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Friendship Reset: Ditch the Drama and Find Your Crew
Ever feel lost when it comes to friendship advice? Maybe you've heard things like “friends should always agree with you” or “the more friends, the better.” Deep down, however, something feels off. These lies can lead to stress, anxiety, and sometimes even create toxic friendships.
Catholic speaker Maggie Craig understands the struggle. Growing up in a generation facing rising anxiety and mental health crises, she realized that some friendships were holding her back and harming her well-being. By learning to let go of unhealthy relationships and strengthening her relationship with God, she transformed her approach to friendship. If you're dealing with friendship drama or looking for more joy in your relationships, Friendship Ditch the Drama and Find Your Crew offers real talk, encouragement, and practical tips to help you thrive.
In Friendship Reset, Maggie shares her own journey of navigating friendships as a teen and young adult, offering down-to-earth reflections and actionable advice on building healthy, Christ-centered relationships. With her spunky yet relatable style, she tackles everything from identifying toxic patterns to bringing faith into friendships that truly matter. Maggie’s candid, real-life insights will inspire you to hit reset and take a fresh look at how your friendships impact your spiritual life.
Maggie offers a simple process for analyzing
Recognize the lies you have internalized about friendship. Have honest, brave conversations with openness and vulnerability. Trust God’s plan for your friendships. Bring faith into your relationships. Have courage to gracefully step away when a friendship is no longer serving your emotional and spiritual well-being. Build new and surprising friendships with those who need friends too. Discover the transformative power of inviting Jesus into your friendships and embracing the abundant life God intends for you through authentic connections.
Catholic speaker Maggie Craig understands the struggle. Growing up in a generation facing rising anxiety and mental health crises, she realized that some friendships were holding her back and harming her well-being. By learning to let go of unhealthy relationships and strengthening her relationship with God, she transformed her approach to friendship. If you're dealing with friendship drama or looking for more joy in your relationships, Friendship Ditch the Drama and Find Your Crew offers real talk, encouragement, and practical tips to help you thrive.
In Friendship Reset, Maggie shares her own journey of navigating friendships as a teen and young adult, offering down-to-earth reflections and actionable advice on building healthy, Christ-centered relationships. With her spunky yet relatable style, she tackles everything from identifying toxic patterns to bringing faith into friendships that truly matter. Maggie’s candid, real-life insights will inspire you to hit reset and take a fresh look at how your friendships impact your spiritual life.
Maggie offers a simple process for analyzing
Recognize the lies you have internalized about friendship. Have honest, brave conversations with openness and vulnerability. Trust God’s plan for your friendships. Bring faith into your relationships. Have courage to gracefully step away when a friendship is no longer serving your emotional and spiritual well-being. Build new and surprising friendships with those who need friends too. Discover the transformative power of inviting Jesus into your friendships and embracing the abundant life God intends for you through authentic connections.
128 pages, Paperback
Published February 7, 2025
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About the author
Maggie Craig
26 books89 followersI'm a Scottish writer of fiction and non-fiction and love the beauty and the history of my native land. I've expressed my enthusiasm for the latter through non-fiction books. These include the definitive study of women's involvement in the 1745 Jacobite Rising, Damn' Rebel Bitches: The Women of the '45, described by one critic as a 'modern classic.' I later published its companion volume Bare-Arsed Banditti: The Men of the '45 . My most recent non-fiction book is One Week in April: The Scottish Radical Rising of 1820.
My novels split into two genres. The first six are family sagas set in my native Glasgow from the 1920s to the 1940s. I prefer to describe them as love stories crossed with social history.
I'm now writing historical novels. I call them Romance Noir, very romantic but gritty too. The first of these is a tale of young love and old Edinburgh, One Sweet Moment, set in the 1820s. One reviewer described it as 'Romance with a capital R', which it most certainly is, although I've also been told that it's not for the faint-hearted. Life wasn't easy if you were a poor young woman back then and I felt the book had to reflect that. One Sweet Moment is also about Edinburgh and its Jekyll and Hyde nature, the parlours of the New Town and the underground vaults and oyster cellars of the Old Town, the visit of King George IV to the city in 1822 and the dramatic Great Fire of Edinburgh of 1824.
My second historical novel is Gathering Storm, a novel of Jacobite intrigue and romance, the first of a suite of novels featuring the same intertwining cast of characters finding their way through the moral dilemmas, drama and battles of the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion.
It's sequel is Dance to the Storm, published in 2020.
As a reader, I love to read novels which might be described as intelligent escapism. I also love romantic suspense, the sort of books where you wonder how on earth the hero and heroine are going to make it through to a happy ending. Among my favourite authors are Georgette Heyer, Dorothy L Sayers, Elizabeth Peters and Nora Roberts. I also read a lot of non-fiction, particularly historical. Favourite periods include 18th century and World War 2 Britain and I love to read about the forgotten women of history.
My novels split into two genres. The first six are family sagas set in my native Glasgow from the 1920s to the 1940s. I prefer to describe them as love stories crossed with social history.
I'm now writing historical novels. I call them Romance Noir, very romantic but gritty too. The first of these is a tale of young love and old Edinburgh, One Sweet Moment, set in the 1820s. One reviewer described it as 'Romance with a capital R', which it most certainly is, although I've also been told that it's not for the faint-hearted. Life wasn't easy if you were a poor young woman back then and I felt the book had to reflect that. One Sweet Moment is also about Edinburgh and its Jekyll and Hyde nature, the parlours of the New Town and the underground vaults and oyster cellars of the Old Town, the visit of King George IV to the city in 1822 and the dramatic Great Fire of Edinburgh of 1824.
My second historical novel is Gathering Storm, a novel of Jacobite intrigue and romance, the first of a suite of novels featuring the same intertwining cast of characters finding their way through the moral dilemmas, drama and battles of the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion.
It's sequel is Dance to the Storm, published in 2020.
As a reader, I love to read novels which might be described as intelligent escapism. I also love romantic suspense, the sort of books where you wonder how on earth the hero and heroine are going to make it through to a happy ending. Among my favourite authors are Georgette Heyer, Dorothy L Sayers, Elizabeth Peters and Nora Roberts. I also read a lot of non-fiction, particularly historical. Favourite periods include 18th century and World War 2 Britain and I love to read about the forgotten women of history.
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July 20, 2025
The Friendship Reset by Maggie Craig is a short and delightful treatise about the importance of forming true, Christ-centered same-gendered friendships in our modern world. Maggie Craig has seen and experienced what has not worked and now she is ready to share a blueprint for moving forward in a productive and fruitful manner. Maggie believes that friendships are necessary for all of us to lead integrated lives and to grow closer to God.
As a woman who has struggled most of my life to find meaningful female friendships, I genuinely appreciate this book by Maggie Craig. It has helped me to clearly define the problem and chart a better course moving forward. I have great hopes that in the future I can better find and develop deeper meaningful relationships with other Catholic women who are also pursuing holiness in their lives.
I would also like to mention this book is very valuable for adult women but also for teen girls who are just struggling to find their way in the world of friendship. I certainly intend on sharing this book with my own daughters as they navigate the choppy waters of adolescent friendship.
This is Maggie Craig’s first book. She is also a well-travelled and sought-after catechetical speaker. You can learn more about her at https://www.maggie-craig.com.
Many thanks to Maggie Craig, Ave Maria Press, and NetGalley for an ARC copy of this book. All opinions expressed in this review are offered freely and are entirely my own.
As a woman who has struggled most of my life to find meaningful female friendships, I genuinely appreciate this book by Maggie Craig. It has helped me to clearly define the problem and chart a better course moving forward. I have great hopes that in the future I can better find and develop deeper meaningful relationships with other Catholic women who are also pursuing holiness in their lives.
I would also like to mention this book is very valuable for adult women but also for teen girls who are just struggling to find their way in the world of friendship. I certainly intend on sharing this book with my own daughters as they navigate the choppy waters of adolescent friendship.
This is Maggie Craig’s first book. She is also a well-travelled and sought-after catechetical speaker. You can learn more about her at https://www.maggie-craig.com.
Many thanks to Maggie Craig, Ave Maria Press, and NetGalley for an ARC copy of this book. All opinions expressed in this review are offered freely and are entirely my own.
January 2, 2025
Maggie Craig does amazing, weaving her storytelling in with significant advice and tips for building friendships in her debut book, Friendship Reset. In a digital world, post-pandemic, more and more people need help with social life & friendships. Maggie meets this need with very practical, tangible steps to take for all ages while showing the ways she has grown in this area. I felt like I was at one of her amazing talks or sitting over coffee with her sharing wisdom about how I can deepen existing friendships and the encouragement to seek out new friends, while keeping Christ at the center. I highly recommend this book to parents, teens, and those who work with teens, but also young adults, pre-teens, and all ages!
April 20, 2025
Perfect timing
Came across this book recently and had just been counseling people on "friends". I thought it would be helpful for them if I read it but then realized how much I needed this information. Thank you!
Easy read.
Came across this book recently and had just been counseling people on "friends". I thought it would be helpful for them if I read it but then realized how much I needed this information. Thank you!
Easy read.
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