Loneliness Is Contagious, Study Says
Just like happiness and laughter are often described as infectious, it turns out you can catch loneliness too....
Just like happiness and laughter are often described as infectious, it turns out you can catch loneliness too....
2morrowknight | Posted 11.26.2009 | Living
I love the Thanksgiving holiday. I love cooking great food, sharing tall tales with loved ones, and having nothing but big fun. I always use this day to reflect on where I am personally and professionally.
Wendy Diamond | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living
These four tips will help keep your pet safe this Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, we do not have any tips to prevent your uncle from getting drunk and passing out in your yard.
Stephen Viscusi | Posted 11.25.2009 | Media
Losing your job is dreadful, no matter what the reason. In this journalist's mind, it is still better than health issues, divorce, or death -- but t...
nytimes.com | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living
While there have been plenty of studies of how pairs of people, especially spouses, affect each others' health, there have been far fewer studies of h...
Tom Morris | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living
We tend to become like the people we're around. Social contact is contagious. Human nature is amazingly malleable.
Michael Kaplan | Posted 10.22.2009 | Entertainment
Our partners, our relatives, our neighbors and friends may not be glamorous or wealthy, but they can offer something that Angelina Jolie or Tom Cruise never can: they actually care about us.
Annie Stamell | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment
I'm so incredibly sick of TV insiders talking about the "Moonlighting curse." People who are attracted to each other usually end up getting together. So let it happen!
Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living
I was encouraged to "bring my useless or broken gold" to an acquaintance's home, where I could "sell it all and take home cash." This was a new one for me, I've never left a social gathering richer than when I came in.
Therese Borchard | Posted 10.13.2009 | Living
You hear about peer pressure when you are in the sixth grade, but no one talks about it once you've graduated from college, have a job, and especially...
Posted 10.08.2009 | Entertainment
***Scroll down for trailer of the 'Office' wedding*** Pam and Jim finally tie the knot this week on 'The Office,' and even though they had the foresi...
Barbara Ficarra | Posted 11.26.2009 | Living
Sometimes, it's the simple things that we can do to help improve our outlook and health.
Margaret Ruth | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living
If someone can hear your truth and relate to it, you have the beginning of a connection, a beginning of a relate-tionship.
wowOwow | Randi Bernfield | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living
The colloquial term "frenemy" was coined to describe a complicated relationship wherein a person causes a friend such pain and anguish that there is a...
Wes Isley | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living
I can't emphasize enough the importance of friends as a source of joy in our lives, not only when things are going well but also when things go bad -- especially then.
Christine Hassler | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living
If you are yourself asking the question, "why him not me?" answer it via self-reflection and investigation...
Huffington Post | Posted 09.24.2009 | Comedy
Porn companies have certainly found a lucrative niche in the past few years: remaking family sitcoms as x-rated videos they can sell at a premium pric...
Bella DePaulo | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living
The BIG lies, the ones we consider most serious, are usually told by and to the people with whom we are most intimate.
Kari Henley | Posted 09.16.2009 | Living
Ask yourself this question: what percentage of time do you spend communicating with friends in person, vs. IM, Tweet, email or text? Has it shrunk con...
Francine D. Ward | Posted 09.06.2009 | Business
The first question to think about is what kind of relationship do you currently have with your employer--is it personal, is it family, are you already friends?
Marc Hershon | Posted 09.04.2009 | Living
There's something different about Twitter. And it's more than just the poetic brevity of 140 character messages, it can actually be useful!
Margaret Ruth | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living
If one person has done something such as become healthier, develop new interests or changed what s/he wants in a friendship, then the friendship has to change along.
Wes Isley | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living
Before the economy tanked, I never worried about going out to celebrate a friend's birthday. But last week, the thought of paying for drinks, dinner and a birthday dessert was stressing me out.
Sharon Glassman | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living
By turning a chore into a focused effort of passion and intention, we can cook our way out of the week's professional frying pan and into something deliciously higher.
Bella DePaulo | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living
Why should you have to be any kind of a couple to have access to basic rights, protections, dignity, and respect?
health.com | Posted 12.01.2009 | Living