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Making New Friends in a New City, by Christie Mims
Note from Shasta: I’ve been writing so many guest blogs to celebrate my new book “Friendships Don’t Just Happen!” that I decided I may need to have a few women guest blog for me until I have more words to … Continue reading
Posted in Consistency, Guest Blogs, How To?, Making Friends
Tagged Christie Mims, friends, Friendship, Friendship Accelerator, Hard to Meet People, how long does it take to make friends, How to Make Friends, ideas, just moved, lonely, New City, new friends in San Francisco, Revolutionary Club, Shasta Nelson, tips, ways to make friends
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When The Holidays Aren’t Always Merry…
Happy Holidays! Except when they aren’t. For many, this year won’t live up to the Christmas dream. This time of year the expectations are raised so high that we are ever more acutely aware of what we don’t have, who’s … Continue reading
Posted in Loneliness, Loss & Grief
Tagged alone, Christmas, Come to me all who are weary, Depressed, Holiday, lonely, love, Merry, rest, Sad, stress
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Why I Started GirlFriendCircles.com
My Story… When I was new to San Francisco eight years ago, I still remember standing at a café window on Polk Street watching a group of women inside, huddled around a table laughing. Like the puppy dog at the … Continue reading
New to the Area: No Friends Yet, by Katrina Emery
Note from Shasta: This is a guest blog from… (drum roll please)…. my little sister, Katrina Emery! She’s a fabulously talented writer (see her blog link in the bio at the end) and her experiences going from having tons of … Continue reading
Used-To-Be Friends or Still Friends?
We all know those fabulous women we have loved over the years, the ones where our shared history with them puts them in that special category of proven friends. When we talk to them, we pick up right where we … Continue reading
Posted in Circles of Connectedness, Difficulty & Challenges, Girls Night, Life Stages, Loneliness, Maintaining Friends, Making Friends, Uncategorized
Tagged BFF, Confirmed Friends, find friends, former friends, Friendship, just moved, lonely, Make Friends, miss my friends, moved away, New Friends, used to be friends
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