Making new friends as an adult is hard. The Peanut app connects women based on interests, location, and children's ages for meetups. Using the app helped me make new friends and expand my whole family ...

Pulling back from friendships showed me exactly who wanted me in their lives — and it finally quieted my lifelong fear of ...

I'm a mom of three and my three best friends don't have kids. When I struggled with postpartum depression they would send meals to help out. My friends allow me to recharge and be a better mom to my ...

Serena Kocourek dreaded the lullaby. She worked in a hospital, and every time a baby was born, staffers would play the same song over the loudspeaker. She was going through IVF, trying without success ...

“Friends, how many of us have them? Friends, ones you can depend on?” Those questions were raised by hip-hop group Whodini in their 1984 hit song. That song has been running through my mind a lot ...

My group of friends suddenly ghosted me without ever explaining why. I blamed myself and felt insecure because I never got closure. I'm still healing and learning to trust people again. I texted my ...

When I launched my business nearly two decades ago, I’d decamp to my local coffee shop every morning while the sky was pitch black and iron out any issues at my fledgling company. After working from ...

Our Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, advises a reader who is realizing his friends may find his personality hard to take. By Lori Gottlieb Lori Gottlieb, a psychotherapist and best-selling ...

I lied to the first person who asked me if I had postpartum depression. Four days after giving birth, I was sitting on a chair in the pediatrician’s office, holding my crying newborn, who was there ...