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maintaining adult friendships

When Did You Last Let Someone In?

March 5, 2026 By Sue Miley

how to be vulnerable with friends

Listen to the blog: Have you ever been sitting with a friend and the conversation turned to an “in the moment” interaction? Not just recounting what happened last week, but actually being in the scene together, right now, emotions and all? I have, but too few and far … [Read more...] about When Did You Last Let Someone In?

Filed Under: Interpersonal Skills Tagged With: connecting with others, connection, friendships, maintaining adult friendships, vulnerability

Making Space for the People You Care About

January 30, 2025 By Sue Miley

How can you expect to have deep, meaningful relationships if you never make space for the people in your life that you care most about?   When did you make the shift from hanging out with friends, talking on the phone till all hours of the night with the love of your … [Read more...] about Making Space for the People You Care About

Filed Under: Christian Living, Mental Health Tagged With: adult friendships, christian living, community, maintaining adult friendships

Navigating Friendships

July 25, 2024 By Allison Schoonmaker

A blank book lays on top of a map, describing what it is like to navigate friendships.

"I've never had a best friend." This is a sentence that I hear quite often from both men and women clients, strangers, and people I know. It's as if there's a universal law that everyone should have a "best friend" or even a group of best friends. Who came up with that? And … [Read more...] about Navigating Friendships

Filed Under: Emotions, Interpersonal Skills Tagged With: adult friendships, friendships, maintaining adult friendships, navigating adult friendships, navigating friendships, relationship

A Quick Guide to Maintaining Adult Friendships

July 9, 2024 By Allison Schoonmaker

Friends sit down to have a conversation over a meal.

Not too long ago, I had a cancellation for my 11:30 session. I thought about a sandwich I like to eat and my friend who introduced me to it. I picked up the phone and called her. Her: Hey. What are you doing? Me: Do you want to go to lunch? Her: Sure. Where? Me: New … [Read more...] about A Quick Guide to Maintaining Adult Friendships

Filed Under: Interpersonal Skills Tagged With: adult friendships, friendships, interpersonal skills, maintaining adult friendships

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