If you’ve ever been tempted to put a sign in your front yard advertising for new friends, scream or sob in frustration over a “friend’s” hot and cold behavior, or cringe at the memory of awkward friendship encounters, you can trust that Kristen Strong understands where you’ve been. And in Desperate Woman Seeks Friends, she shares with you the pitfalls and possibilities of putting yourself out there—and why it’s worth it to keep trying for the friends you need.
With the heart of a good friend and the wisdom of a big sister, Kristen Strong offers her two decades of experience as a regularly relocating military spouse and one decade as a settled civilian to address head on the crisis facing people today in startling numbers: an acute loneliness and isolation due to a lack of friends and community.
Research shows friends are as important for our overall welfare as healthy eating habits and a good night’s sleep, and Kristen gives you a game plan for getting your friendship groove back. Chapters include:
- Boundaries are our friends and our friends’ friends
- What you can expect will kill friendships
- I love my friend to pieces, but I don’t love her views on ____________
- When a friendship ends without your say-so
- Rejection sucks, but don’t let it suck you down
- What to know about your friendship fertilizer
- Your top-notch tool for building your friendships
- Making friends by opening up
- Your Friend who never fails in friendships
It’s not just you. Making friends is hard! But it’s not impossible. Through tell-it-like-it-is talk and vulnerable stories, Kristen Strong wants to help you be a good friend to yourself and others through principles and practices that give life to your friendships. And she wants to show you that while friends may fail you, your Friend Jesus never will. You’re meant to have lasting friendships that feed your heart and soul—you are not the exception.
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Kristen Strong, whose authored books include Girl Meets Change and When Change Finds You, also compiled the 90-day devotional, Praying Through Loneliness. She writes as a friend walking alongside you in your lonely season to a more helpful, hopeful destination. She loves sharing laughs, long talks, and meaningful stories with family and friends while holding a cup of strong black tea. She and her US Air Force veteran husband, David, have three beloved adult children. Together this military family zigzagged across the country (and one ocean) several times before settling in Colorado Springs, Colorado. You can find her at kristenstrong.com, DaySpring’s (in)courage, and on Instagram @kristenstrong.
