Introduction.

PART ONE: Relational Aggression 201: The Who, What, and Why of RA.

1. All Grown Up and Ready to Sting: Adult Female Aggression.

2. Why Women Aren’t More Like Men.

3. Big Bullies and Other Aggressive Types: The Queen Bee.

4. From Mild to Bad and In Between: The Middle Bee.

5. Blindsided, Backstabbed, and Bruised: The Afraid-to-Bee.

6. Weapons of Choice.

PART TWO: Our Own Worst Enemies: Aggression at Work, at Home, and at Play.

7. Women at Work 81

8. Sharing Space: Ages and Stages of Aggression 97

9. Forced to Be Family: The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly of Female In-Laws.

10. Mrs. Popularity and the Mom Clique.

11. Relational Aggression Where You Least Expect It.

PART THREE: Recognize, Revise, and Internalize: Changing the RA Way of Life.

12. Who Are You in the Bee Dynamic?: A Relational Aggression Assessment.

13. Healing Residual Relation Aggression: Overcoming the Past.

14. The Power of Forgiveness.

15. The Won’t Bee.

16. A New Relational You.

17. Don’t Stop with Yourself.

APPENDIX A: Communication That Counts: Connecting through Words.

APPENDIX B: Talking to Yourself in Ways That Help.

APPENDIX C: Netiquette Tips.

APPENDIX D: Mentoring Resources.

References.

Index.