Friendship Development

Whether you're seeking deeper intimacy, struggling with patterns of insecurity, or simply curious about why you love the way you do, this book offers insights that are both enlightening and transformative. Drawing from psychology, neuroscience, and real-life stories, Anxious Heart, Secure Soul unravels the complexities of attachment theory in a way that’s accessible, compassionate, and refreshingly practical. Discover how attachment styles—such as anxious, avoidant, and secure—shape our reactions, our emotional needs, and even the types of partners we attract.

Listening helps us be there for others, to support them in tough times and to strengthen our relationships with partners, family, friends and colleagues. From opening up a conversation with someone who might be struggling, to how to use gentle encouragement to help others share their stories, How to Listen demonstrates the power of listening without judgement and draws on the extensive experience of Samaritans in offering practical advice to apply to your own life.

Take a Shot! is the incredible true story of how three unlikely partners broke all the rules and beat all the odds to create Major League Lacrosse. This book will take you on a roller-coaster ride through the ups and downs of starting a business - and not just any business, but a professional sports league built around America’s oldest and most tradition-bound game. Today, Major League Lacrosse is entering its 12th season, and the sport has exploded into the fastest-growing game in the U.S. But it wasn’t always that way... not even close.

This guide is for you if you see yourself as someone who needs a bit of help becoming more social in today's society. If you feel uncomfortable being in social situations, then this guide can help you get started on the path towards social success.

Since 2021, tens of thousands of people have devoured the Ask Shameless weekly columns on dating, friendship and self-development, written by the Shameless podcasters and a team of talented young Australian writers. In 4 am, Zara and Michelle have curated forty of their very best columns alongside ten brand-new ones - plus the follow-up replies from many of the original contributors, updating listeners on what happened next. From navigating toxic friendships and romantic dilemmas to finding the courage to pursue your dreams, these are the conundrums that keep us up at night.

From behavioral scientists to besties, Kate draws upon the extraordinary research from academics, scientists, and psychotherapists, and stories from friends of friends, strangers from the Internet, and her “squad” to get to the bottom of these and other facets of friendship. For fans of Susan Cain’s Quiet and Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic, The Friendship Cure is a fascinating blend of accessible “smart thinking,” investigative journalism, pop culture, and memoir for anyone trying to navigate this lonely world, written with the wit, charm, and bite of a fresh voice.

A personal celebration of female friendships - the good, the bad and the complicated - by lifestyle content creator Lily Pebbles. If there's one piece of invaluable advice for women and girls of all ages, it is that there is nothing more important than creating and maintaining strong, positive and happy friendships with other women. In a culture that largely pits women against each other, I want to celebrate female friendships...all strings attached!

Learn to avoid becoming entangled in other people's problems (O.P.P). In this book, you will learn how to recognize that other people's problems are not yours, have boundaries, and protect your peace.

Move over idealised BFFs, glossy gal pals and indestructible work wives. Meet the bad friends. The dangerously romantic school girls of the 1900s. The office gossips of the 1930s. The mum cliques of the 1950s. The angry activists of the 1970s. The coven – women who choose to live together in old age – of the present day. These ‘bad’ friends broke the rules about femininity they didn’t write. Their relationships were controlled, patrolled and judged too intimate, too consuming and in some cases, too powerful.

An inspirational guide to the 6 core qualities of healthy communities, for anyone looking to build community as a source of connection and a vehicle for social change.

Leah Dean is a tribe formation expert with a simple, yet powerful formula for building a tribe that stands the test of time. In Assemble the Tribe, Leah shares this formula and shows you how to shift to a tribe mindset by first discovering the value that you bring to every connection you make.

Alexandra Collier was a writer living in a light-filled Brooklyn brownstone in New York with the man she loved. But when she woke up to a ravenous hunger to have a baby that her partner didn't share, she had to make a choice between love or a future family. From defying her family's expectations to searching for sperm and navigating pregnancy alone, Ally deftly takes us through the ecstatic, complicated and demanding path to becoming a solo mother by choice.

When it comes to adult friendships, we're woefully inept - we barely manage to show up for our own commitments, let alone maintain our relationships. We're experiencing a loneliness epidemic: it's an uncharted social landscape where actual phone calls are reserved for your mum (if anyone), 'dropping in' is unheard of and 'flaking out' is routine. The Art of Showing Up offers a roadmap through this morass, to true connection with your friends, family and yourself.

Your comprehensive guide to conquering social awkwardness, making genuine friendships, creating immediate connections and boosting your confidence. Does your heart race at the idea of meeting new people? Is there something that makes you unbearably self-conscious? Are social interactions draining for you? Then this guide is designed just for you. It has no dialogue to memorize, no "word salads," no affirmations, no self-help psychobabble—just some gentle truths and tips you can put into action right now.

The PICCK A SPICE framework helps listeners achieve secure attachment and introduces them to a diverse range of styles like Playful Teasing, Intellectual Connection, and Creative Expression, among others.

Where Did We Go Wrong? left readers asking, "Who got shot?" Where Did We Go Wrong Again? continues immediately after the shooting, with one of the beloved central characters critically wounded and another murdered. The bonds of friendship and love are tested after this tragedy, causing all involved to make irrational decisions that complicate their lives even more. Nothing will ever be the same as everyone is forced to make monumental, life-altering decisions.

How to Be a Social Butterfly: The Art of Making Friends is a great book to help you become the type of person who people will gravitate toward. Whether you are struggling to make friends, or simply wanting to improve your social skills, this book will give you the tools you need to become a social butterfly. You will learn various skills such as how to interact in group settings, how to recognize and use your strengths, how to overcome awkwardness, and much more.

Do you really want to meet you? Do you want to know what kind of personality you are and how you can benefit enormously from knowing your true identity? Well, then read on! If you do not understand your true identity you will never be happy! Knowing your weak and strong points and your personality type can give you enormous help on most people who think they know everything, but in the end they are lost and very unhappy. Only by discovering yourself will you be much more successful and, above all, much happier! This is why we made this book.

Del enfado al abrazo: la psicología que explica nuestros vínculos en el día a día. ¿Alguna vez te has preguntado por qué nos sentimos tan bien después de un abrazo? ¿O por qué dudamos de nuestras decisiones después de recibir una crítica negativa? ¿Qué crees que pasaría si un día todos tus amigos te aseguran que dos más dos es igual a cinco? A pesar de que en los últimos años la importancia de la psicología para nuestra sociedad se ha hecho más evidente, todavía hay muchos aspectos de esta ciencia que siguen siendo una incógnita para nosotros.

In Friends of the Good, Demond reflects on how it wasn’t simply by luck, or chance, that he found the courage to leave a violent environment as a preteen; it was thanks to a supportive teacher who taught him to lean into his gifts. His “Chosen Family” immersed Demond in the importance of service and kinship as part of Alpha Phi Alpha. Being raised by “Givers” such as his beloved Grannie, who boarded those hard on their luck, surrounded Demond in foundational love for himself and others.