Ep. 505: 10 Ways to Cultivate Meaningful Friendships

The Best Life Podcast

There’s a part of getting older that we never expected: it’s getting harder to maintain meaningful friendships. The people who were once our tight-knit circle have become strangers as career, families, and lives change. It’s not a crime to outgrow friendships, but if we want meaningful connections, then we’re going to have to make a real effort in cultivating them. In this episode, Jill is sharing 10 tips we can all start implementing to make and keep deep friendships.

Friendships are getting harder as we age [0:58]

Getting discerning on how we manage our friendships [3:59]

It takes more work than you think [6:57]

A willingness to engage in tough conversations [7:39]

Are you talking shit on your friends? [10:16]

Have an actual interest in your friends [11:17]

Tell them what you love about them [12:57]

Let your friends help you when you need it [14:03]

Empathy before advice [16:20]

Don’t talk only about you + actually listen [18:49]

Hold your pity and your judgement [21:07]

Give people the benefit of the doubt [22:59]

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