Frientimacy: How to Deepen Friendships for Lifelong Health and Happiness

“Wait, that was a huge thing you just accomplished; are you taking it in and really feeling it? Because you deserve it!”

what healthy vulnerability is in a friendship—any action where we’re willing to relax our need to protect ourselves from our insecurities.

FOLLOW-UP: Sometimes the best way to deepen a friendship is to ask follow-up questions.

CHAMPIONS stand up for you and your beliefs, and they sing your praises.

Communicating commitment: Taking opportunities to affirm how much our friend means to us

The most successful and happy people are, in fact, the givers.

ENERGIZERS are your fun friends who always boost your spirits and create more positive moments in your life.

Practice #2: Initiate New Activities

For many of us, it’s not that we need to meet new people, it’s that we need to know how to go deeper with the people we already know.