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Platonic: How Understanding Your Attachment Style Can Help You Make and Keep Friends

by Marisa G. Franco
Platonic: How Understanding Your Attachment Style Can Help You Make and Keep Friends
Platonic: How Understanding Your Attachment Style Can Help You Make and Keep Friends

Understanding attachments to forge fulfilling friendships.

Lonely or struggling to connect with new people? "Platonic" might just be the friend you've been needing. Marisa G. Franco offers a blend of warmth, science, and actionable insights that help break down the barriers to creating meaningful connections. As you turn the pages, you'll discover the Hows and Whys of friendship that feel both enlightening and doable, making this book a valuable companion on your journey towards a richer social life.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Platonic: How Understanding Your Attachment Style Can Help You Make and Keep Friends

by Marisa G. Franco
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ISBN: 9781529075892
Authors: Marisa G. Franco
Publisher: Bluebird
Date of Publication: 2022-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Personal Development, Science
Related Topics: Personal Development, Mental Health, Psychology, Mental Health, Psychology
Goodreads rating: 4.05
(rated by 7902 readers)

Description

A lively, data-driven guide to finding your people from psychologist Dr. Marisa G. Franco about the (sometimes surprising) science behind making friends, maintaining them, and building connections of all sorts in an era of social fragmentation and rampant loneliness. Loneliness is an epidemic, in part due to a culture that prioritizes romance at the expense of all other relationships. But in fact, science shows that platonic friendships are a crucial—possibly the crucial—key to shaping who we are and how we can become our happiest, most fulfilled selves. So how do we nurture meaningful relationships in an era of distraction, burnout, and chaos? Just as economist Emily Oster (Crib Sheet) breaks down the science of child-rearing by countering fables with facts, psychologist and professor Marisa G. Franco unpacks the latest (often counterintuitive) findings about friendship—for example, why your friends aren't texting you back (it's not because they hate you!), and the myth of "just showing up" (you need to bring more than your mere presence to the table to make real friends!). Forging lasting bonds with other people isn't rocket science...but it does take work, and there are research-based ways to improve the number and quality of your connections. The good news: the benefits can be massive to not just our sense of wellbeing but also to our physical health. With vivid, relatable storytelling
 

Understanding attachments to forge fulfilling friendships.

Lonely or struggling to connect with new people? "Platonic" might just be the friend you've been needing. Marisa G. Franco offers a blend of warmth, science, and actionable insights that help break down the barriers to creating meaningful connections. As you turn the pages, you'll discover the Hows and Whys of friendship that feel both enlightening and doable, making this book a valuable companion on your journey towards a richer social life.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.