With all the friends we have on social media, are we really creating valuable, sustainable relationships? There is a growing loneliness epidemic and while we appear to be more connected than ever, many are lonelier than ever before. Why are we struggling to find the human connection we seek? Christie Tate, believes that it’s important for females to consciously recognize and elevate their friendship bonds. After realizing her life was a friendship graveyard, she embarked on a brutally honest exploration of her friendships sorting through the ways she kept the lasting bond she craved out of reach. She talks about the powerful transformative power of friendship. She is the author of the book, BFF: A Memoir of Friendship Lost and Found and of the New York Times bestseller Group, which was a Reese’s Book Club selection. She has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Chicago Tribune, among others.

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