Synopsis
Offering a path for a new way to think about friendships, The Life Council will inspire and equip you to be a better friend, make new friends, and appreciate how different types of friendships can bring a richness to your life like never before.
You’d love to have a “ride or die” posse like you see on social media, but instead you have a host of really good . . . acquaintances. After all, trying to find a soul friend in the midst of dirty dishes, deadlines, and, oh, a crazy busy life can be overwhelming. But what if developing great friendships was actually easier than we thought? And what if finding a “soul friend” wasn’t necessarily our highest goal?
In The Life Council, Laura Tremaine–the writer and podcaster behind 10 Things to Tell You–tells us what we’ve been hoping was true all along: making, keeping, and even releasing friends doesn’t need to be as hard as we make it. This fun and practical guide gives you what you need to:
• Create your own “life council” with the friends you already have
• Understand the ten kinds of friends every woman needs–and how to find them
• Learn how to evaluate your friendship circle for what’s working and what might need to change
• Navigate tough conversations with friends
• Get excited again about the possibility of new friendships
The Life Council will give every woman the help she needs to think about friendships in a new way and find true connection, freedom, and joy in her relationships.
The Good
I. Introspection/self-reflection- Value how author is transparent on how she has failed in her friendships.
II. Evalution of friendship
Admitting the wrongs but also talking messy part of friendships- fights, breakups, the everyday
Misconceptions- one of those being that you do not have to give anything to your friendships and/or you can give anything without care to them.
Friendship in the age of social media.
III. Part I & III because they got more into the intricacies and gave me more things to chew on.
IV. It is a short nonfiction.
V. It makes one value the relationships in their life.
The Bad
Part II composed majority of this book which is kind of unfortunate since I think I enjoyed parts I & III more.
The Meh
Did it miss out on what it promised in synopsis?
Thoughts
Is it detrimental to categorize your friends or acquaintances? Did some of her friends feel a way about her categorizing or not categorizing them?
I could see this not hitting with those who do not have many friends or acquaintances.
I received this for review from Zondervan via bookishfirst
(synopsis and cover image are from bookishfirst)
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