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Toxic Friendships

Written by: Suzanne Degges-White, Judy Pochel Van Tieghem
Narrated by: Erin Bennett
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Good friends and healthy friendships are crucial to women's well-being at every stage of life. But what happens when a friendship turns toxic? When a friend becomes hurtful or mistreats another? When a friend abandons another in a time of need?

Here, Suzanne Degges-White and Judy Pochel Van Tieghem explore such toxic friendships and how women navigate the ups and downs as well as how broken friendships can be mended and bad friendships ended.

Explaining and illustrating the rules of friendship at various stages of life, the authors reveal what it takes to be a good friend, how to identify bad friends, and how to move forward when friendships turn sour. Vignettes of toxic friendship behaviors are shared as well as tips on how best to respond to these rule-breaking friends in order to rebuild damaged relationships, repair a friendship's foundation (when appropriate), and decide when it's time to let go of a relationship that is bringing you down versus keeping you afloat. Information for parents is also provided, to aid them as they help their daughters navigate their friendships.

We all need friends, but knowing when and how to let go can help us all be better friends - to ourselves and to others.

©2015 Suzanne Degges-White and Judy Pochel Van Tieghem (P)2016 Vibrance Press
Gender Studies Communication & Social Skills Conflict Management Friendship
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Disappointing

Nothing new or especially insightful. Advice for interactions with difficult people would only work on people who are not truly difficult. Not as much about friendship as about social and work dynamics.
Narration was flat, nasally and very irritating over time.
Not recommended.

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