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Relationships prompts

Dating, difficult conversations, repair. The human stuff, handled like an adult.

• life Map What a Long-Term Relationship Needs Right Now

  Get an honest read on what a long-term relationship needs right now, in the short term and the medium term.

• life Decide Whether to Have a Difficult Conversation or Let It Go

  Work out whether the conversation needs to happen or whether genuine letting go is actually an option.

• life Decide Whether to Move Closer to Family or Prioritise Your Own Path

  Work through the family proximity decision with a clear-eyed look at what each choice actually costs.

• life Decide How to Handle a Difficult Family Request You Do Not Want to Grant

  Decide how to respond to a family request you do not want to grant without destroying the relationship.

• self Identify Why a Personal Boundary Is Not Working and What to Change

  Find out whether your boundary is failing because of clarity, communication, or consistency.

• life Learn to Support Someone Who Is Grieving Without Making It Worse

  Learn what to say and what not to say when someone close to you is grieving.

• life Reframe a Friendship That Has Quietly Ended Without a Formal Break

  Find a way to make peace with a friendship that ended without explanation or a final conversation.

• life Make New Friends as an Adult in a New Place

  Build actual adult friendships in a new place with an approach that accounts for how adult friendship formation actually works.

• life Write a Letter to a Family Member You Have Grown Apart From

  Write the letter to the family member you have been meaning to write for longer than you would like to admit.

• life Decide What to Do With a Relationship That Has Gone Quiet

  Decide whether to reach out to someone you have lost touch with, and what to say.

• self Work Out Whether to Stay in a Friendship That Has Gone Quiet

  Think clearly about whether a drifting friendship is worth pulling back.

• self Reframe What You Think Failure in a Relationship Is Actually Telling You

  Find out what a relationship failure is actually telling you before acting on it.

• self Reframe a Relationship Ending as Information

  Make sense of a relationship ending by reading it as information rather than verdict.

• life Check Whether an Online Date Red Flag Is Actually a Red Flag

  Get a straight read on whether the thing from the date is worth worrying about.

• life Prepare for a Difficult Conversation With a Partner

  Prepare properly for the difficult conversation you keep putting off with your partner.

• self Do a Friendship Audit Without Feeling Awful About It

  Take an honest look at your friendships and work out where to invest and where to let go.

• life Prepare for a Difficult Conversation You Have Been Putting Off

  Prepare for a conversation you have been putting off by knowing how to open it and what to do when it gets hard.

• life Plan a Difficult Conversation You Have Been Avoiding

  Prepare for the conversation you have been avoiding so it actually happens and goes somewhere useful.

• self Get Clear on What You Need From a Relationship

  Work out what you actually need from a relationship rather than what you think you should want.

• life Create a Fair Division of Household Labour With a Partner

  Divide household labour fairly based on capacity and preference rather than historical defaults.

• self Set Meaningful Boundaries Without Feeling Guilty About It

  Set a clear boundary and know what to say when it is tested rather than apologising for it.

• life Have a Productive Conversation With an Elderly Relative About the Future

  Plan the difficult conversation about a relative's future without triggering defensiveness.

• life Draft a Message That Ends a Difficult Conversation Cleanly

  Write a message that ends a difficult exchange without starting a new one.

• life Draft a Message to a Family Member You Have Fallen Out With

  Write the first message to a family member you have not spoken to in a while.

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