Christie Tate

Aug 29, 2024 | 949thebull.iheart.com | Christie Tate

Amy is chatting with Blake Blankenbecler, psychodynamic therapist by day and friendship expert by night! They discuss the different dynamics of a friendship, including how to approach conflict resolution, how to evaluate the friendship’s impact on you, as well as giving yourself grace when you drop the ball (there is no perfect friend!) and they close out with '4 Things Gratitude' (journals linked in case you want to try practicing gratitude at home!) Friendship Fact: The average friendship...

Sep 7, 2023 | reesesbookclub.com | Christie Tate

The day I found out I was first in my law school class, I should have danced in the streets or treated myself to a nice sushi dinner. Instead, I drove around Chicago eating stone fruit, fantasizing about my death. My professional future gleamed so brightly—I’d get a partner track job and spend my future racking up billable hours—but my personal life was a wasteland. I had no close friends, no romantic prospects, and no faith that I could truly attach to other people.

Aug 16, 2023 | independent.com | Colleen Hoover |Bonnie Garmus |Christie Tate |Christian Beamish

Hello, bookish friends — I’m Sarah Sinclair, the Indy’s ad director and real estate editor, switching hats to bring you this installment of All Booked while my dear colleague Emily bonds with her new baby. I trust you’ve been enjoying our kaleidoscope of coverage with various Indy pals pitching in; I’ll do my best to carry on the entertaining lineup. I don’t know about you, but one of the things I love about summer in Santa Barbara is how it lingers.

Jul 19, 2023 | msn.com | Christie Tate

The afternoon my second memoir was published, my teenage daughter burst into my bathroom with a command: “Go answer the front door. Right now.”I looked down at my robe and then back at her. “Why me?”“There’s something for you.”I chucked my brush and flat iron onto the counter. Flowers, I assumed.