If you could pull back the curtain to see my own history, you’d see how I could be the neediest friend you ever knew. I used to come across as “extra,” as the kids say. I’ve made a lot of other friendship mistakes, too.
But I’ve also suffered because of mistakes that others made in their friendships with me.
I was not one gifted with an abundance of interpersonal skills until the military life and the people I met along the way gave me a baptism-by-fire education in what works—and doesn’t work—to make friends. And even after discovering what it takes to be a good friend, I learned that I can do all the “right” things and still not have much success in finding them.
No matter what you’ve been through in your attempts to befriend or be friended by other women, it’s straight up HARD to make friends.
Hard, yes. But impossible? No. Not for me or you.
My name is Kristen, and I have been the “desperate for friends” gal if there ever was one. If God can bring me to a place of having amazing friendships, then He can bring you there, too. TRUST ME.
With that said, I’d love to introduce you to:
Desperate Woman Seeks Friends: Real Talk About Connection, Rejection, and Trying Again for the Friendships You Need
With a foreword written by Lisa Whittle (!!!!!)
And let me tell you, this book is sassy as all get out. It’s the most vulnerable one I’ve ever written by a country mile.
Within Desperate Woman Seeks Friends, I’m sharing stories like I’ve never done before. And I believe you may very well see part of your own story within this book too.
I realize that not everyone is a Leslie Knope who has her Ann Perkins like on the television show Parks & Rec. There’s been many a time I haven’t, either.
So, I wrote this for anyone who’s been there…and who is there.
Should you choose to invest in Desperate Woman Seeks Friends, I believe it’ll help you learn how to be a good friend to yourself by accepting that making friends involves awkwardness, adversity, and maneuvering your way around some crap.
And it’ll help you know how to be a good friend to others through principles and practices that give life to your friendships so you don’t inadvertently strangle the life right out of them. It’ll show you how to handle a friendship breakup, mean women, and how to implement boundaries cuz boundaries are our true-blue friends.
Through Desperate Woman Seeks Friends, I want to be your guide in this friendship making process that helps you sidestep pitfalls but also helps you see the possibilities and rewards gained from trying again for the friendships you need.
You can read more about the book here and see what incredible preorder bonuses the publisher, W Publishing, and I have put together! Or you can visit the following links to purchase directly from your favorite bookseller:
Where to find the new book:
It’s been six years since I published a trade book. But I believe this is the one I was always meant to write.
If you preorder this book, you have my undying gratitude cuz there ain’t no better gift for an author. And when you do so, you can begin reading the book pronto cuz you get the first 3 chapters (among other goodies!) as a preorder bonus!!
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go breathe in a paper bag because NERVES.
With much love and gratitude,
Kristen
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