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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Breast Cancer & Friendship
“Slow down! Don’t do it alone!” the stranger said to me as he passed me on my morning jog. I tried to force a polite smile, but what I really thought was: “What kind of a guy has the audacity … Continue reading
Posted in Exercise & Yoga, Health, Loneliness, Research, Social Causes
Tagged 3 day race for the cure, 3000 nurses with breast cancer, breast cancer and loneliness, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, don't do it alone, Loneliness, October, pink, Pink Ribbon, power of friendship, research, risk of breast cancer, Save the ta-tas. savethetatas.com
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Defending the Introverts, Defining Mutuality
If I had to put money on the table next to what I thought was a primary barrier to women building new friendships, I’d put it next to a mistaken view of what mutuality means. Sure, lack of time will … Continue reading
Posted in Consistency, Defining Friendship, Difficulty & Challenges, Fears, Judging Others, Love Languages & Types, Making Friends, Our Mistakes, Strengths
Tagged Balance, Enneagram, fear of rejection, friend, Friendship, Give-and-Take, Healthy, I give more, I'm always the one who, introverts, Mutual, relationship, Unequal, withdraw
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Let “Best Friend” Refer to Quality, Not Quantity.
One of my neighbor friends from childhood saw my post on Facebook about my recent TV interview on women’s friendship. Watching it reminded her of a time when we were kids where she had been in tears as a result … Continue reading
Posted in Best Friends, Fears, Jealousy & Competition, Our Mistakes, Qualities of Friendship
Tagged best friends, Best Friends Froever, BFF, childhood friend, Chosen, Committed, confidantes, Definition of Best Friend, Elizabeth Gilbert, exclusive friends, feel left out, Friendship, how many friends do we need, I wanto feel chosen, jealous of her friends
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We Simply Have to Support Other Women!
While in New York City this week, I emerged from a tour of the United Nations building thinking about the blog I had just written on the 3 Baby-Steps Toward Girl Effect’s Dream of Changing the World. One of the … Continue reading
3 Baby-Steps Toward Girl Effect’s Dream of Changing the World
I still remember my jaw dropping open a couple of years ago after hearing the New York Times human rights columnist, Nicholas Kristof make a historical comparison, when he was promoting his book “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Movies, Jealousy & Competition, Judging Others, Politics, Research, Social Causes
Tagged Blogging Campaign, body image, body issuesKatie Couric, developing world, equality, feminism, friend, Girl Effect, girls education, Half the Sky, jealous, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, likeable, media, Miss Representation, Nicholas Kristof, Powerful, Tara Sophia Mohr
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