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Doing Good is Good For You, Research Shows
If you want to increase your happiness and well-being, spend your money, time or energy on someone else. Research consistently finds that acts of altruism, such as donating money, volunteering or giving blood, benefit both
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Are You Good at Building Friendships? Here’s How to Tell.
To build closer friendships, experts say tell your friends you appreciate them, be vulnerable and “repot” the relationship. … It’s important to show interest and full attention to what a friend is telling you, said Rich
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Hypochondria Is a Real and Dangerous Illness, New Research Shows
… Whatever the cause, hypochondria is associated with a certain level of innumeracy, or trouble grasping risk levels—difficulty perhaps compounded by anxieties about those risks. Tobias Kube, a psychologist currently at the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau
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Cynics Not Only Lose Out on Friendships, Love and Opportunity — They’re Also Wrong About Human Nature
Cynicism is on the rise. Should that come as any surprise given today’s divisive global conflicts and our fraught political landscape? Even the weather seems like it’s out to get us. Americans are experiencing a
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Authenticity Can Protect Mental Health
Authenticity isn’t just a buzzword. Researchers have found that authentic people enjoy better psychological health and a greater sense of meaning in their lives. “There’s a really strong link between feeling authentic and life feeling
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Why Some People Intentionally Cut, Burn or Bruise Themselves
Megan walked the halls of her suburban Houston junior high in shame. It was the first time she had to attend school with bruises on her face from the abuse by her father, who was
