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We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships
The modern handbook for making and maintaining stronger friendships
Full of relatable stories, practical tips, 60 charming illustrations, 55 suggested activities, a book club discussion guide, and 300+ conversation starters, We Should Get Together is the perfect book for anyone who wants to have dedicated, life-enriching friends, and who wants to be that kind of friend, too. Learn more
Want to feel closer to the friends you already have?
Since 2015, Better than Small Talk has been helping friends, acquaintances, colleagues, and loved ones get closer, and appreciate new sides of each other.
I’m Kat Vellos, a coach and speaker who helps people make and maintain friendships in adulthood. I wrote and illustrated the book We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships and I created all the friendship-boosting tools you’ll find on this site.
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My signature program is a bodacious two-month bootcamp that will give you the tools to cultivate the hyperlocal and/or hyperspecific friendships you’re wishing for — now and in the future.