Frientimacy by Shasta Nelson

Author:Shasta Nelson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781580056083
Publisher: Seal Press
Published: 2016-01-11T16:00:00+00:00

Worth Remembering

•In a friendship, healthy vulnerability is any action where we’re willing to relax our need to protect ourselves from our insecurities.

•If vulnerability is the risk of letting others see us, we have to first know who that “us” is.

•Every relationship develops a pattern of what’s normal, so it will feel vulnerable to initiate new or more frequent activities or bring up previously undiscussed topics. But these acts of vulnerability are crucial to expanding the territory your friendship covers and broadening the way you interact with each other.

•Talking about our relationships is as important as having relationships. One of the best gifts we can give our relationships is the commitment to learn and practice new communication skills.

•One of the most undervalued acts of vulnerability is supporting each other’s success in this world.

•Like anchors, when we practice sharing the hard things, we end up grounding and rooting our friendship in the most important aspects of our lives.

•We can deepen our intimacy with friends in mutual, incremental, and consistent ways by simultaneously engaging in new activities, expanding our communication, shining in front of each other, and sharing shame and insecurity.

Next up: addressing the primary obstacles that can stand in the way of frientimacy.

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