{"id":22718,"date":"2025-02-24T15:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=22718"},"modified":"2025-02-24T16:28:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T16:28:21","slug":"these-5-books-might-make-you-a-better-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=22718","title":{"rendered":"These 5 Books Might Make You a Better Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Counselors, researchers and health professionals share the titles they recommend the most.<\/p>\n

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Emely Rumble, a therapist in New York City who brings literature into her practice, knows that reading can help people reflect on their lives.<\/p>\n

In the summer of 2024, she hosted a book group discussion on \u201cFighting for Our Friendships,\u201d by Danielle Bayard Jackson. As the group analyzed how someone in the book handled a challenging friendship, a group member had \u201can emotional breakthrough,\u201d Ms. Rumble recalled.<\/p>\n

The group member realized she\u2019d tackled her own issue the opposite way, Ms. Rumble explained, and decided to take action that night. She sent her old friend a voice message, and after years of silence, the pair began repairing their friendship, Ms. Rumble said.<\/p>\n

Friendships are vital to our health, the research shows<\/a>, yet they often take a back seat to romantic relationships. \u201cThere are so few resources devoted to the topic,\u201d said Miriam Kirmayer, a clinical psychologist in Montreal who focuses on social connection. But books, she said, can give us tools for creating and sustaining meaningful bonds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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These five titles, recommended by counselors, researchers and health professionals, explore how to build, nurture and repair your friendships \u2014 helping you shift your mind-set and find more joy in them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Counselors, researchers and health professionals share the titles they recommend the most.Emely Rumble, a therapist in New York City who brings literature into her practice, knows that reading can help people reflect on their lives.In the summer of 2024, she hosted a book group discussion on \u201cFighting for Our Friendships,\u201d by Danielle Bayard Jackson. As the group analyzed how someone in the book handled a challenging friendship, a group member had \u201can emotional breakthrough,\u201d Ms. Rumble recalled.The group member realized she\u2019d tackled her own issue the opposite way, Ms. Rumble explained, and decided to take action that night. She sent her old friend a voice message, and after years of silence, the pair began repairing their friendship, Ms. Rumble said.Friendships are vital to our health, the research shows, yet they often take a back seat to romantic relationships. \u201cThere are so few resources devoted to the topic,\u201d said Miriam Kirmayer, a clinical psychologist in Montreal who focuses on social connection. But books, she said, can give us tools for creating and sustaining meaningful bonds.These five titles, recommended by counselors, researchers and health professionals, explore how to build, nurture and repair your friendships \u2014 helping you shift your mind-set and find more joy in them.G.P. Putnam\u2019s SonsWe are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22720,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22718"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22721,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22718\/revisions\/22721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}