The Life Council: 10 Friends Every Woman Needs

Laura Tremaine

Apr 2023 · Sold by Zondervan

About this ebook

Offering a path for a new way to think about friendships, The Life Council will inspire and equip you to be a better friend, make new friends, and appreciate how different types of friendships can bring a richness to your life like never before.

You'd love to have a "ride or die" posse like you see on social media, but instead you have a host of really good . . . acquaintances. After all, trying to find a soul friend in the midst of dirty dishes, deadlines, and, oh, a crazy busy life can be overwhelming. But what if developing great friendships was actually easier than we thought? And what if finding a "soul friend" wasn't necessarily our highest goal?

In The Life Council, Laura Tremaine--the writer and podcaster behind 10 Things to Tell You--tells us what we've been hoping was true all along: making, keeping, and even releasing friends doesn't need to be as hard as we make it. This fun and practical guide gives you what you need to:

• Create your own "life council" with the friends you already have
• Understand the ten kinds of friends every woman needs--and how to find them
• Learn how to evaluate your friendship circle for what's working and what might need to change
• Navigate tough conversations with friends
• Get excited again about the possibility of new friendships

The Life Council will give every woman the help she needs to think about friendships in a new way and find true connection, freedom, and joy in her relationships.

Ratings and reviews

I enjoyed the idea of this self-help book and the conversational style in which it was written. The personal stories and connections to each type of friend as well as the life lessons presented as part two were my favorite parts of the book. However, maybe I'm not the right audience for this book--first of all, finding ten friends to fill each of these roles is more than I can achieve with a work-from-home job, marriage, kids, house and yard work, as well as self care routine.

I thought this book might help teach me ways to make new friends but it definitely didn't. Instead, it just gave 10 labels that you can put on people. There was maybe one small chapter with suggestions on how to make new friends but it was very unhelpful. They were either common suggestions that everyone knows or suggestions that weren't applicable to me because I don't work in Hollywood and have a famous husband like Laura Tremaine. Waste of time to read.

About the author

Laura Tremaine grew up in Oklahoma and moved to Los Angeles sight unseen when she was twenty-two years old. She worked in film and television production for many years at MTV, VH1, Fox, and Paramount Pictures before pursuing writing full time. Laura has been sharing her life online for over a decade. She writes about friendship, anxiety, motherhood, and marriage. Her posts and podcast episodes resonate with women looking for ways to connect more deeply with others as they transform from one era of life into another. Laura lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Jeff, and their two children.