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Relationships as a general rule.

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Nothing has a bigger impact on our well-being than our closest relationships.

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Nothing can really compensate for impoverished connections with others.

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And we can tolerate just about anything if our relationships are strong and supportive.

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Now, think about your important relationships, including with your parents.

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Children and friends take stock of each connection and determine anything you'd like to change about

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the relationship, especially in ways you can control as you construct your relationship goals.

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It may help to consider how your personal struggles with an anxiety, anger or other issues have affected

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the quality of your connections with others.

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For example, if depression has led you to interact less with the people close to you, consider setting

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goals to spend more time with them.

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Education and work work can be a means to satisfy our basic psychological needs.

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Through work, we can feel like we're competent at work, at what we do, whether we are students,

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employees or stay at home parents.

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We can also satisfy our need for autonomy through our work if we have some control over what we do and

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how we do it.

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Our need for connection to others is also affected by the quality of our relationships at work.

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How have things been for you at work?

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Do you like what you do?

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Maybe even finding a sense of meaning in your job has an anxiety, depression or another difficulty

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made it harder to do your job or interfered with your performance.

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Does your work feel appropriately challenging, not so easy, or coasting along, feeling bored and

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not so hard that you are overwhelmed by the demands?

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Take a moment to write down what you've noticed about your recent relationship to your work.