Building Bonds

Meeting #7

This meeting develops skills to create new and strengthen existing interpersonal relationships. Using Jia Jiang’s TED Talk, What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection, as a foundation for discussion, participants explore the challenges of forming and improving bonds and consider how boundaries and personal resilience factor into a good, strong friendship.

Meeting Guide

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By the end of the meeting, participants will be able to:

  • Describe how fear of rejection acts as a challenge to developing new relationships and strengthening existing relationships.
  • Understand that the most effective way to reduce anxiety around a specific task is through continual engagement in that task – opposite action.

Additional Materials

The Boosting Bravery Strategies