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The Friendship Formula

The Friendship Formula

By Kyler Shumway

Say Goodbye to Loneliness and Discover Deeper Connection. Amazon, 2018.

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16 Key insights

A brief summary of The Friendship Formula

Helping everyone gain companionship and combatting the current “loneliness epidemic” by teaching people how to develop friends and keep them, forge deeper relationships, and understand the psychological concepts behind human connection.

Key insights in The Friendship Formula

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What do you get from this book? How to make and enhance meaningful connections with other people
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We all want human connection—by following the friendship formula, we can build strong, long-lasting friendships
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You can step out of your comfort zone and embrace acceptance when you conquer the Seven Deadly Schemas
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Feeding your friendship needs with five essential ingredients will nourish your mind and body
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Knowing your “attachment style” will teach you what friends are best for you and why you have particular habits in relationships
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Building barriers to protect yourself in a relationship also prevents you from moving forward
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Strengthening your social muscles is the core to being socially fit
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Healthy living keeps your mind and body in peak condition so you can fully enjoy the benefits of friendships
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Change can be difficult, but accepting it and achieving it will allow you to stop looking inward and start reaching outward
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Avoiding the friendship follies can help keep toxicity out of your relationships
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Friendship fortifiers will keep your connections with others strong and healthy
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You can practice looking in between by recognizing bids for connections
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The final tool for mastering friendship is recognizing and repairing ruptures that will inevitably occur
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Summary of the key insights
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Selected critiques in brief
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Final word

Who should read The Friendship Formula

Siblings and relatives • business partners • romantic couples • therapists and psychologists • anyone seeking to find friends or become a better friend

About the author of The Friendship Formula

Kyler Shumway is a licensed psychologist, speaker, and self-help author. His focus is on friendship, loneliness, neurodiversity and leadership. He speaks nationally on these and related topics. He is a full-time therapist as well as the CEO of Deep Eddy Psychotherapy in Austin, Texas.

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Kyler Shumway

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