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Aug 5 Adults without children aren't avoiding attachment Brendan Brown
Aug 5 Studies on wellbeing in later life have found that one of the deepest sources of joy has nothing to do with being… Daniel Moran
Aug 5 Psychology says the loneliest part of getting older isn't the isolation, it's discovering that being surrounded and… Daniel Moran
Aug 5 Psychology says people who prefer solitude over constant socializing tend to have made peace with a quiet that would… Daniel Moran
Aug 5 We tend to think nostalgia is a kind of sadness, but researchers who measured it found it consistently raises mood… Daniel Moran
Aug 5 Thought by Carl Jung: "Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate… Daniel Moran
Aug 5 Psychology says people who reach old age with very few regrets aren't lucky or unusually disciplined, they made a habit… Daniel Moran
Aug 5 Thought of the day from Stoic philosopher Seneca Mal James
Aug 4 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… Daniel Moran
Aug 4 10 habits of grandparents who build indestructible bonds with their grandchildren Daniel Moran
Aug 4 Study after study on loneliness after 60 points to the same finding Kiran Journals
Aug 4 In 1973, a group of perfectly sane people had themselves committed to psychiatric hospitals in what became the most… Kiran Journals
Aug 4 Psychology says people who browse social media but never post or comment often aren't afraid of being disliked Daniel Moran
Aug 4 A Cornell psychologist studied what people regret the most and found the list was dominated not by duties they had… Daniel Moran
Aug 4 People who grew up without hearing the words “I love you” or “I’m proud of you” tend to carry a particular set of… Kiran Journals
Aug 4 Psychology says people who skip every party but still want an invite would rather decline a hundred than receive none Daniel Moran
Aug 4 My dad has no close friends, and I finally understood why when I asked who he'd call if his car broke down Daniel Moran
Aug 4 Psychology says people who become stubborn and difficult to live with in their 60s and 70s usually aren't hardening for… Daniel Moran
Aug 4 Psychology says people who get annoyed by loud chewing sounds aren't being petty or overly sensitive Daniel Moran
Aug 4 An evening shower is quietly good for your sleep, for a counterintuitive reason Lachlan Brown