#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
Bonus - An Episode Honoring Jill Smokler: Friendship, Cancer, and Community
In this bonus episode, I’m honoring my friend Jill Smokler by sharing again the conversation she asked me to record with her in the summer of 2024, soon after she was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an a...
28 Jun 38min
#200 - Why Talking to Strangers is Good for Your Friendships (Dr. Gillian Sandstrom)
For episode 200 of Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship, I’m joined by Dr. Gillian Sandstrom, an associate professor in the Psychology of Kindness at the University of Sussex and author of Once U...
21 Jun 41min
