female friendships

[video available on Spotify] it’s that time again for me to sit down and share a list of things that i like right now. i go through phases where i become obsessed with something, but then i eventually discard it and replace it with something else. so today i'll be going over my c ...  Show more

[video available on Spotify] it feels like every single trait that i have makes me adverse to rest. resting is incredibly challenging for me. this leads to a cycle of burnout and guilt. but over the holidays, i reached a breaking point and a breakthrough. today i’m going to tell ...  Show more

(Video podcast available on Spotify & YouTube) Tune in to Pretty Lonesome for a discussion on male vs. female friendships. Madeline admits that she is pickier when getting into male friendships and as a result, tends to have healthier relationships with male friends. With women, ...  Show more

The past two years of the pandemic have brought to the forefront a lot of issues that have strained or even broken our friendships. As we emerge from months when you may have lost touch with friends and are eager to reconnect, it is important to think strategically about maintain ...  Show more

The Sugars' conversation on friendship continues with a handful of letters concerning male-female friendships. Is there such a thing as a platonic relationship between a heterosexual man and woman? Can male-female friendships be as emotionally satisfying as same-gender relatio ...

i don’t think friendships are necessarily a forever thing. i think sometimes it’s beneficial to end them. in my twenties, i tried to stay in expired friendships where the dynamic was doing me a disservice. in this episode, i talk through two examples of when i ended “key” friends ...  Show more