This week's friendship topic is the frenzy of college admissions and how it affects friendships between teens and how it... more

Episode: #111 It's another letter spotlight episode! This week's anonymous letter is from a woman with two friends who... more

Episode #110: "Neurodivergent friending" Thrilled to welcome Dr. James F. Richardson, author of Our Worst Strength: American Individualism and Its... more

Episode #109: Let's say you know that a friendship has run its course, but the friend has done nothing wrong.... more

Episode #108: Talking to friends about money has always been a taboo topic. What if, instead, discussing money with friends... more

Episode #107: I rarely cover family relationships on Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship, but I consistently receive letters about sisters-in-law... more

Episode #106: Welcome to Dear Nina, Conversations About Friendship. Today is a tough topic, and I'm not going to promise... more

Episode #105: After a trip to Chicago to say goodbye to my childhood house, I appreciated how even one meal... more

Episode #104: Jill Smokler is the creator of Scary Mommy, one of the most original and successful mom blogs ever.... more

Episode #103: Friendship meet-cutes, the perfect jacket or blazer, fashion emergencies solved by our friends, making the first friendship move,... more

Episode #102: Shasta Nelson, friendship expert extraordinaire, joins me to discuss how and why to be honest with friends when... more

Episode #101: It's the first official "ask me anything" episode in honor of 100 episodes! The questions came from my... more

Episode #100: They say camp friends are the best friends. Why? At camp there are no screens, you take risks,... more

Episode #99: Welcome to the 14-day friendship (mindset) cleanse, brainchild of previous Dear Nina guest, Anna Goldfarb, whose book Modern... more

Episode #98: There are five questions I want us to be asking ourselves to get a sense of where our... more

Episode #97: Invisible disabilities can turn into a source of shame and unknowingly get in the way of friendships. What... more

Episode #96: I have been a Gretchen Rubin fan since 2009 when I read The Happiness Project the week it... more

Episode #95: Oversharing, overtalking, undertalking, undersharing, small talk, deep talks, mismatches in vulnerability, and the art of listening---these are the... more

Episode #94: Everyone runs into bumps in their friendships. Trust me, I have a decade's worth of writing material from... more

Episode #93: A quick conversation about the subtle hurts that can make friendship difficult. It's the small slights I cover... more