Help! My Skinny Friend Thinks She's Fat [VIDEO]

We all have a friend with a bad body image. Here's how to help yours.

If you have a friend whose physique you envy, but all she seems to do is talk badly about her body, it can be pretty tempting to shake her and scream "What's wrong with you?!" Unfortunately, we all know, that's unlikely to help. In this video, therapist, health coach and YourTango Expert Kris Henderson offers her best advice about how to be supportive to your friend who suffers from low self-esteem.

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What's Your Favorite Way To Spend Time With Friends?

Tell us your favorite girlfriend activities.

We want to know: what do you like to do with your friends? Are you all about Girls Night Out with dinner and dancing? Or do you prefer a Girls Night In with non-stop chat sessions and some serious couch time?

Are You Carrying Your Weight In Your Friendships? [EXPERT]

How to keep your friendships alive despite your busy schedules.

We're all busy. Let's face it. Our lives are busy. Sometimes between family, work and other obligations, your friendships can slip through the cracks. Sure, you "like" her status on Facebook but when is the last time you gave her an actual phone call? For some friends like one of my best friends, this is totally cool. She lives far away and I see her once or twice a year. We might not talk for months but when we're together, it's like we never left.

What Is The Psychology Behind Status Updates?

What do status updates say about human nature? Read on to find why people find them so intriguing.

By Talking Teenage Jennifer A. Powell-Lunder, Psy.D., for GalTime.com A few days ago a guy I was friendly with in college changed his status from ‘single’ to ‘in a relationship.’ The flurry of speculative phone calls that followed reached epic proportions. “I didn’t even know he was divorced,” cried one friend. “Who would marry him?,” asked his ex-girlfriend from college.

For The Love of Caesar: 10 New Ways [EXPERT]

Zoe Rogers Culinary and Home Entertaining Expert brings you “Caesar Teasers” and more!

For The Love of Caesar: 10 New Ways with The King of Salads By Zoe Rogers Julia Child asked “How could a mere salad cause such emotion?” Americans nationwide reply: Our passion for the Caesar Salad is red hot! This legendary and beloved King of the salad bowl has a certain panache and mystique and has reached the level of culinary stardom, a perennial favorite year-round.

Cupid's Red Velvet Heart Cake [EXPERT]

Culinary and Home Entertaining Expert Zoe Rogers shares a secret...

Here’s a special way to someone’s heart that has Cupid’s Seal of Approval! Bake the immensely popular cake “Red Velvet Cake” and grace it with a tantalizing “Cream Cheese Frosting”— but upscale it—by making it heart-shaped. But this culinary love letter gets even better, I give you a secret: a way to make your cake even more enticing with a fast, easy, and economical way to create your cake in the shape of a heart, without having to buy a specialty heart-shaped baking pan.

delete button — Delete your ex from your life by February 13!

The Number-One Reason Not To Be "Friends" With Your Ex

Our friends at MadameNoire.com explain why you should never, ever stay friends with your ex.

They call 'em an "ex" for a reason. And while we'd love to break up with all of our boyfriends and find ourselves on good, positive terms with them soon after, sometimes feelings get in the way, drama ensues, and you find yourself on an irritating emotional rollercoaster you thought you had left behind when the relationship ended.

Hands — Extend a helping hand. Your friend will never forget your love and support!

How To Help A Friend Cope With Divorce [EXPERT]

Learn how to be a good friend at a time when a new divorcee needs you most.

For many people, separating from a life-partner is the single most tragic and painful event of their lives. Recovering from such a blow is rarely an easy or pleasant process. Watching a close friend go through the divorce process presents its own set of problems. You want to help, but it can be extremely difficult to approach your friend—an individual with whom you are accustomed to sharing considerably happier times—in this period of profound anger, sorrow, and/or uncertainty.

In Love With My Friend

ME&HIM are WEIRD

My best friends name is DeAndre A. Daniels. He is 6'2, pretty boy, dark skin, cleancut and a football player. And me im a 5'7, thick, dark skin, cheerleader. We are too prefect and not just when we are standing next to each other. He is funny and we are always txtn each other. I really cant think of one day that we havent txt, unless he dont have no mints. He is my truly my bestfriend, he is there to hold my hand when i need him to. You know pretty boys got many girls on them. That is excalty what he got and he always turn to me for advice.

Brighten Someone’s Day

The happiness of people in our social networks matters MUCH more than you think.

The happiness of people in our social networks matters MUCH more than you think. Here’s why: Our friends influence what we think of as normal, and that influences our habits, feelings, and behavior, which, in turn, make us happy. Or not. It is somewhat unbelievable, I know, but research shows beyond a shadow of a doubt that my next-door neighbor’s best-friend’s co-worker–whom I’ve never met–often influences how happy I am.

How To Break Up With A Friend

Breaking up with guys? Got it down. Tossing a toxic gal pal? Not so easy, but it can be done.

After years of experience, I've got breaking up with guys down to a science. (A once useful skill which, now that I'm happily married, I hope I'll never have to use again!) But breaking up with friends? That's a lot tougher to do.