18 Know Your People

Know who your people are. I recognize how challenging relationships are for all of us. Understand how your relationships fit into your circles of relations, including intimate relations, core family and friends, extended family and friends, community members, and acquaintances and contacts. Consider the kinds of experiences you share together. 

Beware common mistakes we make in misunderstanding and undervaluing relationships.

Finally, we consider how to recognize the limits of contextual relationships are and how to bring special relationships into our homes and core circles where they can last.