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Category Archives: Types of Friends
How to Find a Best Friend
In teaching the 5 Circles of Connectedness last night for a room full of women, I was reminded again how seeing the varying spread of our different types of friends can prove so insightful. There are countless friendship principles that … Continue reading
Posted in Best Friends, Circles of Connectedness, How To?, Making Friends, Types of Friends
Tagged Best Friend, BFF, Circles of Connectedness, Committed Friend, Community Friend, Contact Friend, find a friend, friendship search, how to, looking for a friend, make a friend, meet a friend, Shasta Nelson, Types of Friends, where do I meet people
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Three Things I Wish I had said To Kathie Lee and Hoda on the TODAY Show
We Interrupt this Programming I’m currently in the middle of a series about friendship drifts and rifts with so much more to say (and I know I specifically committed myself last week to writing another blog about how adultery can … Continue reading
Posted in Break Ups, Circles of Connectedness, Consistency, Making Friends, Types of Friends
Tagged Brafman Brothers, break up with friends, Click, common, Consistency, drift apart from, female friendships, friendships, have in common, Hoda, Kathie Lee, Make Friends, make new, New Friends, only talk once a year, Shasta Nelson, Today Show, where do people make friends, women friendships
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Race and Friendship
Anderson Cooper is highlighting results all week on his CNN AC360 show about kids and race in America. As adults it’s sometimes harder to gauge prejudice and racism since we are trained to be politically correct and don’t want to … Continue reading
Posted in Difficulty & Challenges, Judging Others, Research, Social Causes, Types of Friends
Tagged AC360, all my friends are the same, Anderson Cooper, black friends, black kids are more optimistic than whites, CNN, diversity in friendships, how to teach kids about race, inter-racial dating, Kids on Race, parenting, racial distrust, racial diveristy, similarity in friendships, the more diverse the schhol the more homogenous our friends, value of diverse schools, wedding party photos and diversity, white friends
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My Annual GirlFriend Group: The Benefits of Long Distance Friendships!
Tomorrow morning I fly out to San Antonio for my Annual SoCal Girls Weekend. SO EXCITED! We used to all live in Southern California (hence why I still refer to us as the SoCal group!) where we would get together … Continue reading
Posted in Best Friends, Consistency, Girls Night, Maintaining Friends, Types of Friends
Tagged annual get-together, benefits of, close friends, Commitment, Confirmed Friends, former friends, Frientimacy, girlfriend get away, girls trip, girls weekend, how to group of friends, long distance friendships, long-term friends, my friends are moving, old friends, reasons for, used to be friends, value of
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Lonely Mommy: How Motherhood Took a Toll on my Friendships
Note from Shasta: For Friendship Month this September I’ve invited some women to guest blog for me, adding their voices and experiences to our journey. Today I’m honored to host Daneen Akers, a good friend of mine honestly sharing how … Continue reading
Our Used-to-be-Closer Friends on YouTube
New YouTube Clip: This video explains the value of both our current and our “past” BFF’s. In this 3rd video of the series, Shasta Nelson, life coach and CEO of GirlFriendCircles.com dives deeper into her Confirmed Circle. Often a move, … Continue reading
What I Wish I Knew Then About Friendship… by Cherie Burbach
Note from Shasta: For Friendship Month this September I’ve invited some women to guest blog for me, adding their voices and experiences to our journey. I’m honored to host this posting by Cherie Burbach, one of the most prolific writers … Continue reading
What Types of Friends Do You Need?
As we start Friendship Month, I’m stepping into my commitment to start vlogging too! I’m planning to regularly upload up a clip on YouTube since sometimes it’s easier to teach on video than in writing. (I’d be honored if you’d … Continue reading