Connection
by Margaret Leigh · updated 4mo ago
Connection
by Margaret Leigh · updated 4mo ago
firmly believe that a robust immersion in quality connection marked by vulnerability, self-disclosure, and empathetic listening, experienced in a concentrated form, can fast-track a friendship into existence in a shorter amount of time.
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If you’re not in the habit of developing relationships that foster intimacy and reciprocal care, who will you turn to on a hard day when you just want a hug and to be listened to while you cry it out?
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What else would you do if your biggest goal for the year was cultivating one or two deeper friendships, and you now realize that you have more than enough time to make it happen?
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When you find out a friend has recently returned from a trip (or got a new job, moved to a new city, etc.), ask your friend for the director’s cut. Inquire about the details they haven’t posted online. Ask questions about the things that don’t make it into the photos: moments that were difficult or tinged by worry or moments that were just flat-out
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have identified a number of ingredients that are core to the creation and continuation of quality friendships. I call them the Seeds of Connection: proximity, frequency, compatibility and commitment.
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On anxiety or curiosity as responses to a partner's 'other'-ness
I mean, faced with the unknown of our partners, we can either be anxious — and this is true with the unknown of life. We can be anxious, we can want to close the gap, we can want to seek the familiar in that space, or we can leave that space open and respond
to it with curiosity. And
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