Friendship Wake Up Call

Welcome to 2010 and what better way to start the New Year than by reevaluating the friendships we have. Robert Louis Stevenson said, "A friend is a gift you give yourself." Friends are the better part of one’s life but has one of those gifts turned out to be more like a curse. Do you want to return it but you can’t find the receipt? Need to get rid of a friend who is sucking the very life out of you. Got a friendship in jeopardy that you want to save and don’t know how? Been dumped by a friend and don’t know why? Well we are very lucky to have with us today the friendship expert Dr. Jan Yager. And nobody knows this stuff better than her. She has certainly earned the title “Expert”. Dr. Jan Yager is an internationally known relationships author and speaker who has spent more than two decades extensively studying relationships including friendship. She is regularly quoted in the media such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Self, , USA Today and more as well as interviewed on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, Good Morning, America, The View, CBS News' Sunday Morning Show, National Public Radio and others. 3 of her award winning books are on friendship which include The Power of Friendship and How It Shapes Our Lives; and Who’s That Sitting at My Desk? on work and friendship. Her latest book When Friendship Hurts: How to Deal With Friends Who Betray, Abandon, or Wound You;” and its invaluable insights and on target advice are what we are focusing our attention on today.