Friendship First, Gyan Yankovich
Friendship First, Gyan Yankovich
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Friendship First
From New Sparks to Chosen Family, How Our Friends Pave the Way for Lifelong Happiness

Author: Gyan Yankovich

Narrator: Jo Van Es

Unabridged: 5 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2024

Synopsis

Our friends enrich every part of our lives. Now you can make them matter the most.

Despite modern technology and the ample ways we have to keep in touch, we risk neglecting our relationships with the people who have the most profound effect on our well-being: our friends. Weaving together personal stories, interviews with experts, and social research, Friendship First empowers you to nurture relationships with friends both new and old. Journalist Gyan Yankovich reveals how friendships play a vital role in our happiness with insights on how to: 

Deepen workplace friendships outside the officeInvite friends into activities typically reserved for familiesUse social media to strengthen connectionsMaintain friendships through major life transitions.

An ode to group chats and chosen family, Friendship First invites you to care for and count on those who matter most.

About The Author

Gyan Yankovich has spent the last 12 years writing content to help women better their relationships with themselves, the world, and the people around them. She has worked as a Senior Lifestyle Editor at BuzzFeed and Managing Editor at Man Repeller and has written for The Cut, Vox, Refinery29, VICE, BuzzFeed, Man Repeller, The Sydney Morning Herald, PopSugar, SELF, Cosmopolitan, InStyle, and more. She is the lifestyle editor of two of Australia’s leading newspapers, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, and currently lives in Sydney.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lydia on September 19, 2024

I wish I would have read this book when I was younger. I am fixing to be 67 years old and I let a few really great friendships dissolve by not staying in touch. I had some friends that were always there for me when I needed a shoulder to cry on or just to talk. In this breezy, smart book, journalist......more

Goodreads review by Literary on May 12, 2024

FRIENDSHIP FIRST has personal stories and scientific evidence about the importance of friendship, but not a design to make this info easily read. What I would have liked was a different presentation, with a bullet-listed synopsis for each chapter and an accompanying action list to more cleanly illus......more

Goodreads review by Phil on April 13, 2025

Some essays didn’t land for me. And the style also. But what worked for me is the research put into the book.......more

Goodreads review by Elaine on July 07, 2024

Friendship First might sound like one of those pop psych type reads that draws flimsy conclusions from a variety of sources (which I'm not saying it's not), but I absolutely love this topic and the burgeoning media around the importance of friendship. I relate heavily to Gyan Yankovich (who I've pre......more

Goodreads review by Rukhsar (rukhsandbooks) on September 09, 2024

I really love reading about human relationships. Lately, I've been specifically interested in reading about non-romantic relationships. I'm so glad The Experiment publishing thought I would enjoy this book and sent me an ARC. I particularly enjoyed this read because it referenced many other pieces a......more

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