#208 - Making Friends at Any Age Takes a Little Risk (Harlan Cohen)
Making friends at any age requires some willingness to put yourself out there—and to accept that not every invitation, effort, or friendship will go the way you hoped. New York Times bestselling auth...
23 Aug 40min
#207 - The Teen Friendship Habits We Bring Into Adulthood (Sheri Gazitt)
Friendship habits don’t necessarily disappear when we grow up. Nina talks with teen friendship expert Sheri Gazitt about the patterns that can follow us into adulthood, including how we handle exclusi...
16 Aug 29min
#205 - Get Offline and See Your Friends
Fresh off the five-year Dear Nina live event in Minneapolis, I found myself ready to step away from my computer and say yes to time with friends. In this short episode, I’m sharing a simple reminder t...
2 Aug 10min
#204 - "Go where the heat Is”: My Husband on Five Years of Friendship Advice
To mark five years of Dear Nina, I invited my husband, Bryan, who has listened to every episode and occasionally reminds me to follow my own advice. We talk about why so many friendship dilemmas come ...
26 Jul 28min
#203 - College Rankings Don't Predict Where You'll Belong (Alexis White)
College admissions counselor Alexis White joins me to explain why rankings and prestige cannot tell you where a student will actually thrive. We talk about school size, campus culture, Greek life, com...
19 Jul 46min
#202 - When Friends Make Plans Without You (Danielle Bayard Jackson)
We have all felt the sting of not being invited. In this replay episode, friendship educator Danielle Bayard Jackson joins Nina to talk about what it means—and does not always mean—when friends make p...
12 Jul 41min
#201 - A Softer Way to Think About Friendships That Faded (Rebecca Kotok)
Rebecca Kotok, one of my very best friends and one of Dear Nina’s most popular guests, returns for a conversation about the way approaching 50, grief, and life experience can soften how we think about...
5 Jul 30min
