Dear Nina | Friendship Advice Podcast

“Were you happy with your event in Highland Park?” This is the question I’ve heard a lot in the past week…

SO many people came together to create the sold out “Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship” LIVE episode…

Editor Renee Stewart-Hester joined fans, friends and family of Nina Badzin and her assistant producer…

This quote from @laura.tremaine gets right to the heart of our conversation in episode 212 of Dear Nina…

If you care a lot about your friendships, you probably know how much mental space the gray areas can take…

When good intentions aren’t enough in a friendship What happens when you genuinely care about friends, but…

Raise your hand if you’re an Emma M. Lion enthusiast now? I’m in volume 3 and it’s so delightful. I just…

I told the story below in more detail in episode 211 of Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship. (And I…

What if the goal in life (and in friendships) isn’t to become completely secure? Right before this moment of…

You don’t have to be fully secure to have good friendships. In this episode, @drmarisagfranco and I spoke…

Why would someone with low self-worth be drawn toward people who treat them worse? Back on Dear Nina…

In this month’s anonymous Dear Nina letter, I’m answering a (beautiful) letter from a 37-year-old woman who…

Texting is convenient, but it leaves out a lot. In this clip, neuroscientist @thesarahbaldeo explains why…

AI can sound incredibly human. That does not make it human or your friend. In this clip from my conversation…

I have real concerns about AI, and one of my biggest is what happens when we start treating it like a…

What could possibly be as good as The Calamity Club?! (You’re not allowed to recommend your own book in this…

This week on Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship, I spoke with @authorcarolinem , an internationally…

An acquaintance can be warm, interested, fun to talk to, and genuinely glad to see you—and still not be a…

What if asking someone to hang out didn’t have to carry so much weight? I loved @authorcarolinem’s…

I’m grateful to @authorcarolinem for our conversation in episode 209 of Dear Nina: Conversations About…

On the podcast “Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship,” I often hear from people who are tired of being…

Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship episode 208 with @harlancohen. Here is a friendship truth I don’t…

The real reason it took me a few years to plan a live event in Minneapolis: I was scared to obligate friends…

Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship episode 208 with guest @harlancohen. “Making friends at any age…