We share because of the safety we feel in a friendship, not to create or overcompensate for safety that isn't already there. Is your vulnerability a defense mechanism against your fears of abandonment? Or is it an authentic reflection of you feeling safe within that person? We have to intertwine our vulnerability with discernment. Like, what's the impact that this is having? Am I feeling more comfortable? Are there reciprocating with me?
1. Practical ways to make a friend and become what Dr. Franco calls a “Super-friend.”
2. How to address issues with a friend even if you hate conflict.
3. Why expressing anger is more likely to deepen a relationship than destroy it.
4. How we need to express vulnerability to make friends – but first, what the hell is vulnerability?
5. Destroying the unhelpful myth that friendship happens organically.
About Dr. Franco:
Dr. Marisa G Franco is psychologist, international speaker, and New York Times bestselling author known for digesting and communicating science in ways tha change their lives. She works as a professor at The University of Maryland and authored the New York Times bestseller Platonic: How The Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends.
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