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This article talks about five New Year's Resolutions for people who are trapped in a toxic friendship and want to be free from the toxicity.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 12/31/2007
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This article talks about the red flags and warning signs of my former toxic friendship. There were many obvious signs that I ignored and ultimately paid the price for doing so.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 11/22/2007
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This article talks about the losing battle to save a toxic friendship
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 2/22/2008
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This article talks about why you should write yourself a list of the good and bad things about your toxic friendship in an effort to decide whether or not is worth saving.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 2/22/2008
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This article discusses the red flags and warning signs that are often ignored when cultivating a new friendship. It cautions the reader to pay close attention to the red flags because often times, ignoring them can do more harm than good to the friendship.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 11/19/2007
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This article talks about how I sometimes feel like I want to ditch my toxic friendship project.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 2/1/2008
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Poem about the toxic friendship list you should write if you find yourself in the midst of a toxic friendship
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 2/22/2008
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This article talks about the Toxic Friendship Surveys and their purpose. It gives a brief overview of the types of questions included in each survey.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 12/22/2007
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This article talks about five things one can do to help the passing of time when recovering from the emotional hurt and pain of a toxic friendship.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 1/16/2008
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This article talks about five reasons why one should end a toxic friendship.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 12/29/2007
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This article talks about how being addicted to talking to your toxic friend on the telephone will keep you trapped in a toxic friendship.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 12/31/2007
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This is a poem about some of the reasons people hold on to a toxic friendships.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 1/3/2008
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This article briefly discusses how two women ended up being burned by a toxic friend more than one time
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 12/20/2007
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Friendship can be a warm and tender learning experience. Yet there are times when the word friend conjures up less pleasant thoughts.
By Audra Radcliffe | Published 9/29/2007
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This article talks about making the sometimes tough decision to walk away from a toxic friendship. It challenges the reader to ask himself some tough questions about his toxic friendship and not take the answers for granted.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 11/27/2007
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This is a list of 41 one of the over 100 things that I disliked about my former toxic friend.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 2/22/2008
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This article talks about the importance of keeping a journal of your toxic friend's behavior. Writing down your toxic experiences serve as a reality check for you.It helps you confirm and validate your resaons for wanting to end your toxic friendship.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 12/15/2007
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This is Part II of the article that talks about breaking your telephone addiction as a way of ending a toxic friendship.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 12/31/2007
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This article talks about the similarities and differences between ending a close toxic friendship via death or voluntary dissolution of the friendship
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 1/13/2008
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This article identifies ten more types of toxic freinds
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 3/29/2008
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This article discusses one of the reasons people remain in toxic friendships.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 4/25/2008
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This article discusses three things people can do once they have realized they have a toxic friend.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 6/13/2008
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This article gives a brief overview of what toxic friendships are.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 11/2/2007
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Friendships or relationships that leave us tired mentally, depressed or used are toxic.
By Zenovia B. | Published 1/30/2008
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This piece gives an overview of why myself and others remained in toxic friendships knowing they were unhealthy for us.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 6/13/2008
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The article talks about the prevalence of toxic friendships.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 1/12/2008
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This article gives a brief overview of why I write so much about toxic friendships.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 11/30/2007
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Ending a close friendship is never easy, even if the friendship is a toxic/unhealthy one. This article discusses ways to gradually wean yourself from a close toxic friend.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 11/12/2007
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This article lists ten reasons why people remain in toxic friendships.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 12/21/2007
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This article talks about ten possible questions to ask a potential friend. This is must have information for anyone who has had a toxic friendship experience and is trying to avoid having another one.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 1/6/2008
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Everyone knows the qualities of a "good friend", though you could probably ask 20 people and get 20 different descriptions. A good friend is a good listener, is genuinely concerne
By Stephanie Haefner | Published 5/23/2007
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Do you feel like you're surrounded by toxic people?
By Nicky Allen | Published 4/4/2007
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A "toxic friend" is defined as a friend who contaminates our social life with destructive or negative behavior. The top 8
toxic friend profiles can be found below, along with ways to handle each one.
By Amelia Breyer | Published 4/1/2007
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This is a poem written almost two years ago while I was going through the drama of my toxic friendship.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 1/1/2008
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This is a short poem about toxic friendships
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 1/29/2008
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A reflection of my former toxic friendship
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 2/22/2008
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If you have ever been involved with a toxic friend then this is the piece for you to read. It reveals some of the things victims toy with in their minds when they are dealing with a toxic friend.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 6/13/2008
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Signs a friendship is becoming toxic.
By summerpiaza | Published 9/26/2008
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This is a list of forty things you should not do when you meet a new friend.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 1/13/2008
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The mind, body and soul are the three key elements that allow healthy adult relationships to flourish. We fall into toxic relationships when we allow one element to be the primary force in our decision making when seeking a mate and push aside the other two.
By Lorraine Hayden | Published 5/15/2007
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Another poem written almost two years when I was going through the drama of my toxic friendship
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 1/1/2008
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This article talks about the different types of toxic friends. This is the first of three articles.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 12/27/2007
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This is the second of three articles that describe the different types of toxic friends.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 12/27/2007
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This poem was written almost two years ago when I was going through the drama of my toxic friendship
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 1/1/2008
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This article describes the final eleven types of toxic friendships from my list of thirty one.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 12/27/2007
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Without them you'll be happier, healthier and able to find some true friends that will enhance your life rather than helping to make it more miserable.
By Yvonne M. Glasgow | Published 8/13/2008
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One girl's struggle with a fickle friend.
By Allison Knapp | Published 2/21/2008
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A poem about a friendship that has ended.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 2/1/2008
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People expect work friends to be less than best buddies, but can you detect a frenemy in your personal life? This list will help you distinguish between a friend and an enemy disguised as your friend.
By A. Hermitt | Published 11/5/2007
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Getting rid of emotional vampires from your life
By ALICE CHARLES | Published 12/31/2007
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The end of a friendship can be just as difficult as the end of a romance.
By Trina Marie Lee | Published 1/9/2008
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Many people look to relationships and other people, experiences, and events to rescue them. The truth is they need to rescue themselves. By rescuing themselves, they strengthen their relationship with themselves, increase their self confidence and build real love.
By Ask Zuri | Published 5/30/2008
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This article talks about how clinical depression can be mistaken for some other type physcial ailment
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 4/19/2008
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This article is about how parents warn their kids against befriending negative and trouble making friends as kids but neglect the fact that they should also warn them about choosing their adulthood friends as well.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 12/21/2007
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Who do you call when you break up with a boy/girlfriend, get a new job, announce an impending birth, or just need to vent? I'll even wager that your favorite friends are even on speed dial or voice dial too!
By Eva Gregory | Published 12/15/2006
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Friendzilla: A friend who brings harm and constant upset. An unhealthy, negative person in your life who tries to bring you down. How to avoid, break-up with, and move-on from a bad friendship
By Rose Symotiuk | Published 7/16/2008
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This article discusses how my former toxic best friend compared my level of faith to her own because she grew up in the church and I did not.
By Loraine Smith-Hines | Published 12/16/2007
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A story about the loss of friendship.
By J. Forbes | Published 8/4/2008
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Two friends take a vacation in Barcelona. Over summer, these friends are confronted with what their present life is and what their future lives could be. Romance, friendship, obsession, and deception fill the screen to give the story of our lives and the choices we make.
By Michelle Montanez | Published 9/20/2008
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At some point in our lives, we have all looked at a friend in a different light, almost as if we did not know them as we thought we did. How do we spot these toxic friends and how can we remove them from our lives?
By Greg Wendland | Published 9/21/2007
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Making the right relationship choices, with mates and food, is the key to a successful life.
By Adryenn Ashley | Published 2/22/2008
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True vampires don't drink blood; they steal spiritual energy by creating conflict.
By Theresa Chaze | Published 2/21/2008
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Naive Canadian marries a beautiful Swiss bride in Switzerland.
By Ron Sumners | Published 2/14/2008
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This post takes an in depth look at online/internet friendships or associations and discusses how fickle or fragile they can be with Screen Names who are often nothing more than complete strangers.
By Just Say'n | Published 2/28/2008
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3pt topic of my views on people consummating their relationship as quickly as their 1st date. From why its a bad idea to develop a relationship too quickly to the benefits in developing the relationship slowly resulting in reduced risks of a relationship's early termination.
By Just Say'n | Published 3/6/2008
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An an open invitation to all new parents to sit back, relax, and feel reassured that they are not alone.
By Juniper | Published 9/18/2008
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Mary Kate Olsen seeks immunity when the US federal investigators seek to question her on the contribution towards Heath Ledger's death.
By Lori Lane | Published 8/5/2008
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There's been many times when I've felt the internet has given way to many people allowing the world to see their absolute worst behavior and often times, cloaked under an anonymous screen name. But can this closeted behavior eventually leak out into a person's everyday life?
By Just Say'n | Published 3/26/2008
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Being in an intimate relationship with a victim of childhood sexual abuse can often travel a rocky road that often leads into heartbreak. But if they've truly healed from the wounds of their past, I believe they CAN be potential partners for a healthy & loving relationship.
By Just Say'n | Published 3/8/2008
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We weren't ready for the answer, so even though we knew, we kept asking, "Did anyone survive?"
By Carol Bengle Gilbert | Published 1/28/2008
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2007 was a bad year for many people, but instead of wallowing in the misery of the bad year, I plan to say goodbye to it gracefully and start the next year on the right foot.
By A. Hermitt | Published 1/3/2008
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Another college report
By Nikki Titus | Published 1/24/2007
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Children Toy Safety is a very serious issue and all parents must remember this. There are some well-known guidelines to prevent injuries and loss of life. All parents need to avoid making the mistake of buying a toy that will be harmful to children.
By MichaelTaylorOnline.org | Published 12/13/2006
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Illegal drug use has become almost uncontrollable. Drugs are found everywhere from on the streets to in homes as well as found in schools. So what do you tell your kids?
By Pcmiztress | Published 11/7/2006
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Let your hair down, relax and try something new.
By Gail Washington | Published 2/1/2006
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It started out as a joke more than anything. I was searching the casting notices as usual, being the average L.A. actress/singer/dancer, as I saw one for a reality show about searching for the next Pussycat Doll...
By Mary Pascoe | Published 4/12/2007
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We all hope we are a good friend, but are you really? Do we bring a positive spin to the relationship or do we leave people exhausted with our baggage?
By Dragonfly | Published 8/5/2007
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Learn how to host a children's party that will be as easy on the environment as it is on your budget.
By Amber Seber | Published 11/11/2007
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A frenemy is literally what it sounds like: a friend and an enemy at the same time. Frenemy relationships are one of love and hate. One minute, you love each other and the next, you hate each other. So what do you do if you find yourself in a frenemy situation?
By Sarah A. | Published 8/31/2007
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With so many couples failing in marriage, Faith in God and a little give and take can do wonders
By Jaalah DuPont | Published 8/7/2007
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This article gives an overview of life the heavenly city and some of the things to expect from there.
By Cristina Santander | Published 1/20/2008
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