Loneliness in later life begins when contact remains, but dignity, purpose, and the feeling of being needed quietly disappear.

You're the one everyone leans on. So why does it feel so lonely at the top of everyone's list? A look at the cost of being needed—and the courage it takes to be seen.

Many students have compared the happiness of parents and childless people, but are there happiness differences between single and paired parents?

In The African Queen, Katharine Hepburn upbraids Humphrey Bogart by telling him that “Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put in this world to rise above.” Not surprisingly, Hepburn’s character is a ...

Do I have what it takes for this job? What does “you’re not the right fit for this position” even mean? Time is running out; I may have to just take the next soul-crushing job because I’ve got to pay ...

It is from large perceptions combined with impersonal emotion that wisdom most readily springs. Bertrand Russell What is the pattern that connects the crab to the lobster and the primrose to the ...

You may have heard that trust in science is collapsing. The evidence suggests something different: most people still trust scientists, but many no longer trust themselves to navigate a chaotic ...

2.20.2019. The night before the Tel Aviv Marathon, my wife Galit and I had a huge fight. She felt I was irresponsible. That timing of the race was bad and I would be exhausted and not present for the ...

Relationships are full of small, subtle shifts—some great, like more frequent texts, spontaneous plans, or a sudden burst of openness. Others? Not so great: a left-on-read message, a vague “we’ll see, ...

Let me begin by stating a fact: I am a big proponent of letting kids play freely on the weekend and over breaks. That said, there seems to be a glorified image of a totally free summer in which kids ...

Source: Wikimedia Commons/Christof Bernhard Francke/Public Domain. For Aristotle (384-322 BCE), all living things had a vegetative or nutritive soul; animals also had a sensitive soul; and humans, on ...

"Wildflowering" is when you allow a relationship to either wilt or bloom completely organically without enforcing any particular timelines, labels, or expectations. Source: Israyosoy S. from Pexels ...