Have you ever had a friend who’s more like a warden? Maybe an ex-lover or a wicked stepmother? I have dealt with my fair share of people who take their anger out on their friends, sucking the... Read more >>

About one month before Christmas 2009, I broke off a friendship that I had lasted for thirty years. The last six years or so, it had become increasingly both verbally and emotionally abusive.... Read more >>

Detoxing is not just for rehabbed celebutantes, no no no. Now, no relationship is perfect. Relationships are indeed complex and dynamic. But toxic friendships exist whether we like it or not. Toxic... Read more >>

A long time ago, I was good friends with a girl named Alice.* She was at least ten years younger than me, but that didn’t stop us from having a great time together. Alice was petite with... Read more >>

I’m starting to think it’s me, not her. I have a friend that wants and needs to talk to me everyday, and if we don’t talk, she thinks that I am mad at her or that I am avoiding her... Read more >>

“Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible— the kind of... Read more >>