Despite this being an unusual and challenging year, reflecting on 2020 is still helpful. You’ve gotten this far–you just may have more grit and resiliency than you thought.
Category: Hard times

Steel Magnolias: What It Shows Us About Female Friendship
Steel Magnolias is a fabulous story of female friendships. A little gem that is a timeless affirmation of female friendships and their resilience.

Friends are Breaking Up Over Social Distancing
The measures related to COVID-19 are being debated by individuals and groups alike. There are growing instances of friends with opposing perspectives that lead to disagreement and disappointment in one another, with a potential for long-term impact on their friendships.

When a Friend Dies
The death of a friend can be particularly hard because we don’t get the same level of support for grieving friends.

Friends in the Time of Virus
Humans are social animals. And we need to maintain our friendships, especially at this difficult time.

TMW You Realize the Value Of A Friendship May Be In The $$$
Our friendship began in school, as many friendships do. We had at least one thing in common at the start, having just left one phase of our lives behind and entering the unknown of the next level of learning. For me and a friend we’ll call Karen, it was as freshmen in high school, a…

Helping a Friend Through Hard Times
When your friend is going through a hard time, it can be difficult to understand the best way to support them. They might open up to you and in trying to relate through personal experience (as we sometimes find ourselves doing), you can push them away by seeming self-absorbed. Recently, we’ve realized that,for different situations,…