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Book Review: I Know How You Feel
It’s not easy to make friends as adults, and becomes more difficult as we get older. At the same time, according to the psychologist F. Diane Barth, women rely on other women for s…
Buddies on the Spiritual Path
Having a buddy with you as you journey through life is crucial, especially for those times when you find yourself feeling lost.
Circles, Not Triangles
Triangles aren't sustainable when it comes to relationships. Embrace the idea of circles, which are stable over time.
Friendships Boost A Woman’s Health
A landmark study by the University of Michigan has identified a likely reason why feeling emotionally close to a friend works wonders on a woman’s mood — and even boosts her health…
Handling Difficult Relationships by Going Gray Rock
Want to manage manipulative, triggering, altogether difficult people? Gray rock them.
How to Use Gray Rock
“In a nutshell, think of gray rocking as turning your back on someone without actually turning your back and offending them.”
How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community
On the heels of her new book, How We Show Up, community activist, advocate, and author Mia Birdsong gives advice for creating and maintaining deep communal relationships and a sense of belonging.
Keeping Healthy Boundaries
You may be familiar with the psychological term “boundaries,” but what does it mean and how does it apply to you?Put plainly, boundaries are the line between where I end and you be…
My First Five Hours in Prison
Finally visiting my old friend, a murderer who plea-bargained for life without parole.
Porch Parties With A Celebrant Touch
Gather in community on a porch and enjoy a type of fellowship, relaxed conversation and neighborliness that can’t be matched by more formal events.
Six Secrets for Planning a Retreat for a Group of Friends
Stop talking about it! Here’s how to make a group getaway actually happen.
The 3 Best and 3 Worst Reasons to Be a People-Pleaser
Picking me up from a high-school football game, my dad saw me amidst a circle of my friends, all of them doubled over, roaring at my wild, rapid-fire jokes. "Don't go," one of the…
The Extra Step…Toward Love
After 25 years of partnership with my husband, I realize that one of the things that keep us together —lovingly together, is what I call “the little extra step.” For instance, yest…
The Good Places of Friendship
In A Blue Fire, archetypal psychologist James Hillman writes about the relationship between trust and betrayal. According to Hillman, our fear of betrayal can cause us to try to pr…
The Ultimate Adventure
Leaving the security of a world you know and hurling yourself into a new one will teach you to trust not only others but also yourself.
