#206 - How Friendships Change When You Stop Drinking (Suzanne Warye)
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
#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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 30min
#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 Juni 41min
