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Facing the Holidays Without Family Ties or the Romantic Partner of Your Dreams?
While the holiday season is often a time rich with cheer, sentiment, love and family connections, it can also be a painful reminder of what once was or what many other people have but you don’t. …
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Can You Find Awe in Christmas Cookies?
… I’m not sure it’ll be enough to elicit wonder, but it’s worth trying. According to Michelle Shiota, a psychology professor at Arizona State University who has researched the impact of awe, “You got to push
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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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How Thanksgiving Dinner Can Make You A Better Collaborator
… The connection between food and cooperation was explored in a 2019 research article by Kaitlin Woolley and Ayelet Fishbach that was published by The Journal Psychological Science. The authors found that the way a meal
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How Soulmate Parenting Can Lead to Parent-Child Estrangement
It’s easy to sympathize with both my patient and her son. With the son for having suffered more than he might have with earlier intervention. With the mother for believing she had failed him and
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Rumour Has It, Gossip Isn’t Always Negative
Tittle-tattle, scuttlebutt, dishing the dirt, spilling the tea: Whatever you call it. there’s no doubt gossip can be seductive. Gossip has long had a bad reputation and gossipers have been seen as untrustworthy. But does
