Sentences with phrase «family confidante»

I felt like a doctor, perhaps the way they were portrayed in old movies: like a family confidante, like a friend.

Civil rights activist Vernon Jordan, a Clinton family confidante, sent off Syracuse University's class of 2017 with a charge to seek justice in the era of Trump.

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The Confidante has 10,000 square feet of newly renovated indoor meeting space and 5,000 square feet of outdoor meeting space, which includes The 1930s House, a private, outdoor Spanish - style bungalow, originally built as a single - family home.

For one, children have an extended family of nonparental adults who care for them, often serve as role models and trusted confidantes, and remain in their lives even if they are no longer romantically involved with the child's mother or father.

Parents in divorced families will often both try to be the child's confidante, and the child gets stuck painfully in the middle.

Her research reveals that that people who are widowed but have a close friend as confidante do much better health-wise following their loss than those who do not — but having a family member as confidante was not associated with similar benefits.

A dog can be a trusted friend, a reliable and trustworthy confidante, and in most cases, a member of the family.

It's been posited that because a dog acts as a playmate, a companion, a protector and a confidante, children are able to gain significant mental health benefits through regular interactions with family dogs.

In Everyone I've Ever Slept With, Emin used the process of appliqué to inscribe the names of lovers, friends and family within a small tent, into which the viewer had to crawl inside, becoming both voyeur and confidante.

In Everyone I've Ever Slept With 1963 - 95 (1995, destroyed 2004), Emin used the process of appliqué to inscribe the names of lovers, friends, and family within a small tent, into which the viewer had to crawl inside, becoming both voyeur and confidante.

David leads the foundation that shares his name; Charles leads the foundation that shares his name; and Charles and his family sit on the board of the Lambe Foundation, which is led by one of the brothers» long - time confidantes in advancing their ideological agenda, Richard Fink.

Under questioning, Solov declined to identify which Mercer family member or members are owners of record, although Breitbart insiders say it is likely Rebekah Mercer, the 42 - year - old middle daughter of right - wing hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer; she is an intimate Bannon confidante who was instrumental in persuading Trump to bring him on last summer as the campaign's CEO.

This has healing implications for the wider family and for the individuals in their personal life, as well as — and most importantly — giving couples the experience of having a life partner who is a true friend and confidante.