One evening Stephanie Dolgoff realized that all of her friends had moved on to other places and her social life had completely dried up. Rather than succumb to the loneliness she was feeling, Dolgoff set out to make new friendships, and shares some of her successful techniques in The Art of Friendship, from this month’s issue of Ladies’ Home Journal.

Dolgoff acknowledges that it’s harder to make friends in midlife than when you’re younger, but doesn’t let it daunt her. She found that she even enjoyed the freedom and flexibility of being able to choose friends from a more mature perspective. The article makes some great points, like with everyone being so busy these days it can be helpful to use the mutual interests that bring people in contact with each other — projects, classes, causes — as a basis to build up friendships.

Look Inside >>  March 2009