Friending: Creating Meaningful, Lasting Adult Friendships
Kuhusu kitabu hiki cha kusikiliza
Good friends make a good life.
Friendship is one of the most important yet most underrated necessities of life. A sense of connection and belonging is a key part of being human, and there are boundless benefits from having close friends who know everything about you, can help you out in a pinch, can be there with you through all the joys and hardships of life, and for whom you can be such a friend in turn.
But making and keeping friends becomes increasingly difficult when we become adults with busy careers, family responsibilities, and dispersed locations. Keeping in touch through social media isn’t as fulfilling as developing true, deep, lasting bonds of friendship, argues therapist Gina Handley Schmitt. She proceeds to provide knowledge, perspective, and scripts to help you create the friendships you crave.
In this book, you’ll learn the art of choosing and making friends, supporting your friends and letting them support you, maintaining friendships even when your life paths diverge, repairing friendships after a conflict, the difficult decision to break up a friendship, and much more. Life is so much sweeter with good friends by your side.
Kuhusu mwandishi
Gina Handley Schmitt, MA, LMHC has been a psychotherapist near Seattle for nearly two decades, specializing in achieving their clients’ intrapersonal and interpersonal goals. She teaches psychology at the University of Arkansas–Pulaski Technical College and has been a speaker at the Unite Women’s Conference and the Northwest Ministry Conference.
Liisa Ivary loves to tell stories that take you on the characters’ journey. From theater to audiobooks to teaching, Liisa brings listeners along with humor, rigor, safety, and ease.
