How to be a Friend (In an Unfriendly World): Lessons on Connection - Hardcover

Bain, Barnet

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1394388861 ISBN 13: 9781394388868

Verlag: Wiley, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

A Gentle, Powerful Guide to Real Connection No Matter Where You Are in Life

Whether you’re a teenager figuring out who your people are, a young adult navigating new cities and shifting circles, or someone in midlife or beyond wondering what happened to the closeness you once felt―How to Be a Friend (In an Unfriendly World) is for you.

This book meets you where you are and offers a drop of joy. Originally developed from a Columbia University master’s course for psychologists, it’s written in warm, accessible prose for anyone who’s ever asked: What does it really mean to show up for someone?

In a fractured, distracted world, people aren’t looking for another productivity hack. They’re craving something real. How to Be a Friend is that invitation. It is not a quick fix, or a lecture, but a grounded reminder of what friendship can be. It doesn’t preach. It reminds us gently, and with lasting impact.

Inside, you’ll find:

• Short, powerful chapters rooted in real stories and experience
• Simple exercises and “friendship workouts” to help you practice what matters
• Tools for listening more deeply and setting boundaries with heart
• Ways to reconnect with yourself―and others―without pressure or performance
• A rare blend of psychology, spirituality, and everyday humanity
• Reflection prompts that turn good intentions into action
• A clear-eyed look at why friendships fade―and how to make them matter again

This is a how-to guide and a touchstone. A small-format companion with big impact. A book to keep on your nightstand―or give to someone you care about. 

If you’ve ever felt like the world is a little too cold, too fast, or too lonely, How to be a Friend is your reminder that you are not alone - and never have to be.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

BARNET BAIN is a filmmaker, author, and former core faculty member at the Spirituality Mind Body Institute at Columbia University. He works with business leaders and individuals to achieve their full potential. Through his creativity workshops, Barnet expands his clients’ ideas of what’s possible for themselves and for the people they care about.

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PRAISE FOR HOW TO BE A FRIEND (In An Unfriendly World)

“In a time when real connection feels harder than ever, this book is a much-needed invitation back to the heart reminding us that friendship isn’t just a comfort―it’s a lifeline. I’ll be recommending this to friends, colleagues, and anyone longing for deeper human connection.”
―LARRY NAMER, Founder of E! Entertainment TV Networks

“Barnet Bain brings ancient wisdom into modern life with clarity and heart. In How to Be a Friend, he reimagines friendship as a path to deeper commitment, generosity, and healing. A profound invitation to experience love in its truest form.”
―AMY ELIZABETH FOX, Chief Executive Officer, Mobius Executive Leadership

“With his signature depth, clarity, and compassion, Barnet reminds us that friendship is not just a relationship we have, it’s a way of being. This book is both balm and blueprint for anyone who longs to feel more seen, more connected, more alive.”
―DR. LAURA BERMAN, Bestselling Author of Sex Magic, syndicated radio host, and star of a television series on OWN and Showtime

“Barnet’s writing made me think about the kind of friend I am―and the kind I want to be. It’s honest, surprising, and full of moments that stay with you.”
―CHIP CONLEY, New York Times Bestselling Author, founding Head of Global Hospitality & Strategy at Airbnb, and co-founder of Modern Elder Academy

“A wonderful guide to building and sustaining great friendships with the most important people in your life, year after year, written by one of the most helpful teachers in America.”
―BRIAN TRACY, Bestselling Author of Eat That Frog and internationally recognized expert on leadership development

Aus dem Klappentext

In How to Be a Friend (In An Unfriendly World), award-winning filmmaker, author,and lecturer, Barnet Bain, takes you on a deeply insightful exploration of friendship: what it is, what it can be, what it means, and what it can create for you and the people in your life. Bain draws on a lifetime of leadership and experience as he guides you through eye-opening new ways to approach friendship, demonstrating how to be the kind of friend you would want to have for yourself.

You’ll learn how to experience life more fully and more wholeheartedly making peace with your past, embracing your present, and reimagining your potential and your future. You’ll also discover why friendship is a pathway to a rejuvenating place that can help us restore and reconcile us with the world.

How to Be a Friend (In An Unfriendly World) shows you how the walls of separation between us were built and why they contribute to a natural―but unhealthy and punishing―drive to judge, blame, and compete with others. It explains how unresolved hurt, pain, and fear can cause that wall to grow ever higher and fuel a never-ending cycle of loneliness and disconnection. Finally, the author unpacks the critical importance of awareness, an extraordinary tool for transformation that’s available to all of us.

Perfect for everyone ready to rise above the division, hostility, and isolation that define so many of our interactions with one another, this book is your key to building meaningful, unbreakable friendships that nurture and fulfill. It’s a timeless resource packed with straightforward and truthful insights that apply to us all.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Wiley
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1394388861
• ISBN 13: 9781394388868
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Wiley-VCH GmbH; product_safety@wiley.com; ; Boschstrasse 12; Weinheim; 69469; Deutschland