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Clear the ambivalent

Closer, or a kinder distance. Decide.

PEWe reviewed the research on it.Friendship and the people around you

Hand-drawn diagram of framework 246, Clear the ambivalent: Closer, or a kinder distance. Decide.
Framework 246 · in one look
How to use it

The "do they even like me?" relationships drain more than the clearly bad ones. For each, decide: closer (a real plan, an honest talk) or a kinder distance. Not deciding is the expensive option.

How sure we are

P Evidence: promising. Good studies, but small or few. Use it and keep checking.

E Evidence: built from practice. What works for coaches and practitioners. Labelled that way.

Sources

Ambivalent ties linked with higher blood pressure and reactivity (Uchino, Holt-Lunstad and colleagues; correlational) · Van Edwards (🟠).

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