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Despite modern technology and the ample ways we have to keep in touch, we risk neglecting our relationships with the people who have the most profound effect on our well-being: our friends. Weaving together personal stories, interviews with experts, and social research, Friendship First empowers you to nurture relationships with friends both new and old.

Jess Johnston used to feel alone in her mess. In a random burst of courage, she started sharing those insecurities and struggles out loud, and what she found shocked her. Again and again, people replied, “Me too! I thought I was the only one!” Over the past decade she’s reached hundreds of thousands of women with her messages of authenticity and refreshing realness, and this is what she’s found: Women are really, really hard on themselves, and we should stop it.

This is the ultimate handbook for house sharers. From how to choose the right housemate to navigating conflict when it (inevitably) arises, Alice draws on interviews with experts and case studies to explore the anxieties that run the lives of young professionals living in house shares and how to navigate them to create a more harmonious home life.

Bad Friend: How Women Revolutionized Modern Friendship by Tiffany Watt Smith is a forthcoming title from Celadon Books.

If you’ve ever been tempted to put a sign in your front yard advertising for new friends, scream or sob in frustration over a 'friend's' hot and cold behavior, or cringe at the memory of awkward friendship encounters, you can trust Kristen Strong’s decades of experience at constantly relocating and remaking friends to provide both solid hope and practical direction to try again to find the friends you need.

¿Alguna vez has mirado a tu alrededor y te has preguntado: "Por qué todo el mundo ha encontrado el amor menos yo"? Las grandes relaciones no aparecen así como así en nuestras vidas: son la culminación de una serie de decisiones. Pero a menudo nuestro cerebro se interpone en el camino y tomamos decisiones equivocadas que nos impiden encontrar el amor duradero. Logan Ury, psicóloga y científica del comportamiento por la Universidad de Harvard y reconvertida en coach de citas, destaca por su profundo conocimiento del ámbito de las relaciones sentimentales modernas.

Still, we are not taught how to be good friends to one another. We cancel plans, lose touch, blame technology, and neglect our non-romantic loved ones. In Good Friends, author Priya Vulchi explores friendships across history, continents, and identities to show how friendship can open up new levels of joy and community in your life.

If you’ve ever checked your ex’s social media at 2am – or their new partner’s LinkedIn (because it’s the only social profile you can access) – or are having sex with your partner knowing you’re going to leave – or if you can’t stop thinking about the one who broke your heart a decade ago – or if everyone thinks you’re the perfect couple but you’ve been drifting apart for years – or if you’re swiping to fill a void – then you’ve probably felt a smarting of shame.

Women crave true, vibrant friendships yet so often feel we have to resort to one-sided relationships, shallow conversations, and cliques riddled with comparison and resentment. After years of coaching women and finding community after starting over in a new city, author and podcaster Grace Valentine offers heartening truths and practical insights for finding good friends and being a good friend.