Ah, friends. We’d be nothing without them. National Friendship Day, which took place on 6 August, is a chance to celebrate everything we do for each other. Life’s full of ups and downs, but a good friend will ride the wave with you. Not only there to lend you makeup when you run out and a nice pair of heels before a date, but being your shoulder to cry on and that helping hand when you’re moving flat.

With Diet Coke’s Get The Gang Back Together campaign encouraging the celebration of female togetherness and friendships, we’ve asked friendship expert Shasta Nelson to get the essential tips of keeping that all-important friendship flame alive. So read on below to discover how the major moments that you and your best mates go through are playing a lead role in maintaining that meaningful relationship.

Go Travelling

“Remember those memory-making slumber parties as kids?” Nelson says. “Up the ante now by planning an overnight trip with friends or even travelling the world together.” Book a girls’ weekend to the coast, or go all-out and plan that getaway to Thailand you both talk dreamingly of. Go create life-affirming memories with those you hold dearest.

Celebrating the Moments