Are you the kind of friend you’d love to have? Here are five great ways to be a great friend:Shared by our girlfriend author (and great interview!) CATHIE BECK, author of “Cheap Cabernet: A Friendship” (which just happens to be our August Girlfriendology Book Club book!)
1. Make a conscious decision to listen. Meet a friend for lunch, a Read More
Join the women’s online book club with fun female friends, great discussions and that doesn’t require you to clean your house or bring an appetizer!There’s something amazing that happens when women share their thoughts, ideas, challenges and lives. We connect, learn and de-stress. And, in the case of a book club, we also learn about the book and how other women view the topic – which, in this case, is pretty close-to-home for most women.
I ran into an old coworker girlfriend yesterday. “B” and I both left the corporate world several years ago to start our own businesses. We were/are passionate entrepreneurs who didn’t fit in a 8-5 office environment and our friendship bonded over our dreams and schemes to follow them.
B hasn’t had an easy road to her dreams. She’s had to deal with legal and financial issues that weren’t her fault. She put her house and everything she owns on the line to pursue her dreams and, fortunately, she still has her home and dreams. She now is in the process of starting over but she knows she’ll be okay because she still has passion and friends who support her.
I love my independence. I love that I can read, shop, eat and dress as I please. I love that I can travel, own property, have a business and make my own decisions. I can vote, worship and express my opinion. I love the freedom and protection bought by the dedication of decades of women and men.
And fortunately, that independence allows me the opportunity to be dependent. I’m blessed to have a dependable husband, new roof (yeah!), dog (the cat isn’t always dependable!) and 4-year old car. And I’m so honored to have friends, on whom I can depend. Thoughtful, helpful, wonderful, beautiful girlfriends who are there for me to get together with for a movie (thanks Julie!), to take care of Read More
It’s not just Book Club.Hot and yummy artichoke dip, tasty crab salad, healthy fresh fruit, trail mix (with dark chocolate M&Ms), black bean salsa and chips, very chocolatey chip cookies and wild berry pie. Each treat shared by a girlfriend at last night’s neighborhood Book Club. (Calories don’t count when you’re with your girlfriends, right?!)
We feasted and caught up on each others lives.
Lorri always has funny stories about her funny sons. Amy is expecting a baby, Stephanie is ‘expecting’ a puppy and Judy and Kay are proud Grandmothers. Several of us are running or walking in a neighborhood race this weekend. And we actually did talk about Read More
Join us on MONDAY, June 28th, 7-9pm EST for the June online Girlfriendology Book Club!Just come to this page and we’ll start promptly at 7pm EST with introductions to see who’s online (if you want to introduce yourself) – just leave a comment below. Then refresh the page (or hit the F5 key) to see the new comments. Then, we’ll post discussion questions and talk online Read More
You never know where you’ll find a friend.Where did you meet your BFF? In school? At work? On your street or yoga class? Have you found friends at the dog park, soccer games, volunteering or waiting on your decaf venti non-fat latte? (or is that just me?!) Have you found friends on Facebook? At church? Hanging out at the farmer’s market?
Sometimes where you least expect it, a potential gal pal will share something in common with you. She’ll laugh at the same silly thing, love the Read More
I love the lessons I learn from girlfriends.A girlfriend recently shared an update on her friend who had dealt with breast cancer. Her girlfriend made a conscious decision to not be defined by this terrible disease.
That made me think. We each get to decide what defines us.
Join us online for the Girlfriendology June Book Club – “Eat, Pray, Love“We had a “bumper crop” of girlfriends in our May Book Club when we read ‘The Wildwater Walking Club‘ (that inspired so many of us!) – along with fabulous author CLAIRE COOK. Thanks to all of you for joining us! (And congrats to Claire for her new book “Seven Year Switch” that just came out today!)
“Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia” is a best-seller that Oprah Read More
Plus, you’ve got to love that Mr. Big said to Carrie’s girlfriends (shared in this guest blog), “You’re the loves of her life and a guy’s Read More
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