Latest Keeping friends Podcast Episodes
Friendships Can Survive Hurt Feelings and Conflict: Shasta Nelson
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - July 01, 2024 05:00 - 37 minutesEpisode #102: Shasta Nelson, friendship expert extraordinaire, joins me to discuss how and why to be honest with friends when we're upset with them. Our friendships CAN survive tough conversations, hurt feelings, and conflict. AND, our overall social health will improve when we learn to get thro...
Best Friends, Friendship Trios, Being More Direct with Friends, and More
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - June 21, 2024 19:00 - 27 minutesEpisode #101: It's the first official "ask me anything" episode in honor of 100 episodes! The questions came from my anonymous inbox, my Facebook group (Dear Nina: The Group), or through Instagram and TikTok-- both @dearninafriendship. I had a great time answering questions and I couldn't even...
The Magic of Camp Friends
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - June 13, 2024 05:00 - 40 minutesSend us a Text Message. Episode #100: They say camp friends are the best friends. Why? At camp there are no screens, you take risks, parents aren't breathing down your back, and the magic ingredients of endless hours + constant proximity make it possible to create intense, close bonds with kids...
The Magic of Camp Friends: Dara Levan
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - June 13, 2024 05:00 - 40 minutesEpisode #100: They say camp friends are the best friends. Why? At camp there are no screens, you take risks, parents aren't breathing down your back, and the magic ingredients of endless hours + constant proximity make it possible to create intense, close bonds with kids your age. In this speci...
The 14-Day Friendship (Mindset) Cleanse: Anna Goldfarb
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - June 04, 2024 05:00 - 33 minutesEpisode #99: Welcome to the 14-day friendship (mindset) cleanse, brainchild of previous Dear Nina guest, Anna Goldfarb, whose book Modern Friendship: How to Nurture Our Most Valued Connections, is finally out in the world. Don't feel put off by the word, "cleanse." This discussion is about reco...
5 Questions to Evaluate Your Friendships at the End of the School Year
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - May 28, 2024 02:00 - 14 minutesEpisode #98: There are five questions I want us to be asking ourselves to get a sense of where our friendships stand. Even if you're not a student or a parent, thinking in school months is a helpful measure of time. Maybe you got some grades. Maybe your kids got grades. Maybe at work you got an ...
Disclosing My Invisible Disability Increased the Intimacy In My Friendships: Estelle Erasmus
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - May 19, 2024 18:00 - 25 minutesEpisode #97: Invisible disabilities can turn into a source of shame and unknowingly get in the way of friendships. What is an invisible disability? It's any condition that is not obvious, perhaps even to the closest of friends. Some examples are depression, anxiety, other mental health diagnoses...
Mixtapes, Mahjong, and Other Sensory Friendship Experiences: Gretchen Rubin
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - May 10, 2024 17:00 - 47 minutesEpisode #96: I have been a Gretchen Rubin fan since 2009 when I read The Happiness Project the week it came out. Who could resist that cover and concept? And I cannot believe this, but I got to discuss my favorite topic, friendship, with Gretchen Rubin on Dear Nina. In celebration of Gretchen'...
Overtalking, Undertalking, and Lessons on Friendship in the Art of Storytelling: Micaela Blei
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - April 30, 2024 04:00 - 30 minutesEpisode #95: Oversharing, overtalking, undertalking, undersharing, small talk, deep talks, mismatches in vulnerability, and the art of listening---these are the tricky friendship topics we are dealing with today. I'm joined by Micaela Blei, a GrandSLAM-winning storyteller and former founding Dir...
5 Friendship Issues to Consider Addressing With a Therapist: Roxanne Francis
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - April 17, 2024 20:00 - 24 minutesSend us a Text Message. Episode #94: Everyone runs into bumps in their friendships. Trust me, I have a decade's worth of writing material from readers and listeners to prove that point. But when are friendship issues getting to the point where addressing them with a therapist is highly recommen...
5 Friendship Issues to Address With a Therapist: Roxanne Francis
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - April 17, 2024 20:00 - 24 minutesEpisode #94: Everyone runs into bumps in their friendships. Trust me, I have a decade's worth of writing material from readers and listeners to prove that point. But when are friendship issues getting to the point where addressing them with a therapist is highly recommended? I'm joined by award-...
Small Friendship Slights and Changing Your Instagram Handle
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - April 11, 2024 03:00 - 8 minutesEpisode #93: 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. T...
The Courage to Trust Friends After You’ve Been Hurt
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - April 03, 2024 03:00 - 14 minutesEpisode #92: For anyone who has been hurt by a friend--or a group of friends--recently or in the past, this 14-minute episode is for you. It's a solo episode that came from my reaction to a TikTok video I saw by a woman who was left out of a group trip years ago and has decided she will never tr...
Why Big Friend Groups Often Fail; And Helping Kids Manage Conflict with Friends: Dr. Lisa Damour
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - March 25, 2024 22:00 - 27 minutesEpisode #91: 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 anxiety that goes along with parenting a teen who is ...
The Friends You Want Around During a Crisis: Kelly Lang
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - March 18, 2024 03:00 - 28 minutesEpisode #90: 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) becomes ver...
The Friends You Want Around During a Crisis
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - March 18, 2024 03:00 - 28 minutesEpisode #90: 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) becomes ver...
Negative Friendship Patterns; Breaking an Unhealthy Cycle: Christie Tate
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - March 10, 2024 05:00 - 35 minutesEpisode #89: Do you ever feel like you or someone you know is just not “good at” friendship? 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 dec...
Differences of Opinion With Friends and The Potential of Friendship Between Cousins: Emily Locker
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - February 29, 2024 03:00 - 30 minutesEpisode #88: 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 sc...
Beyond The Golden Girls: Platonic Life Partners at Any Age, with Rhaina Cohen
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - February 19, 2024 06:00 - 29 minutesEpisode #87: 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 centering your life around friendship? Today'...
Every Friendship Starts With an Act of Bravery: Amy Weatherly and Jess Johnston
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - February 08, 2024 06:00 - 32 minutesEpisode #86: 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 alway...
The More the Merrier? That's Not Always True: with Danielle Bayer Jackson
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - January 30, 2024 06:00 - 38 minutesEpisode #85: "The more the merrier" is a common expression for good reason. Most of us don't want to be considered exclusive. We want others to feel welcomed and comfortable around us. But there are times when the more the merrier is not the case-- when the group dynamics for a particular event ...
The More the Merrier? That's Not Always True: with Danielle Bayard Jackson
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - January 30, 2024 06:00 - 38 minutesEpisode #85: "The more the merrier" is a common expression for good reason. Most of us don't want to be considered exclusive. We want others to feel welcomed and comfortable around us. But there are times when the more the merrier is not the case-- when the group dynamics for a particular event ...
Turning an Acquaintance Into a Friend: Debra Arbit
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - January 22, 2024 15:00 - 33 minutesEpisode #84: Debra Arbit and I tell our real-life friendship story, which is a great example of going from barely acquaintances to close friends in our 40s. Well, when we met Debra was still in her 30s, but I was in my 40s. We share the emails and texts that move us from office-mates to friends...
Turning an Acquaintance Into a Friend
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - January 22, 2024 15:00 - 33 minutesEpisode #84: Debra Arbit and I tell our real-life friendship story, which is a great example of going from barely acquaintances to close friends in our 40s. Well, when we met Debra was still in her 30s, but I was in my 40s. We share the emails and texts that move us from office-mates to friends...
The Sisterhood of the Fellow Exes
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - January 15, 2024 06:00 - 24 minutesEpisode #83: Have you ever befriended your ex's ex? Today's episode focuses on the potential friendship that comes from a shared hurt and a shared healing. I was intrigued when Lara Starr emailed me about her "sister exes." Lara has written extensively in her Substack, It's Kind of a Long Story,...
The Sisterhood of the Fellow Exes: Lara Starr
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - January 15, 2024 06:00 - 24 minutesEpisode #83: Have you ever befriended your ex's ex? Today's episode focuses on the potential friendship that comes from a shared hurt and a shared healing. I was intrigued when Lara Starr emailed me about her "sister exes." Lara has written extensively in her Substack, It's Kind of a Long Story,...
The Lasting Ties of Friendships Formed in Difficult Times: Jenny Leon
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - January 03, 2024 16:00 - 30 minutesEpisode #82: The friendships formed during difficult, even dark, periods of our lives create a lasting impact unlike any other bond. These friendships "in the trenches" can come in many forms---a health crisis, a traumatic experience, or even experiencing an especially intense work environment w...
The Lasting Ties of Friendships Formed in Difficult Times
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - January 03, 2024 16:00 - 30 minutesEpisode #82: The friendships formed during difficult, even dark, periods of our lives create a lasting impact unlike any other bond. These friendships "in the trenches" can come in many forms---a health crisis, a traumatic experience, or even experiencing an especially intense work environment w...
Friends Who Want to Hear Your Good News
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - December 22, 2023 06:00 - 32 minutesEpisode #81: Have you ever held back sharing good news because you sensed a friend wasn't truly celebrating with you? Do you have friends who show up in bad times, but are slow to show support in good times? This episode is for you! I share some thoughts on identifying the friends who want to he...
Friends Who Want to Hear Your Good News: Chaz Sandifer
Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship - December 22, 2023 06:00 - 32 minutesEpisode #81: Have you ever held back sharing good news because you sensed a friend wasn't truly celebrating with you? Do you have friends who show up in bad times, but are slow to show support in good times? This episode is for you! I share some thoughts on identifying the friends who want to he...
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