Everyone feels lonely from time to time; some more than others. While there are benefits to simply spending time alone, that’s different from feeling lonely and longing for companionship. The CDC ...

There is still, in our increasingly progressive, anything goes world, a slight shame in making some admissions. One of them is uttering the sentence “I can’t drive” well into your thirties. It’s less ...

As a mid-20s high-achiever, I loathed meetings that started with idle chit chat. "No, Jane, we will not discuss what movies we saw this weekend." I was baffled by the “wastefulness" of small talk. But ...

The first time I heard the term “loneliness epidemic,” it gave me pause. I’d always thought of an epidemic as an outbreak of disease, and while loneliness is emotionally painful, I hadn’t realized it ...

Stroke survivors who were uncomfortable sharing their thoughts and feelings about their condition and future had slower physical and cognitive recovery after their stroke, according to a preliminary ...