Glenda D. Shaw

Better You, Better Friends

A Whole New Approach to Friendship

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

We all seek love and support through our friendships, yet these relationships often leave us feeling baffled and unsure of our connections. By exploring how to BE a better friend through real friend stories and interviews with researchers and coaches, this book illustrates how to cultivate better friendships by becoming a better friend.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781538152713
• ISBN-10: 1538152711
• Artikelnr.: 61195882

Autorenporträt

Glenda D. Shaw has worked for more than 25 years as a TV producer for talk television and radio shows in Los Angeles and New York. She has worked for Viacom, King World and MTV. She has been nominated for two Daytime Emmys for producing and writing. She is a member of the Writers Guild of America and the National Association for Television Arts and Sciences. She has written for LA Style Magazine.

Inhaltsangabe

1. "You've Got to Be Kidding!
2. When Is a Friend a Friend?
3. From Your Friend's Perspective
4. Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better!
5. Jealousy: Three's a Crowd
6. Money: Let's Talk about It!
7. Transitions I: When Big Life Changes Blow In
8. Transitions II: When Illness Strikes
9. Boundaries: Set Them, Respect Them
10. Honesty: Telling Difficult Truths
11. Friends at Work
12. Strengthening the Bonds of Friendship
13. Friends from a Distance
14. Being Open to Making New Friends
15. Beyond Proximity
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Notes
Index
About the Author

Rezensionen

Shaw mines her personal history to offer a simple guide on how readers can better navigate finding friends and maintaining friendships. She organizes friendships into categories—essentials, collaborators, associates, mentors/mentees—and addresses how to manage expectations and boundaries within each. Unwanted feelings that can arise in a friendship, such as jealousy and envy ("primitive survival mechanisms that are often no longer relevant to our physical well-being"), are explored, and to help deepen and maintain existing friendships, Shaw advises paying attention and asking follow-up questions. The easy-to-follow guidance will be of particular use to those who are unhappy within their friendships but can't quite figure out why.