Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship

“Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship” is for anyone who wants to make sense of the gray areas of adult friendship: changed closeness, uneven effort, group dynamics, hurt feelings, and what to say and do next. As Nina always says, "Friendship issues are ageless and timeless." You can listen and relate to these topics no matter your age or your stage of life.

And Dear Nina is a top 1% podcast so people of all ages are listening!

Whether you've agonized over a text, wondered why you're always the one reaching out, found yourself drifting away from an old friend, or you want to make (and keep!) friends at ANY stage of life—this show gets it. It’s serious and practical, but you’ll laugh a lot too as you recognize the universality of human behavior when it comes to friendships.

"Dear Nina" is hosted by Nina Badzin, who has been answering anonymous questions with "warm directness" in her friendship column since 2014 and in other writing about friendship for over 20 years. Every episode digs into the questions adults don't always want to ask out loud. Should you salvage a friendship that's fading or let it be? How do you kindly turn down an acquaintance who wants to be closer, but you're just not feeling the same chemistry? With over 200 episodes, the examples are endless.

Nina has been writing about friendship in various capacities for two decades, and her advice has been featured in NPR, Real Simple Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, Time Magazine, The Skimm, and many other outlets.

Every episode leaves room for the fact that there are no perfect answers. There's only real talk, a lot of warmth, and the reminder that if you're overthinking your friendships, you're probably just someone who cares deeply about the people in your life.

Social connections MATTER deeply for your health and happiness! Let's talk about how to make it all easier.

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Episoder(225)

#192 - Why Plans with Friends Don’t Happen—and How to Fix It

Why is it so hard to actually make plans with friends as adults? In this solo episode, I’m digging into one of the most common (and frustrating) dynamics in friendship: when one person likes to plan a...

20 Apr 13min

#191 - The Case for Work Friends and Where to Find Them When You Work Alone (Lindsay Pinchuk)

If you work from home or feel like your friends don’t fully understand what you do, this episode is for you. I’m talking with entrepreneur Lindsay Pinchuk about how networking groups can become someth...

13 Apr 32min

Bonus: Socially Confident Kids in a Screen-Filled World (Nina on "Your Child is Normal" with Dr. Jessica Hochman)

In this bonus episode, I join Dr. Jessica Hochman on Your Child Is Normal to talk about how kids build real friendships in a screen-filled world. We cover what actually helps—from teaching kids to ini...

6 Apr 40min

#190 - What Birthdays Reveal About Your Friendships and Your Mindset (Debra Arbit)

Birthdays can bring up more than we expect—disappointment, pressure, and questions about our friendships. In this episode, I talk with my close friend Debra Arbit about a different approach: taking ow...

30 Mar 39min

#189 - Andrew McCarthy on Male Friendship, Reconnecting, and the Power of Showing Up

When Andrew McCarthy’s son asked him, “Do you even have friends?”, it sparked a 10,000-mile journey to reconnect with the people who shaped his life. In this episode, we talk about why male friendship...

23 Mar 33min

#188 - Take an Honest Look at Your Friendship Patterns (Roxanne Francis)

Many friendship struggles are normal—but what if the same problems keep repeating? In this episode, I talk with psychotherapist and social worker Roxanne Francis about how to recognize when repeated f...

16 Mar 25min

#187 - How ADHD Affects Adult Friendships: For People With ADHD and Their Friends (Cate Osborn and Erik Gude)

In this episode of Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship, Nina talks with Cate Osborn and Erik Gude, co-authors of The ADHD Field Guide for Adults, about how ADHD can affect adult friendships. The...

9 Mar 54min

#186 - The Friend Who Copies You: Flattering or Frustrating? (Candace Ourisman)

What do you do when a longtime friend copies everything you wear and do—without acknowledging the inspiration? Inspired by a reader question I answered for Real Simple, I talk with creative director C...

1 Mar 33min