Women's Health Australia

You’ve Got a Frientor

Like 10-step beauty routines and DIY furniture assembly, finding a mentor is one of those bright ideas that’s better in theory than practise. Sure, it’d be amazing to buzz your local Sheryl Sandberg whenever you need help leaning in, but actually mustering the bravado to propose mentorship in the first place? Let’s just say that level of awkwardness isn’t for everyone.

Enter the frientor – aka, a mentor in friend form. A gift from the ‘collaboration over competition’ era, frientoring is the kind

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