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Here you’ll find a growing collection of tools, activities, and ideas — hand-picked to help young people, parents, and anyone on a journey of self-discovery to connect more deeply, think more clearly, and live more intentionally.
Whether you’re looking to spark a meaningful conversation, build stronger relationships, or simply take a small step toward a bigger life — there’s something here for you. Dip in, share freely, and enjoy.
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#01 - 36 Questions for Increasing Closeness (Adults)
Building close relationships in adulthood can be challenging. Many social situations call for polite small talk, not heart-to-heart conversations, making it difficult to really connect deeply with people.
One way to overcome these barriers to closeness is by engaging in “reciprocal self-disclosure”—that is, to reveal increasingly personal information about yourself to another person, as they do the same to you. Research suggests that spending just 45 minutes engaging in self-disclosure with a stranger can dramatically increase feelings of closeness between you. In some cases, these feelings of closeness persist over time and form the basis of a new relationship.
#02 - 36 Questions to Help Kids Make Friends (Kids)
This 36 questions activity can help children build closeness with someone they don’t know well, including a child from a different ethnicity.
Childhood friendships are important to well-being. Having just one friend can help kids be more invested in their schoolwork and protect them from being bullied. Friendships across ethnicities are especially valuable and lead kids to be more adaptable and socially confident. For example, kids with cross-ethnicity friendships tend to be better liked by other kids, be more self-confident, have a more positive mood, and feel safer at school.
But making friends can be awkward. Knowing how to talk to others in a way that fosters genuine connectivity and paves the way for real friendship—particularly with those who are different from us—is a valuable life skill. This exercise helps you guide your child to talk to other kids in that way.
This exercise is particularly useful at transition times, like when your family moves to a new place or when children start middle school with many students they don’t know.