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Our Brains Are Wired to Connect with Others
A 72-year-long study conducted at Harvard tracked what really makes human beings happy. The study's longtime director, George Vaillant, when asked ...
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Harry Potter's Friend Holds Him Accountable
Toward the end of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, there's a scene where Harry, Ron, and Hermione are about to break the rules and leave ...
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Katie Couric Warns Grads of 'Constant Connectivity'
In a 2015 commencement speech at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, journalist Katie Couric offered graduates the following advice on our obsessions ...
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Surveys Reveal an Erosion of Social Trust
In the past 40 years in the U.S. we've witnessed a massive decline in our openness to trust other people. A recurring survey asks people, "Generally ...
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Happy Birthday from a Bunch of Strangers
One of the downsides of celebrating your 100th birthday is that you might not have many of your friends around to sing "Happy Birthday." An ...
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Does the Church Suffer from Agoraphobia?
When I was young, growing up in the United Kingdom, my family and I could always count on our next-door neighbor, Mrs. Oglive, to be around. We left a ...
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Creator of Hollywood's Smallest Sounds
You know that squeaking chair sound or the footsteps and swishing of pants you hear on TV and in the movies. Let us to introduce you to their creator: ...
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We Weren't Meant to Suffer Alone
In her funny, off-beat memoir, journalist and writer Heather Havrilesky reminds us how community (whether in a family or a church family) implies carrying ...
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Intervention for Anorexic Woman at Gym
At the height of her eating disorder, strangers on the streets of Nashville would stop Lauryn Lax to tell her to "Go eat a cheeseburger" or ...
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Social Isolation Crushes Body, Brain, and Spirit
For two of his five years in a Vietnamese POW camp, Senator John McCain was locked in a tiny isolation cell, cut off from all human contact. He was beaten ...
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