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Good Friends

4 Keys to Developing and Maintaining Friendships

Ron Culberson, MSW, CSP | Posted 05.26.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Healthy Living, Friendships, Life Balance, Forming Friendships, Friendship, Making Friends, Conscious Relationships, Social Support, Healthy Relationships, Healthy Friendships, Good Friends, Healthy Living News
Ron Culberson, MSW, CSP

We need friendships in our lives to supplement our existing romantic, marital or family relationships. Yet most adult friendships are based on proximity rather than on a purposeful pursuit.

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Women's Friendships: The Forgotten Priority?

Christine Bronstein | Posted 05.13.2013 | Women
Read More: Friendship, Shasta Nelson, Women, A Band of Wives, Intimacy, Friends, Best Friends, Good Friends, Women Friendship, Women News
Christine Bronstein

It turns out I have some friend circles I need to develop to live a happier, healthier life, and some priorities I need to evaluate. As Shasta Nelson helped me understand in our conversation below, friendships don't "just happen." We have to do the work.

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Strong vs. Weak Links

Amanda Slavin | Posted 01.13.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Friendship, Malcolm Gladwell, Social Networking, Connector, Social Networking Sites, Acquaintances, Conscious Relationships, Social Support, Healthy Relationships, Relationships, Healthy Friendships, Good Relationship, Good Friends, Healthy Living News
Amanda Slavin

I gravitate toward certain people. I meet tons of people and usually end up loving most of them, but some pull me in deeper immediately. I get an instant connection that I can't deny or ignore; it doesn't make perfect sense but just happens.

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13 Rules to Care and Feed a Friendship

Sally Koslow | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Friendship Advice, Friendships, Friends, Female Friendships, Relationships, Good Friends, Healthy Living News
Sally Koslow

Offer advice and opinions in the sweet spot between innocuous and judgmental.

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