The power of female friendship
Subtitle: how your circle of friends shapes your life
By: Paul Dobransky, with L.A. Stamford.
Contributors: Stamford, L. A.
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780452289437
Subjects: Female friendship
Notes: "A Plume book."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The friendship crisis and the friendship cure; title: The science of friendship; title: Mastering the skills of friendship; title: Making friends; title: Men, women, and friendship; title: The E = MC2 of psychology; title: "Quantum psychology" and the higher brain; title: What we can learn from Carly, Sandra, and Joni; title: The master friendship checklist; title: Stress and self-control of negative emotions; title: The checklist for making friends and starting friendships; title: Feminine and masculine instinct: the reptilian brain and friendship; title: The importance of belonging, connecting, and communicating; title: The importance of nurturing yourself to be a good friend to others; title: Friendship is a matter of survival; title: The checklist for passion in friendship; title: The secret psychology of groups: the higher brain and friendship; title: Being "cool" and using your "cool eye"; title: The wonders of your personal boundary; title: Intention; title: Friends of a feather flock together; title: Goals, beliefs, and communication; title: Group boundaries, circles of friends, and friendship triangles; title: The checklist for friendship quality and numbers; title: The real secret: the mammalian brain and friendship; title: The anger map; title: The anxiety map; title: The only thing of value and the only people we love; title: Beliefs and communication; title: Diplomacy in friendship and how the higher brain "budgets" the mammalian brain's emotion, value, and love; title: KWML: the master key to best friendship; title: Putting the psychology of friendship to work; title: Friends in need; title: What psyche has to say about neediness; title: How to be a supportive but mature friend; title: How to avoid being a needy friend; title: Juggling friendships; title: Learning to juggle with your three brains; title: The higher brain's juggling ability; title: The mammalian brain of juggling friendships; title: The reptilian brain of juggling relationships; title: The juggling checklist; title: Envy, jealousy, and competition; title: Jealousy and competition; title: The terrible destructive power of envy in depression; title: The only cure for envy, jealousy, and destructive competition; title: The envy checklist; title: Friendship dilemmas; title: Friends vs. family; title: Friends vs. your man; title: Friends vs. your job; title: Friends vs. your physical health; title: The dilemma checklist; title: Long-distance friendships; title: The connection dilemma; title: The communication equation; title: The long-distance checklist; title: Toxic friendships; title: The art of the girlfriend divorce; title: The toxic friend checklist; title: Best friendships; title: Best friends: the ultimate friendship; title: The best friend/soul mate friend checklist; title: Friendship as your ongoing guide; title: Bibliography.