Friends and Peers

You are the proud home owner of a nice home in a suburban neighborhood in Pleasantville, USA. You are pleased to have new neighbors. You noticed there are a husband, a wife, and two toddler sons.  You have also noticed…
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The meaning of friendship seems to change as one enters different phases of life. Dictionary.com defines a friend as “a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.” (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/friend) But perception of “affection or personal regard” can…
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Conflicts are quite common at workplace.  Working with other people for at least 8 hours a day means that you are going to deal with conflicts occasionally. Even if you get along with all these people, it is still perfectly natural…
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What does caustic mean in the first place? In order to figure out why caustic relationships damage the psyche, one has to know what a caustic relationship is by learning the meaning behind the word “caustic.”  There are several ways…
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In the past, you would have to travel thousands of miles just to experience another culture or hear another language.  Times have changed, and now you only have to venture outside your own back yard to discover a whole new…
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The face of loneliness does not always portray itself openly and sometimes it is easy to pass by a friend, a neighbor, or even a stranger you may meet during your day and not be aware of them to be…
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For women, a lot of men they know, whether personally or professionally, seem to lack the kind of empathy for them or for other people in their lives that they and quite often other women would expect them to have….
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Friends come and go over the years, so why is the friend who puts you down, makes you feel guilty about your success and brings your mood down still in your life? It could be that this friend has gradually…
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In today’s super competitive job market, which you will spend more time with your co-workers then with your family; it is difficult to separate a colleague from a friend. Office politics can more daunting and stressful then the actual work…
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