Friendships tend to change over time. Sometimes a friendship that fit well when you were in a previous stage of life no longer does. Even knowing that it's normal that many friendships do not last a lifetime, it's still important to know if you feel healthy in your friendships now.

It's important to nurture your friendships so:

Think of your relationships and their value as existing in the layers of an onion. There is no right or wrong and no perfect number of onion layers. Each individual's friendship/relationship onion will be different. For example, people at the center or core are the ones whose presence you most value and want in your daily life, but you define the remaining layers (e.g., level of friendship/values) by what's healthiest for you. Moreover, you decide how connected you feel to each person and where they will be in your onion layers.

As you grow and change, so will what you value in your friendships. As a teenager, you may have felt aligned with and highly valued friends who were risk-takers. This........

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