This essential go-to Guide reveals how women can enhance their lives by Creating valuable Friendships in today\'s busy, mobile world, from nationally recognized friendship expert and CEO of GirlFriendCircles.com.
And more pointedly, it is about listening to it and learning how to fulfill it..
This book is about that hunger.
We desperately want to have others care about us.
We live our entire lives trying to fit in, be known, attract acceptance, and experience intimacy.
We Value Belonging Friendships may not happen automatically, but what we crave about them sure seems to We all want to belong--that need to be connected to others is an inherent desire.
No, unfortunately, Friendships don\'t Just happen.
And so I turned away from the scene of laughter and walked away.
All the batting of my eyelashes wasn\'t going to send the right signals.
Asking for her phone number like we\'re going to call her up for a Saturday night date is Just plain weird.
Flirting for friends seems creepy.
We don\'t have platonic pick-up lines memorized.
No one wants to seem desperate, even if we are. "Hi You look like fun women, can I join you?" I would have been met with stares of pity.
I knew I couldn\'t Just walk in there and introduce myself to them.
And exhausted at Just the idea of how far I was from that reality.
And insecure.
And yet I stood there feeling very lonely.
I\'m an outgoing, socially comfortable woman with a long line of good Friendships behind me.
It hit me how very hard the friendship process is.
I had a phone full of far-flung friends\' phone numbers, but I didn\'t yet know anyone I could Just sit and laugh with in a caf .
Like the puppy dog at the pound, I looked through the glass, wishing someone would pick me to be theirs.
When I was new to San Francisco eight years ago, I remember standing at a caf window on Polk Street watching a group of women inside, huddled around a table laughing.
Full of practical how-to tips, fun activities, guiding questions, and step-by-step instructions, Friendships Don\'t Just Happen highlights several areas of developing lasting friendships, teaching women how to: Evaluate their current Circle of friends Recognize what types of friends they are seeking based on career, interests, location, and relationship status Create a prioritized friendship action plan Find extraordinary friends--where to look and how to approach them Take initiative to jumpstart Friendships and face fears of rejection Establish "frientimacy," trust, and happiness through conversation and activities Maintain Meaningful Friendships and determine which ones are worthwhile Excerpt from Friendships Don\'t Just Happen There is a lie out there that real friendship Just happens.
This revolutionary, engaging Guide will also benefit women who already feel rooted to fabulous friends, with insightful principles that will help them maintain and enhance their current friendships.
In Friendships Don\'t Just Happen , Shasta Nelson, friendship expert and CEO of GirlFriendCircles.com, reveals the most important proven steps, processes, and secrets vital to establishing the five different levels of friendships, or Circles of Connectedness, that women--no matter their age or relationship status--are longing for in today\'s stressful and mobile culture.
Many realize the significant role that an intimate, tightly knit Circle of friends plays in Creating a more fulfilling life, but with hectic schedules, frequent moves, and life changes, it\'s more important than ever for women to establish natural, Meaningful Friendships that will contribute to their overall wellbeing.
Every woman is searching for a happier, healthier, more fulfilling life.
This essential go-to Guide reveals how women can enhance their lives by Creating valuable Friendships in today\'s busy, mobile world, from nationally recognized friendship expert and CEO of GirlFriendCircles.com
