Skip to content

Relationship Smart

Relationship advice backed by research and experts

  • Expert Insights
  • News
  • Research-Backed Advice
  • Shopping
  • Categories
    • Love
    • Sex
    • Work
    • Family
    • Friends

Friends

Friendships

Why Talking to Strangers and Meeting New People Is Scary, and How to Do It Anyway

Starting a conversation with a stranger “in the wild” can be overwhelming. Expert Alaina Provenzano, LCSW, recommends a mindset and a few baby steps to try.…

Mindfulness and Relationships: Expert Q&A with Ellen Langer

Harvard mindfulness expert Ellen Langer talks about why mindfulness is a powerful way to improve your relationships, and how to harness it.…

Making Friends as an Adult and Why It’s So Important: An Expert Interview

Making friends as an adult can be hard, but all it takes is a little effort (and bravery) shares Dr. Marisa G. Franco in this interview. …

Feeling Disconnected: AI, Social Isolation, Block Parties, and Health

We spoke with Yale expert Yusuf Ransome about social isolation and its effects on health — for individuals, neighborhoods, and society.…

Gossip Definition: What Is It and How to Manage

Gossiping might seem fun in the moment, but it can hurt feelings and make it harder to build trust. Here’s how to avoid harmful gossip. …

7 Peaceful Tips for Dealing with Neighborhood Bullying

Whatever you do, don’t give them the satisfaction of fighting back. Here are a few methods for how to take the high road, recommended by experts.…

How to Get a Bully to Leave You Alone: 5 Tips

Yes, bullying can happen even in adulthood. Dealing with a bully can be challenging, but it’s possible. Creating boundaries and protecting your emotions are an important part of stopping bullying.…

How to Stop Overexplaining Yourself: 5 Things to Do Instead

It can be a trauma response you developed, likely in childhood, in a situation where you were used to avoiding conflict.…

How to Attract Friends: 6 Tips for Making New Friendships

Friends won’t magically come to you out of nowhere. You need to put yourself out there. Here’s how to do it. …

My Friend is in a Toxic Relationship But Won’t Leave: 4 Tips

Consider sharing your feelings about the situation in a calm, compassionate manner. But know that they have the final say in what happens next. …

Posts navigation

Older posts
  • About
  • Content Ethics
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy (CA)
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • RSS Feed
Privacy Policy| © Relationship Smart 2024
Manage Cookie Consent
We use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. We do this to improve browsing experience and to show (non-) personalized ads. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage {vendor_count} vendors Read more about these purposes
View preferences
{title} {title} {title}