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How to Meet a Workout Partner — and Be a Better One Yourself
The benefits of finding your fitness community, how to meet friends to exercise with, and tips for being a supportive workout partner.
How to Navigate a Strained Relationship
Our differences don’t have to keep us polarized. Try this expert advice for forging unexpected connections.
What to Say When You Don’t Know What to Say
The first step is listening with empathy and openness.
How to Have More Honest Conversations With Your Friends
The surprising ways that honest, authentic dialogue can deepen your friendships.
How to Make Friends at Your Health Club
It can be a challenge to form friendships as an adult. Here are a few ideas for meeting and connecting with others who are also pursuing health goals.
4 Comforting Meals to Bring to a Friend in Need
Nutritious, comforting recipes designed for leaving on a friend’s doorstep.
4 Tips for Creating a Successful Book Club
Respectful debate and setting expectations are key.
The Benefits of a Book Club
A bibliophile’s guide to creating — and sustaining — a great reading group.
How to Handle Friendship Conflict
One of the first steps? Realizing that conflict is normal.
Why Friends Are Essential to Our Well-Being
Friendship matters. Here’s why our pals are critical to our health — and how to maintain meaningful connections with those we love.
How to Be Happy for Others
How cultivating joy for others can help transform scarcity thinking.
Why Meaningful Encounters Matter
Loneliness is a huge health risk for us all. Here are ways to create more high-quality connections.
How to Help a Friend Deal With Pandemic Anxiety
9 tips to comfort loved ones who are feeling anxious about the coronavirus.
5 Tips to Become a Better Listener
Here’s how to hone your listening skills.
4 Tips for Offering a Sincere and Meaningful Apology
When you’re in the wrong, a sincere apology can go a long way toward healing your relationships — and yourself. Here’s how to offer a real apology.
How to Help a Friend Struggling With Depression
When someone near you is suffering, it can be challenging to maintain a bright outlook. Here’s how to rise above the emotional tide.
3 Ways to Cultivate a More Meaningful Friendship
Do your friendships seem stuck in superficial ruts? If you crave deeper, richer connections, it may be time to take a few relationship risks.
How to Get in Sync and Find True Friends
In his new book, The 4 Season Solution: The Groundbreaking New Plan for Feeling Better, Living Well, and Powering Down Our Always-On Lives, Dallas Hartwig talks about how finding real friends starts with getting to know yourself.
PUMPING IRONY: Fumbled Friendships
Robust social connections are key to our well-being as we age, so should I worry that my circle of friends has been narrowing for years? Not so much.
Body-Language Signs to Watch When Having a Conversation
These bodily cues can clue you into how a conversation is going.
How to Start a Conversation
Here are four of the best ways to start a conversation.