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b'Erin Falconer is a Canadian living in Los Angeles. She has had a varied career that includes screenplay writer, stand-up comedian, political consultant and is now proudly, heavily invested in the online blogging world.

Her new book is How to Break Up with Your Friends.

Friends hold an especially valuable role for women\\u2014few relationships have such power to fuel us and inspire our joy. Yet even though we pride ourselves on our large networks, we tend to be afraid of rocking the boat and asking for what we really need. As a result, we end up accepting mediocrity in ourselves and our friendships far too often.

But does it really have to be this way?

In How to Break Up with Your Friends, celebrated life mentor Erin Falconer provides a refreshing guide to modern-day friendships\\u2014along with deeper principles, assessments, and practices for nurturing them.

\\u201cThis book is about so much more than going through your contact list with a machete,\\u201d writes Erin. \\u201cYes, you\\u2019ll learn how to detox yourself from friendships that no longer nourish you, but you\\u2019ll also explore the astounding importance of modern friendships and how to be a truly great friend yourself.\\u201d

With clear-eyed guidance and a good dose of humor, Erin will help you:
\\u2022 Take stock of those currently in your life so you can see exactly how you and your friends are serving each other
\\u2022 Understand how your earliest friendships impact your current relationships
\\u2022 Explore the importance of having healthy friendships\\u2014including the many ways we\\u2019re influenced by our friend groups
\\u2022 Know the main types of friendships we form, the roles they play in our lives, and how to deepen the most essential ones
\\u2022 Recognize the signs you\\u2019re in a toxic friendship and stop fearing constructive confrontation
\\u2022 Rupture and repair\\u2014be ready when a valuable friendship hits the rocks
\\u2022 Learn how to make new friends as an adult
\\u2022 Have the courageous conversations needed when it\\u2019s time to \\u201cbreak up\\u201d with others

With a wealth of revelations and tools\\u2014including the Six Pillars of Friendship, the Friendship Diagnosis, and sample scripts to help facilitate the hard conversations\\u2014How to Break Up with Your Friends is the relationship book you didn\\u2019t know you needed.

For the past 3 years, she has been the editor in chief and co-owner of PickTheBrain \\u2013 one of the fastest growing and most trusted self improvement websites & communities on the web. With over 200 bloggers from around the world contributing content, PTB is not only a great passion project but has truly become a powerful global voice and brand in the self improvement space, being read in over 35 countries daily.

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