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Keeping plans with a friend when you’re emotionally spent may seem impossible, but flaking can harm the friendship. In a time when loneliness is increasing, wondering how often you can cancel on a ...

This reader has an exhausting best friend who is self-loathing and needy, She asks how to handle the friendship. Hi Irene, I have been best friends with this girl for 35 years. We are now both 42. She ...

The word “conflict” usually brings to mind raised voices or awkward tension—outcomes most people would rather avoid. But learning how to handle conflict (thoughtfully, that is) might be one of the ...

Maybe it's a blowout argument with your partner, that unspoken tension with a friend, or even a work meeting that got unexpectedly heated. Whatever the scenario, conflict is an inherent part of being ...

Thanksgiving can stir stress and conflict. With self-reflection, attunement, and emotional awareness, you can protect your ...

I had felt her pulling away for over a year. She was one of my closest friends, but little by little, I’d noticed that she’d stopped reaching out to me. While she would respond sweetly and happily ...

Frustrated millennial female worker sitting at table with colleagues, felling tired of working quarreling at business meeting. Upset stressed young businesswoman suffering from head ache at office.