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Marisa G. Franco
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The Life Changing Art of Talking to Strangers
Recently, I was asked to blurb a book called “ Once Upon a Stranger. ” In it, I learned fascinating insights on why talking to strangers can benefit you in ways that even your most intimate relationships can’t. I interviewed the author, Dr. Gillian Sandstrom , who is also an associate professor at the University of Sussex.
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This book will change your entire life; it already has changed mine. What Rhaina Cohen does so well is remind us just how dysfunctional our social scripts are around friendship and romance and she offers us so many new possibilities.
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Full disclosure: I blurbed this book. Even though I study connection, I learned so much more from this book. Sandstrom does a great job debunking the idea that interactions with strangers are "lesser" than conversations with intimates, or that the va ...more |
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I'm more of an extrovert so some of it doesn't work for me but I will use some skills and concepts for work. " |
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On Gillian Sandstrom’s “Once Upon a Stranger,” and the ordinary encounters that make a life feel less mute, less private, and more human By Demetris Papadimitropoulos | March 24th, 2026  Two strangers wait beneath" Read more of this review » |
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| As a psychologist, it's often hard for me to find a book that teaches me something new, but this one is it. Love that it's both thought-provoking and practical. I'm looking forward to trying more emotional pushups. ...more | |
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"For some reason, I hadn’t realized this was a self-help book geared towards success in business when I came across it, and to be fair that’s not a genre I lean towards. In some ways, its message - that hubris and excessive self-regard, or whatever co"
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“What we try to suppress defines us (more on this in the vulnerability chapter), or, in the words of one of my psychology supervisors, “Anything unspeakable to you is affecting you.” That’s why we don’t heal shame by hiding it.”
― Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends
― Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends
“Our friends advertise the kaleidoscope of ways we can live. They expose us to new ways of being in the world, showing us another life is possible.”
― Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends
― Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends
“For our life to feel significant, we crave someone to witness it, to verify its importance.”
― Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends
― Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends
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