The Invisible Weight of Being the “Mom Friend” (and How to Share the Load)
Friends, FamilyChristina Ferrarifriendship, fringe friend, mom friend, planner, emotional glue, glue, invisible, emotional labor, invisible glue, invisible labor, planning, not appreciated, unappreciated, burnout, how to be a better friend, drama, exhausting, tired
What to Do When You Find Out Your Old Friend Is a Narcissist & is Smearing Your Name
Mother in law, Mean Girls, Gaslighting, Friends, BoundariesChristina Ferrarinarcissistic, narcissist, mean girl, rumor, smear, smearing, smear your name, gossiping
What to Do When You Run Into Someone You Didn’t Want to See
What to Say When Your Child Is Told “You Can’t Play With Us”
4 ways boy moms can act like mean girls (and how to handle it calmly)
Bullying, Boundaries, Gaslighting, Kids, Mean Girls, School dynamicsChristina Ferrarimean girls, boy mom, mean girl mom, exclusion, bully, bullying
What to say when family relationships get personal (without making things awkward)
Boundaries, Bullying, Family, Friends, Gaslighting, Rude People, Mother in law, Mean GirlsChristina Ferrarisister in law, mother in law, drama, family disagreement, fight, argument, holidays, holiday drama, family drama, boundaries, excluded, mean, family, awkward
How to handle when your family excludes you
Boundaries, Friends, Family, Gaslighting, Mean Girls, Mother in law, Rude PeopleChristina Ferrarifamily, drama, friend drama, family drama, exclusion, excluded, left out, what to do when you're left out, home for the holidays, holiday drama, thanksgiving, christmas, holidays, awkward, silence
How do you know if a friendship is real or if it's fake
FriendsChristina Ferrarifriend, one sided friendship, friend pulled back, needy, hot and cold, friend changed, did I make up the friendship, friend help, friendship advice, friend audit
Did you make up your friendship in your head? What to do when you thought you were closer than they did.
FriendsChristina Ferrarione sided friend, one sided friendship, fake friend, frenemy, did I make up the friendship, I thought we were closer, needy, thought we were closer, friend pulled back, friend changed
4 signs your friend is really a frenemy and why that hurts more than a mean girl
How to spot & handle a frenemy
Friends, Family, Mean GirlsChristina Ferraritoxic friend, mean girl, mean girls, frenemy, frenemies, bad friends, unsupportive, unsupportive friend, friend help, friend advice, backhanded
Why making friends as an adult feels so hard (and what to do about it)
When Mean Girl Moms Play Games With Birthday Invites: What To Do So Your Child Doesn’t Pay the Price
Kids, Mean Girls, Rude People, School dynamics, Social eventsChristina Ferrarimean girl, mean girls, mean girl moms, birthday party, friend drama, school drama, ghost, cancel last minute, group chat, class group chat, class chat, parent drama, immature, immaturity
What to do when Mean Girls play the Breadcrumbs Game
Mean GirlsChristina Ferraribreadcrumb, exclude, forget to invite, exclude you, selective forgetting, leave you out, left you out, didn't invite you, withholding, hot and cold, manipulation
3 Reasons Why Adult Friendships Can Feel Transactional
What to do when someone doesn't like you & you still have to see them often
Christina Ferraridon't like you, mean girl, toxic coworker, toxic mom, mean mom, mean girl mom, relational aggression, jealous, envy, spiral, spiraling
3 reasons why you trigger people & how to not take it personally
Boundaries, Family, Friends, Gaslighting, Mean Girls, Mother in law, Rude People, School dynamics, Social events, Work SituationsChristina Ferrarispiral, spiraling, trigger, triggering, doesn't like you, personal, how to not take it personal, overthink, mean girls, relational aggression, school, kids, coworkers, toxic, family drama
4 Ways Mean Girls Gaslight You Into Thinking You’re the Problem (and How to Handle It)
Mean Girls, Mother in law, Rude People, Friends, Family, GaslightingChristina Ferrarimean girls, mean girl energy, drama, gaslight, gaslighting, paranoid, sensitive, dramatic, overthinking, overreading, excuses, deflect
5 Signs She Is Secretly Competing With You (and How to Handle It)
Christina Ferrarifrenemy, competitive, competition, one up, one upping, comparison, downplay, outdo you, not happy for you, supportive, unsupportive, friend, friendship, sister in law, family drama, mean girl energy
Phrases & Tips to help you handle a DIFFICULT Sister in Law