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Science-based advice columnist and author Amy Alkon and animal behaviorist and author Dr. Jennifer Verdolin lay out science news you can use to solve your relationship problems or just improve your relationships and have a better life.

Join us tonight for an enlightening show laying out the science on why Mean Girls are so mean, why “Lean In” is advice that can backfire on a woman, and how women can succeed in love, friendships, and careers.

This article appears in Jun 29 – Jul 6, 2016.

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Defeat The Mean Girls With Science, with Amy Alkon & Dr. Jennifer Verdolin

by Hayley Jo Murphy, The Source - Bend, Oregon
July 6, 2016

<h1>Defeat The Mean Girls With Science, with Amy Alkon & Dr. Jennifer Verdolin</h1> <p class="byline">by Hayley Jo Murphy, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />July 6, 2016</p> <p>Science-based advice columnist and author <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon/2016/06/27/defeat-the-mean-girls-with-science-with-amy-alkon-dr-jennifer-verdolin" target="_blank">Amy Alkon</a> and animal behaviorist and author Dr. Jennifer Verdolin lay out science news you can use to solve your relationship problems or just improve your relationships and have a better life.</p> <p>Join us tonight for an enlightening show laying out the science on why Mean Girls are so mean, why "Lean In" is advice that can backfire on a woman, and how women can succeed in love, friendships, and careers.</p> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container aligncenter"> </div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/defeat-the-mean-girls-with-science-with-amy-alkon-and-dr-jennifer-verdolin-2664217/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=38402&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/defeat-the-mean-girls-with-science-with-amy-alkon-and-dr-jennifer-verdolin-2664217/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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