Your Ideal New Friend

Even if you have good friends in your life, do you have enough people nearby to share interests or everyday life with?

Local friendships matter because we need friends we can see in person — and for emotional and practical support when life happens.

If most of your social time is with people who live further away, you may not be getting enough regular, face-to-face time with good friends.

This exercise helps you get intentional about filling any gap in your local friendship network — especially within 15 minutes of where you live — and get clear on what you’re actually looking for, so you can start showing up in the right places.

By the end, you'll have:

✅ clarity on what’s missing locally (the gap you want to fill)
✅ a clear profile of the kind of friend you want — and what you’d love to do together
✅ one realistic next step to help you start meeting people like this locally

How it works - the Persona Questionnaire:

Reality Check (what’s missing locally?)
What Kind of Friendship Do You Actually Need?
Create Your Ideal New Friend Persona 🧭 (proximity, interests, values, rhythm)
One-line summary (“My ideal new friend is someone who…”)
Your next step (one thing you’ll try)

What you’ll receive:

📘 a short PDF guide
🧾 the Persona Questionnaire (Google Form)
💌 your Ideal New Friend Persona + a copy of your answers by email
🔁 a simple exercise you can reuse whenever you want to

Ready to start the journey?

This will help you get a few acquaintance horses in the race.
One or more may become a friend and hopefully you'll grow closer over time.
👉 £1
Your Ideal New Friend 🧭 A 60-Minute Clarity Exercise

Get the Exercise

Catherine McClen – Friendship Guide

Your Ideal New Friend

Catherine McClen – Friendship Guide