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Who's Really Nuts, 20/20 or the 'Crazy Cat Ladies'?

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Animal Rescue, Abc, Mental Health, Pets, Altruism, Cats, Elizabeth Vargas, Media, Film, Loss, Marriage, Loneliness, Stereotypes, Singlism, Expectations, Tv, Strays, Alienation, Single, Documentary, Crazy Cat Ladies, 20/20, Media Bias, Relationships, Living News
Bella DePaulo

20/20 recently treated its viewers to a condescending pity-party for the women it calls 'crazy cat ladies.' The segment, with an accompanying article online, was so over-the-top that it was almost a parody of itself.

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11 Therapies To Help Deal With Loss

World of Psychology | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Therapy, Loneliness, Depression, Grief, Health, Death and Dying, Mourning, Coping, Loss, Love, Sadness, Death, Grieving, Living News

When you do something to relieve your feelings and to give yourself a sense of achievement, you are accomplishing your journey through bereavement....

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Pema Chodron: How To Do Tonglen, A Meditation Practice For Difficult Times

Waylon Lewis | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Tonglen, Loneliness, Chogyam Trungpa, Relationships, Sad, Suffering, Buddhist, Spiritual, Meditation, Buddhism, elephantjournal.com, Waylon Lewis, Shambhala, Spirituality, Pema Chodron, Living News
Waylon Lewis

I grew up knowing Pema Chodron (the second most popular Buddhist in America, after that Dalai Lama guy). Or, rather, she knew me (I was just a little kid running around not paying attention to anything).

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Computer Loneliness

Eva M. Selhub, M.D. | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Loneliness, Mind.Body.Soul, Mindfulness, Traveling, Mindful Eating, Meditation, Healing, Anxiety, Appreciation, Relaxation, Living News
Eva M. Selhub, M.D.

Take some time away from cyberspace and connect. Appreciate. See life and yourself as small miracles and allow yourself to experience awe.

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Reviving the Dinner Party and "Serial Socializing" - Real Friends Over 30

Kari Henley | Posted 09.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Socializing, Friendship, Loneliness, Jeanne Martinet, Twitter, Friends, Hosting, Social Networking, Featured Contributor, Facebook, Dinner Party, Living News
Kari Henley

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...

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Are You Obsessed With Being Busy?

Kari Henley | Posted 08.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Depression, Loneliness, Featured Contributor, Health, Recession, Busy, Slowing Down, Downshifting, The Balanced Life, Living News
Kari Henley

Despite the fact this summer has been filled with searing economic pains, deaths of too many, crazy weather disasters and money laundering scandals, w...

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Don't Text Spencer: Using Eating Disorder Recovery Skills in Everyday Life

Jenni Schaefer | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Loneliness, Relationships, Anorexia, Dating, Jenni Schaefer, Eating Disorders, Bulimia, Ednos, Eating Disorder, Living News
Jenni Schaefer

My challenge today is to recognize insane ways of thinking and then to move in the direction of positive change.

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Lonely? For Some, TV Is The Cure: STUDY

news.yahoo.com | James Hibberd | Posted 05.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Television, Loneliness, Relationships, Living News

Watching TV might not make you happy, but for some viewers it beats being alone. Four new studies by the University at Buffalo and Miami University...

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Are Facebook Friends "Real" Friends?

Kari Henley | Posted 04.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Loneliness, Friends, Facebook, Facebook Friends, Relationships, The Balanced Life, Living News
Kari Henley

Well, I have to say one thing - HuffPost readers rock! This is one spirited group and thanks to everyone who joined in on the lively debate about "Fac...

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Lonely Danes and Thai Brides: Janus Metz' "Love on Delivery"

Karin Badt | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Loneliness, Thai Women, Janus Metz, Sex Trade, Ticket to Paradise, Love on Delivery, Denmark Community, Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, Bride Catalogue, Arranged Marriages, Thailand, Bangkok-Thailand, Denmark, World News
Karin Badt

The film bears a highly controversial message: these economic-emotion exchange marriages work out to everyone's heart content.

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Are You Surrounded With Authentic Communities? Explore 7 Possibilities

Kari Henley | Posted 04.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Loneliness, God, Friends, Charity, Social Connection, Featured Contributor, Partners, Co-Workers, Community, Neighbors, Possibilian, Happiness, Family, The Inner Life, Living News
Kari Henley

Welcome. I am so glad you joined us. Please, settle in and get cozy. I want to talk about 'community,' something the Living Section is becoming very ...

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Staying Sane In an Insane World

Leeat Granek, PhD | Posted 02.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Mental Health, Health, Anorexia, Insanity, Depression, Sanity, Well Being, Loneliness, Oprah Winfrey, Oprah, Recession Fears, Best Life, Living News
Leeat Granek, PhD

When you actually listen to people instead of giving them a bottle of pills, you begin to understand that no matter the situation, people's experiences make sense in the context of their lives.

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Getting Over a Friendship Drought

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 01.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Women, Drought, Loneliness, Living News, Relationships, Female Friendship, Coping Mechanism, Nostalgia, Making Friends, Psychological Science, Sense of Belonging, Tim Wildschut, Friendship Study, Psychology, Psychological Coping Mechanism, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

The more lonely people are, the more nostalgic they tend to become as a way of increasing their self-perceived feeling of social support.

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Reader Q & A: Why Did She Dump Me?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 12.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Single Mom, Loneliness, Living News, Relationships, Expatriates, Children, Dumped, Reciprocity, Phone Friend, Dumpee, Balance, Best Friend, Expats, Reader Q & A, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

I telephoned a girlfriend today for a chat and she hit me with a bombshell. She politely told me that she saw no point in continuing our friendship.

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Even Though It's a Unique Experience, Losing Someone You Love is Always the Same

Claire Bidwell Smith | Posted 11.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Bereavement, Loneliness, Loss, Grief Support Groups, Grief, Death, Group Therapy, Living News
Claire Bidwell Smith

It can be comforting to look into the eyes of another who wakes in the morning whose first thought is of loss, and the same true before they fall asleep at night.

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Balancing Motherhood, Marriage and Friendship: An Interview With Allison Winn Scotch

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Allison Winn Scotch, Maintaining Friendships, Time, Living News, Relationships, Infertility, Motherhood, Random House, Female Friendships, Virtual Friends, Isolation, Time of My Life, Friendship by the Book, Marriage, Loneliness, 30-Something, Weinstein Company, Syle, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Time of Your Life tells the story of Jillian -- a thirty-something, married, suburban mother -- who suddenly sees her life playing out a different way than it did seven years ago, jumps to fix it, and takes the reader along for the ride

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Like Your Time Alone? Then This Post is For You

Bella DePaulo | Posted 09.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Creativity, Households, Aging, Divorce, Relationships, Loner, Daphne Merkin, School Shooters, Serial Murderers, Singles, Imagination, Atlantic Magazine, Work From Home, Happiness, Sociability, Isolation, Solitude, Anneli Rufus, American Psyche, Loneliness, Ostracism, Kids With Rooms of Their Own, Small Talk, Living Independently, Pseudo-Loners, Living Alone, Singled Out, Jonathan Rauch, Introvert, Demographics, Boredom, Living News
Bella DePaulo

I live in the most ordinary American household - I live alone. Knock on any door in the nation and you are more likely to find a household like mine t...

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The Opposite of Voyeurism: Why People Twitter

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 07.02.2008 | Living

Read More: 1984, Friends, Twitter, Digg, Second Life, Cavemen, Facebook, Culture, Friendship, Internet, Loneliness, Youtube, Robert Scoble, Dystopian Films, Blogging, Living News
Michelle Haimoff

Observing large-scale technological phenomena informs us about where the culture's at these days; Twitter might indicate that people are lonely.

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Just Think

Richard Laermer | Posted 06.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Iphone, Blackberry, Thinking, Loneliness, Modernity, Solitude, Media News
Richard Laermer

What if restaurants put a bin near the door for our cell phones, Blackberries, etc? Consider what would happen when our dining companions got up to use the bathroom, leaving us alone. With our solo thoughts.

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Cannes 2008: No Love in Two Lovers

Karin Badt | Posted 06.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Loneliness, Cannes Film Festival 2008, Two Lovers, Gwyneth Paltrow, James Gray, Cannes Film Festival, Movies, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Karin Badt

In James Grey's new movie Two Lovers, no one finds mutual love. Each says to the other: "You deserve to be loved", while the recipient of the sentiment longs for someone else.

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How To Lift Yourself Out Of Loneliness

Catherine Specter | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Loneliness, The Balanced Life, Living News
Catherine Specter

Q: I think loneliness is such a universal yet under-discussed subject--maybe because it's sort of taboo. No one wants to admit to being lonely for fe...

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