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How to Create Truly Supportive Friendships.
 Research
shows that healthy and supportive relationships can reduce stress and
improve your overall health and sense of wellbeing. However, all
relationships are not equally supportive. Building a network of supportive
friends, or even just one supportive relationship, can be vital to your
wellbeing, here are some key skills that can help you to build relationships
with people that are truly supportive and sustaining, that will bring great
benefits to you and your friends.
Meeting People- The more people you have in your life, the more likely you
are to have truly supportive relationships with at least one of them. It’s
beneficial to be able to regularly add new people to your circle. Here are
some good ways to meet people, and some tips to remember when making a new
friend.
Time Management- It’s important to make time to nurture
relationships, and to go out and have fun with friends. You may feel like you
just don’t have time to spend on this, but time management and organization
techniques can help you find more time in your life to spend on friendships.
These techniques can also help you to show up on time, remember birthdays and
other important events, help friends
when they’re in need, and
do other things that will strengthen friendships and make them supportive.Assertiveness- People often think of assertiveness as ‘standing up |
