Friedman has written several self-help books on topics involving women enhancing their own lives and their relationships and been a columnist for Ladies' Home Journal.
During this time, she was also continuing her private therapist practice in both Detroit and Los Angeles[2] and maintaining her column in Ladies' Home Journal.
[5] That same year, she produced The Masters of Disaster, a short documentary film about a group of inner-city children learning how to play chess.
[6] In March 1987, she was hired to host another television show of her own on CNN named Sonya Live, which aired for two hours every weekday.
The show featured a number of different interviews, round table panel discussions, and other informational segments on news, business, and social topics.
She also recommended that all women should make their own totem, a collection of objects that represent themselves and important moments in their lives that they keep in a small package close to themselves.
Friedman's totem includes objects on a charm necklace, representing themes of "herself, luck, God, her roots, and integrity".