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Aug 15
The feeling that things once normal may no longer be is real, but two findings suggest our sense of normal is far…
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Aug 15
The Danish idea of hygge isn't just about candles and cosy rooms
The Balance
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Aug 15
The gap between knowing what good parenting needs and having the energy for it is rarely a failure of love but of…
Scandinavia Standard
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Aug 15
The Oxford Wellbeing Research Centre's 2025 World Happiness Report found that sharing meals with others and trusting…
The Balance
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Aug 14
Psychology says people who reach their 60s with few close friends aren't cold or antisocial
The Balance
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Aug 14
The whites of the eyes may be one of the face’s quietest beauty signals
Scandinavia Standard Editorial Team
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Aug 14
Shirley Temple was America’s biggest box-office star before she was old enough for middle school, earning millions as…
Scandinavia Standard Editorial Team
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Aug 14
Psychology says people who feel most like themselves when they're alone aren't antisocial or damaged, they're often…
Daniel Moran
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Aug 14
The reason some adults find it hard to accept help isn't pride, it's that being helped feels like breaking a private…
The Balance
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Aug 14
The hardest transition of parenting isn't the newborn stage or the teenage years, it's the moment a grown child stops…
The Balance
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Aug 14
The daily expectations that drain our joy are less about the day than the demand we place on it
Scandinavia Standard
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Aug 14
Psychology says the phrase 'we weren't rich but we had everything we needed' isn't really a description of your…
Brendan Brown
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Aug 14
The famous claim that happiness stops rising at $75,000 came from a 2010 study by two Nobel laureates
The Balance
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Aug 14
The idea that some things are attractive only to Americans is half right
Scandinavia Standard
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Aug 14
The regrets people over 70 most often share point somewhere consistent, toward relationships, honesty and the chances…
Scandinavia Standard
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Aug 14
Calling long walks a forgotten cure overstates it, but the evidence for the act of walking is strong
Scandinavia Standard
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Aug 14
The idea that people without close friends betray it through off-putting habits gets both the cause and the tone wrong
Scandinavia Standard
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Aug 14
The generation that grew up permanently connected is also dramatically lonelier
The Balance
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Aug 14
Quote by Swedish diplomat Dag Hammarskjöld
Mal James
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Aug 14
After nearly 90 years following people from youth into old age, the Harvard Study of Adult Development found that…
The Balance