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Speed-Friending: Helping Busy Women to Connect

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

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Dr. Irene S. Levine

Sad but true: The large majority of female friendships come to an end. So women need to replenish their inventory from time to time.

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Summertime When the Friendships Comes Easy

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living

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Dr. Irene S. Levine

My conversation with Julie Kraut on her new book dealing with the nearly universal camper affliction: homesickness.

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Friendless in Seattle: Searching for Answers

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 03.26.2009 | Living

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Dr. Irene S. Levine

You may be making bad choices when you choose potential friends. The odds are better that a friendship will "stick" when two people have a common thread, such as a shared interest.

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Getting Over a Friendship Drought

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 01.02.2009 | Living

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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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Elective Friendships

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 12.08.2008 | Living

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Dr. Irene S. Levine

My world is so small that I even have a hard time relating to people who don't like some of my favorite movies or TV shows. How can we be friends if we don't even laugh at the same jokes?

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