female Friendship, Friendships, Making Friends, Healthy Living News

A dinner guest had a fabulous theory for testing out whether a city is generally friendly or not: "You can tell by whether or not other girls talk to you while you wait in line for the restroom." I love this. It's a brilliant barometer.

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Friendships Don't Just Happen

Shasta Nelson, M.Div. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Friendship, Friendships, Forming Female Friendships, Female Friendship, Finding Female Friends, Finding Friends, Friendship Advice, Finding Adult Friends, Relationships, Adult Friendships, Adult Friends, Making Friends, Women Friends, Friendship Adulthood, Women Friendship, Healthy Living News

We know how many potential friendships haven't been actualized because we dropped the ball. We waited for someone else to pursue. We waited for someone else to "just make it happen."

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Your Turn: First Impressions

Posted 07.01.2011 | Women

Read More: Marlo Thomas, First Impressions, Your Turn, Friendships, Video, Women News

Isn't it funny how your first impression of someone can be completely off-base? That happened to me once. if(typeof AOLVP_cfg==='undefined')AOLV...

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Female Friends: Getting By With A Little Help From Our (Girl)Friends

Kristen Houghton | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Friendships, Relationships, Health, Sex and the City, Girlfriendships, Female Friendships, Female-Friendships-Women, Happiness, Female Bonding, Female Friends, Female Friend, Girlfriends, Healthy Living News

The bonding between women is something that has been going on since the beginning of time, and men, whether they admit it or not, have always been curious about the whys of female friendships.

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Don't Network, Build Relationships

Tony Hsieh | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Read More: Friendships, Small Business America, Business Cards, Tony Hsieh, Zappos, Business Networking, Networking, Delivering Happiness, Business News

From Delivering Happiness: A Path to Passion, Profits and Purpose by Tony Hsieh. I personally really dislike "business networking" events. At almost ...

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A Moment to Appreciate

Amy Chan | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Friendships, Appreciate, Relationships, Thanks, Attitude, Thankful, Writer, Amy Chan, Love, Gratitude, Family, Amyfabulous, Unplug and Recharge, Healthy Living News

All you know for sure in life is the moment right in front of you.

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The Value of Connecting With Others for True Happiness

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Meeting, Friendships, Friends, Relationships, Social, Fun, Structure, Groups, Resolutions, Accountability, Happiness, Healthy Living News

One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best ways to make other people happy is to be happy yourself.

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Knowing What You Don't Want in Relationships

Amy Chan | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Friendships, Amy Chan, Amyfabulous, Dating Advice, Dating Tips, Relationship Advice, Relationship Tips, Female Friendships, Healthy Living News

You do have the choice of surrounding yourself with people whose energy drains you, or not. I refer to these types of people as "energy vampires."

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The Kindness Of Strangers: It's a Small World After All

Delia Lloyd | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Kevin Bacon, Six Degrees of Separation, Friendship, Humanity, Friendships, Humanitarian, Acts of Kindness, Healthy Living News

What's your best it's-a-small-world story?

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