Learn English – the term used to describe when two different things both rely on each other

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For example, to increase membership we need to increase activities, but to increase activities we need more members.

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Interdependent

Mutually dependent: "Our physiology and that of the plants we eat are not only biochemically similar but interdependent" (Cindy Engel). - American Heritage Dictionary, 5th Ed.

Should you want a negative version, there is the IT term deadly embrace, where two pieces of computer code each wait for the other in an endless loop. It's not pretty.