#49 - Unexpected Friends and the Key to Long-term Friendship with Will Schwalbe

Friendship expert Caroline Maguire joins me to talk about friendship skills for neurodivergent kids and adults. We discuss encouraging connection without forcing it, handling rejection, understanding ...

30 Aug 48min

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

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

What happens to your friendships when you stop drinking but your friends do not? Suzanne Warye, author of The Sober Shift and host of The Sober Mom Life, joins me to talk about socializing sober, chan...

9 Aug 33min

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

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 Juli 28min

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 Juli 46min

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 Juli 41min