Friendships are central to everything I do—whether it’s hosting a small group of friends for dinner, running GirlFriendCircles.com, facilitating workshops where strangers become friends, speaking on healthy relationships, or blogging about the impact of friendships on our health and happiness.

In fact, the more I study and teach about healthy relationships, the more I realize that this is a topic that not only can save our personal lives, but could very well be the thing that transforms the world.