The Power of Female Friendship: How Your Circle of Friends Shapes Your Life

Table of Contents/ List of Topics Covered:
Introduction
- The Friendship Crisis and the Friendship Cure
- The Science of Friendship

PART ONE: Mastering the Skills of Friendship

Chapter One: Making Friends
- Men, Women, and Friendship
- The E=mc2 of Psychology
- "Quantum Psychology" and the Higher Brain
- What We Can Learn from Carly, Sandra, and Joni
-- Consistency
-- Mutuality
-- Sharing
-- Positive Emotion
- The Master Friendship Checklist
- Stress and Self-Control of Negative emotions
- The Checklist for Making Friends and Sharing
-- Friendship

Chapter Two: Feminine and Masculine Instinct: The Reptilian Brain and Friendship
- The Importance of Belonging, Connecting, and Communicating
- The Importance of Nurturing Yourself to Be a Good Friend to Others
- Friendship Is a Matter of Survival
- The Checklist for Passion in friendship

Chapter Three: The Secret Psychology of Groups: The Higher Brain and Friendship
- Being "cool" and Using Your "Cool eye"
- The Wonders of Your Personal Boundary
- Intention
- Friends of a Feather Flock Together
- Goals, Beliefs, and Communication
- Group Boundaries, Circles of Friends, and Friendship Triangles
- The Checklist for Friendship Quality and Numbers

Chapter Four: The Real Secret: The Mammalian Brain and Friendship
- The Anger Map
-- Depression
-- Aggression
-- Assertiveness
- The Anxiety Map
-- Impulsiveness/Avoidance
-- Victim Thinking (Masochism)
-- Courage
- The Only Thing of Value and the Only People We Love
- Beliefs and Communication
- Diplomacy in Friendship and How the Higher Brain "Budgets" the Mammalian Brain's Emotion, Value, and Love
- KWML: The Master Key to Best Friendship

PART TWO: Putting the Psychology of Friendship to Work

Chapter Five: Friends in Need
- What Psyche Has To Say about Neediness
- How to Be a Supportive but Mature Friend
- How to Avoid Being a Needy Friend

Chapter Six: Juggling Friendship
- Learning to Juggle with Your Three Brains
- The Higher Brain's Juggling Ability
- The Mammalian Brain and Juggling Friendships
- The Reptilian Brain and Juggling Relationships
- The Juggling Checklist

Chapter Seven: Envy, Jealousy, and Competition
- Jealousy and Competition
- The Terrible Destructive Power of Envy in Depression
- The Only Cure for Envy, Jealousy, and Destructive Competition
- The Envy Checklist

Chapter Eight: friendship Dilemmas
- Friend vs. Family
- Friend vs. Your Man
- Friends vs. Your Job
- Friends vs. Your Physical Health
- The Dilemma Checklist

Chapter Nine: Long-Distance Friendship
- The Connection Dilemma
- The Communication Equation
- The Long-distance Checklist

Chapter Ten: Toxic Friendships
- The Art of the Girlfriend Divorce
- The Toxic Friend Checklist

Chapter eleven: Best Friendships
- Best Friends: The Ultimate Friendship
- The Best Friend/Soul-mate Friend Checklist

Chapter Twelve: friendship as Your Ongoing Guide

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