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Evidence-minded writing on rest, health, and the Nordic approach to a good life.
- Aug 5, 2026 Psychology explains people who grew up in the 1960s aren't just tougher By Brendan Brown
- Aug 5, 2026 Psychology says adults who have no close friends aren't necessarily antisocial or unlikable By Brendan Brown
- Aug 5, 2026 Study after study on friendship after 60 points to the same finding By Lachlan Brown
- Aug 5, 2026 Cornell gerontologist Karl Pillemer spent years interviewing more than 1,500 Americans over 60 about their biggest… By Lachlan Brown
- Aug 5, 2026 Researchers compared 22 major lottery winners with ordinary people and found the winners were no happier, while also… By Lachlan Brown
- Aug 5, 2026 Adult children who stay genuinely close to their parents over decades often say it wasn't grand gestures that kept them… By Brendan Brown
- Aug 5, 2026 Adults without children aren't avoiding attachment By Brendan Brown
- Aug 5, 2026 Studies on wellbeing in later life have found that one of the deepest sources of joy has nothing to do with being… By Daniel Moran
- Aug 5, 2026 Psychology says the loneliest part of getting older isn't the isolation, it's discovering that being surrounded and… By Daniel Moran
- Aug 5, 2026 Psychology says people who prefer solitude over constant socializing tend to have made peace with a quiet that would… By Daniel Moran
- Aug 5, 2026 We tend to think nostalgia is a kind of sadness, but researchers who measured it found it consistently raises mood… By Daniel Moran
- Aug 5, 2026 Thought by Carl Jung: "Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate… By Daniel Moran
- Aug 5, 2026 Psychology says people who reach old age with very few regrets aren't lucky or unusually disciplined, they made a habit… By Daniel Moran
- Aug 5, 2026 Thought of the day from Stoic philosopher Seneca By Mal James
- Aug 4, 2026 If you were grew up in the 1960s or 1970s, you likely grew up in a home where a child's real job was sensing a parent's… By Daniel Moran
- Aug 4, 2026 10 habits of grandparents who build indestructible bonds with their grandchildren By Daniel Moran