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Marisa G. Franco
The secret to making new friends as an adult
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Shannon Odell
How friendship affects your brain
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Andrea Driessen
The profound power of gratitude and "living eulogies"
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Daniel H. Pink
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Mona Chalabi
What makes a friendship last?
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Oct 2021
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Betty Hart
How compassion could save your strained relationships
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Gloria Steinem
To future generations of women, you are the roots of change
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Nov 2020
17:54
William Sieghart
The connective potential of poetry
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Emily Nagoski
How couples can sustain a strong sexual connection for a lifetime
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Sep 2019
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Priya Parker
3 steps to turn everyday get-togethers into transformative gatherings
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Sophie Andrews
The best way to help is often just to listen
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Mar 2018
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Bill Bernat
How to connect with depressed friends
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Mar 2018
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Felice Belle and Jennifer Murphy
How we became sisters
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Mar 2018
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Joan Blades and John Gable
Free yourself from your filter bubbles
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Dec 2017
14:25
Caitlin Quattromani and Lauran Arledge
How our friendship survives our opposing politics
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Sep 2017
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Susan Pinker
The secret to living longer may be your social life
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Aug 2017
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Anne Lamott
12 truths I learned from life and writing
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Jun 2017
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Rainn Wilson
Ideas worth dating
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Oct 2016
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Courtney E. Martin
The new American Dream
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Sep 2016
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Kio Stark
Why you should talk to strangers
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Aug 2016
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Robert Waldinger
What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness
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Dec 2015
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Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin
A hilarious celebration of lifelong female friendship
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Dec 2015
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Aicha el-Wafi + Phyllis Rodriguez
The mothers who found forgiveness, friendship
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May 2011
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Nicholas Christakis
How social networks predict epidemics
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Sep 2010
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