We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships

what kinds of things elicit your excitement?

You show your dedication when you take action. Inadequate follow-through is one of the biggest friendship-related frustrations that people deal with.

Friendships provide a safe place to be vulnerable, uncomfortable, ask “stupid questions,” and genuinely contribute to each other’s development, empathy, and understanding.

Do you ever feel happy, content, or peaceful? If yes, when do you feel those emotions?

Ella said through tears that these friendship flame-outs showed her the four things that need to be in place for a friendship rift to heal: communication, transparency, empathy, and mutual motivation to repair the friendship.

Begin by picking two or three that you really like and keep those in your back pocket so that you can pull them out at a time when you’d normally default to the usual small talk.

Great follow-up questions will reference the details that the other person shared,

No amount of “I really like you too’s” will convince someone that you want to be friends if you don’t take actions to make time and space for them in your life.

What’s a time when you felt full of joy and happiness?