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What Superfans Know That the Rest of Us Should Learn
… After all, so many of us lack community. Data from Cigna finds 58% of Americans are lonely. Religion is fading. Work doesn’t love us back. Maybe letting ourselves be obsessed with that highly specific and possibly weird thing we love
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How ‘Inside Out’ and Its Sequel Changed Therapy
Mental health professionals and educators say the movies are remarkably helpful in providing a common language they can use with children and parents. … But soon after the idea was born, Docter was stymied, he
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Americans’ Struggle with Mental Health
It is no mystery why rates of anxiety and depression in the United States climbed in 2020, at the height of the pandemic. But then life began a slow return to normal. Why haven’t rates
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Is Bed Rotting Bad for You?
Burnout is steadily rising worldwide—and people are coping in very different ways. Some deal with their stress and exhaustion by binge-watching Netflix shows, hitting the gym, meditating, or crafting. As for others? They try bed rotting. … Resting
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Can Money Buy Happiness? 5 Tips to Turn Bucks Into Bliss
Can money buy happiness? It’s an age-old question with which many — including philosophers, economists and psychologists — have wrestled. … “This notion that money cannot buy happiness is just, like, patently false,” social psychologist Elizabeth
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Social Prescribing: Why Purpose Is Good for Your Health
In a bid to improve health and wellbeing, social prescriptions can cover everything from volunteering and art classes to support with household bills. But do they really work? … Perhaps counterintuitively, prescribing “service” is proving
