
Frientimacy: How to Deepen Friendships for Lifelong Health and Happiness

This may sound like mundane stuff, but disclosing even little things about our lives is like Miracle-Gro for relationships. By keeping everyone on a need-to-know basis, Fives can make their friends and even their partners wonder, “Do I really know this person? Will I ever know this person?”
Suzanne Stabile • The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery
Who I Want To Be: I want to show up in life in such a way that you feel greeted in my presence. Welcomed. Worthy. Accepted. That means when I see you I start with love. It means I refuse to wait until my ego can determine your value to me. Forgive me for my impulse to judge, I want to unlearn that behavior. The truth is that you are human—my sister
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This is what it looks like to ask for and offer help, to build relationships that can hold us accountable to ourselves, to open up to knowing others and letting ourselves be known.
Mia Birdsong • How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community
Bona fide other-focus requires mindfulness, compassion, patience, and generosity.