Episode 14- Friendship- How to cultivate good friendships. - a podcast by Jessica Doherty

In todays episode my close girlfriends, Olivia, Jo and Annemarie discuss what friendship means to them, how to be a good friend and how to cultivate good friendships.

8 Ways to cultivate good friendships.
1- Pursue - be the initiator, reach out to them.
2- Hear- we may listen to them but are we really hearing what they are telling us. Be an active listener.
3- Reliable- keep our word. Be reliable in the small things as well, not just when crisis hits.
4- Humour- be silly, have fun, let your hair down- LAUGH.
5- Vulnerable- Do we let them see the deepest parts of our heart?
Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable but they are NEVER weakness.
6- Encourage- champion your friends on, speak words of affirmation to them. Celebrate their wins and morn their loses.
7- Serve- use your talents to serve your friends.
8- Prayer- be an active prayer partner with your friend.

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