You regularly spring clean your home, your make-up bag, even your romantic relationship, but it may be those tried-and-true friendships with other women that could benefit most from a thorough clear-out.
Women are supposedly natural “bonders”, forming faithful nurturing friendships with each other that stand the test of time - at least, that’s how the thinking goes. Yet researchers from the Universite du Quebec at Montreal, Harvard University and Emmanuel College in Boston recently found that female same-sex friendships are significantly less tolerant, more volatile, and likelier to degrade based on a single negative incident than male same-sex friendships.
We should review our friendships on a regular basis, says therapist Ursula James, to access if they are having a positive or negative impact on our