The Friendship Formula by Millington, Caroline -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents 1: What is the Friendship Formula? 2: Friendships: making you happy and healthy

How do we find friends?

History Shared interests Common values Equality A commitment to your happiness Being a good influence

Friendship is good for your health

3: How to make friends

How to attract true friends The elusive ‘F Factor’

Proximity Shared activities Go online Life events

Thirteen Traits of Friendship

Auditions are open!

4: The friendship circle

Juggling friends The circle of life

The Twin The SOS sister The Prosecco and popcorn pal The older and wiser woman The flighty friend The best bad influence The school friend The adult friend The soul sister The far-away friend The hustler The cheerleader The straight-talker

Friendship later in life

5: Best friends forever

The recipe for friendship

Kindness Honesty Give and take Communication Shared humour Dependability Independence

Male bonding

6: Work friends and foes

More than just (work) friends The ‘work wife’/‘work husband’ Beware the false work friend

7: Letting go of a friend

Breaking up is hard to do

Distance Money matters

Friendship fallouts Deciding to let go! The Kindfulness guide to friendship

8: Toxic fallouts

You do NOT have to agree with your friend on everything What are your friendship deal-breakers? Moral dilemmas Frenemies and signs of a toxic friendship Co-dependent friendships that turn toxic Having a difficult conversation Before you cut a friend out How to deal with a toxic friend

Limit your contact Let it go Managing the fallout

Ghosting

9: The death of a friend

Lessons from grief

10: The parent trap

Love you, bye! Changing nappies and changing friendships My guide to helping friendship survive motherhood

Mums… Non-mums…

11: Just good friends?

Friends with benefits The ex files

12: Social media mates and meeting IRL

Remember: From online to real life

13: Loneliness and choosing to be alone

So what can you do about it if you’re feeling lonely? Choosing to be alone

Remember…

Associations and more information

Social networking services; loneliness helplines

Contributors Thank yous About the Author About Anima