Self Disclosure

Singles Bonding Over Food and Friendship: Cooking Club, Year 39

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bella DePaulo

If you love food, friends, and camaraderie, and if you would like to hear the story of a club for singles that has nothing to do with dating and has l...

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Americans Have More Friends, and Not Just on Facebook

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.17.2011

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Bella DePaulo

Remember the media panic from the summer of 2006 about lonely and isolated Americans? The publication of a sociological study had unleashed a cascade...

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Never a Best Friend?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Irene S. Levine

QUESTION Dear Irene, I don't know if this is a strange question or if many other women have the same issue as me. I have a lot of friends that I'm ...

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Telling The Truth About Sex

Linda E. Savage | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Long-Term-Relationships, Self-Disclosure, Finding Your Voice, Communication Skills, Conscious Loving, Spiritual Sex, Intimacy, Sex, Healthy Living News
Linda E. Savage

We have so little training in self-disclosure in this culture and so many relationships are enmeshed in the belief that "if you can't say anything nice, doesn't say anything at all."

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