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Some of our best national magazine press came from an article in Weight Watchers magazine since the writer highlighted online friendships sites, explaining how to write a profile on sites like ours, and featuring an interview with a member of GirlFriendCircles.com as she highlighted the value of new friends in her own weight journey. |
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 | | An hour-long interview about female friendships on NPR! Shasta was one of three guests on "Forum with Michael Krasny" as they discussed female friendships as highlighted in the "Nothing But the Truth" anthology about women's connections. Listen here. |
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 | | New Day Northwest
In an interview with New Day Northwest host Margaret Larson, Shasta has a good 7-minutes to not just talk about the importance of friendship, but to also highlight her 5 Circles of Connectedness, the differences between our 5 types of friendships. |
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 | | News Segment Airing in 250 News Stations
This segment touting GirlFriendCircles.com as the web site trying to help women avoid social isolation is showing in 250 news affiliate stations across the country. It highlights recent health studies linked to our relationships and actual interviews with women who met through GFC and became friends in the Bay Area. |
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 | | Parents Magazine
The April 2011 issue of Parents Magazine featured a fabulous 4-page story titled "A Mom's Guide to Making Friends" where Shasta, CEO of GirlFriendCircles, contributed tons of tips and help! |
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 | | Essence Magazine
The May 2011 issue of Essence Magazine was dedicated to all things Girlfriend related, so we were honored to be mentioned as a resource for women looking to meet new friends! Our president, Shasta Nelson, was quoted on the importance of finding new friends. |
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 | | MORE Magazine
A thoughtful, honest and & helpful article titled "Friends, Interrupted" by Sally Koslow who provides insight for fostering new friendships since we replace 1/2 our friendships every 7 years. And GirlFriendCircles.com is suggested for those looking for a "directed" experience since we help match women! |
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 | | Chicago Tribune
GirlFriendCircles got a great mention in this fabulous article about the disconnect between how much we want/need friends and yet don't always make the time for them. Shasta was called by the Chicago Tribune while grocery shopping so they could be sure to include some tips at the end of the article for how to foster friendships when we're short on time. |
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 | | HuffPost LIVE
Called upon by HuffPost LIVE to be an expert commentator several times, Shasta participates on virtual panels on subjects ranging from toxic friends to relationship reconciliation. |
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 | | The Book: "MWF Seeking BFF"
We love that when author Rachel Bertsche decided to commit to weekly friend-dates for an entire year for her smart and funny memoir "MWF Seeking BFF: My Yearlong Search for a New Best Friend" that she called Shasta Nelson for guidance and used GirlFriendCircles as part of her friendship strategy. We're honored to be highlighted in this must-read book for all women who value new friends! |
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 | | Great Day Saint Louis
I called in on Skype to talk with Carol Daniel on Great Day Saint Louis with 5 Time-Saving Tips for our Friendships.
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 | | Daytime TV
It's so hard to walk up to other fun women and say "Let's be friends!" How do you meet new women and what do you do to foster those friendships? Shasta Nelson was interviewed on national Daytime TV to help inspire and inform!
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 | | The Huffington Post
Shasta Nelson, CEO of GirlFriendCircles, was selected in March 2011 as a female friendship columnist for the Huffington Post (2nd only to New York Times in size!) where she posts regularly. |
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 | | AARP
Shasta was interviewed by AARP, the leading organization for those over the age of 50 on making new friends. One of our fastest growing segments is the women over 50 years old as we remember that friend-making is a lifelong skill we need! Once our kids are grown and we start facing retirement, we are more committed than ever to the value of a group of friends! Often we move to be near aging parents or grand kids, or because we want to settle ourselves in a more aging-friendly community or climate, and we find that we are having to make new friends all over again. |
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 | | About.com online guide
Thrilled to be a listed resource (with a great description!) under: How to Make New Friends. |
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 | | View from the Bay
We all want our own circle of friends, but it can feel like a difficult task when we don't have time, don't know how or don't know who! In my 2nd interview with the abc show View from the Bay, I give some tips for developing closer friendships.
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 | | Glamour Magazine
"Genius" said Glamour Magazine about us in a blog titled "Do You Wish You Had More Female Friends? Here's How to Get Them..." |
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 | | The CRAVE Company
The urban girls guide to everything you love regularly features Shasta's blogs with a bit more of a business slant, written for women entrepreneurs. |
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 | | Psychology Today
One of Shasta's blogs was chosen as a guest post on PsychologyToday.com: "There's a Reason It's Lonely at the Top" about how loneliness is just as rampant for women who are social, beautiful & powerful. We all need friends! |
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 | | Lemondrop.com
Rachel Bertsche of MWFseekingBFF.com wrote a fabulous piece for LemonDrop.com about her own process of making friends when she moved to Chicago. We're honored to be mentioned as a resource and we welcomed many new GirlFriends to our site when this story was picked up by AOL. |
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 | | AOL Health
The best title ever: "How to Make Friends as an Adult!" This article on AOL Health suggests using online sites such as GirlFriendCircles.com to make offline friends in your local area! |
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 | | Social Networking Watch
Shasta Nelson, featured as a chosen CEO Interview on Social Networking Watch highlights how GirlFriendCircles provides a solution to the problem that even though social networking is on the rise, the number of real friends we have is falling. |
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 | | ABC News 10: Sacramento & Co.
A super fun interview with Guy & Melissa on Sacramento & Co. as we talked about the importance of friendship and described how our speed-friending events work (similar to our ConnectingCircles that happen all the time!) |
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 | | San Francisco Chronicle
The San Francisco Chronicle, featured us on the front page of their Style section when we hosted a Speed Friending event to highlight the power of our ConnectingCircles that focus on small groups and meaningful conversations! |
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| | View from the Bay
Shasta Nelson, highlighting the Five Categories of Friendship and how to foster more connectedness in an interview on ABC's The View from the Bay.
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 | | Yahoo! Shine
How do you Spring Clean your Friendships? How to know when to walk away and when to push through the friendship shifts? Shasta Nelson gave an interview to Yahoo! Shine to help give some guidance! |
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