Title: How to Build Meaningful Relationships (and What Stops Us)
Headings: How to Build Meaningful Relationships (and What Stops Us)
How to Build Meaningful Relationships (and What Stops Us)
The Benefits of Meaningful Relationships
Our Barriers to Connecting with Others
What Does It Mean to Fully Connect?
Skills for Building Meaningful Relationships
1. Listening
2. Self-Expression
3. Forgiveness
4. Presence
Other Important Skills
Resources to Help You Along the Way
Matt Mignona

Content: Other Important Skills
Kindness, compassion, and the ability to make others feel important are also valuable relationship-building traits. And these don’t take much practice — just intention. Treat others with the utmost respect, even when they aren’t in the room. Refrain from gossip. Give out compliments freely and criticism rarely. Apologize when you’re wrong. Resources to Help You Along the Way
I’ve compiled some great resources to help you start your journey toward more meaningful relationship s — and all of the benefits that come with them: The book Active Listening 101: How to Turn Down Your Volume to Turn Up Your Communication Skills by Emilia Hardman is a quick read (just 56 pages) but can provide you with actionable steps to becoming a better listener. There are hundreds of resources that can help you build emotional intelligence, which in turn can help you become a better friend and build healthier friendships, but I love this article from Psychology Today.