Research Shows Numerous Benefits from Family Meals

The Council of Economic Advisers to the President reported, "The largest federally funded study of American teenagers found a strong association ...

President Reagan's Daughter Regrets Their Broken Relationship

In the early 1980s, Patti Davis was passionately opposed to the buildup of nuclear weapons. She constantly spoke at rallies criticizing the nuclear arms ...

Rock Climbing Trip Reveals How Friends 'Raise Our Game'

Sometimes true friends don't just affirm and comfort us; they also "raise our game." That's what happened to Richard Dahlstrom when ...

Husband Discovers How His Wife Handled Their Conflicts

There was once a couple who had been married for 60 years. Throughout their life they had shared everything. They loved each other deeply. They had not ...

The Epidemic of Loneliness at Christmas Time

A British medical doctor named Ishani Kar-Purkayastha shared a story about his interaction with Doris, an 82-year-old hospital patient. Two days before ...

Three Images for Gratitude: Soil, Lubricant, and Glue

In her book The Gift of Thanks, Margaret Visser uses three concrete images to convey the power of gratitude—gratitude as soil, lubricant, and glue. ...

Famous Mountain Climber Struggled to Forgive

Many mountain climbers regard Italian Walter Bonatti as the greatest climber of all time. In 1954, when he was 24-years-old, he was the youngest member ...

Brazilian Leader Provides a Lesson on Friendship

Pastor Michael Woodruff recalls:

Americans are good at many things, but being friends and sharing life is not one of them. Our iconic figures—the ...

Relationships with Co-workers Linked to Job-related Stress

Your job might be killing you—literally. More specifically, strained relationships with co-workers could be negatively impacting your health and ...

David Brooks on Our Need for Relationships

[The 19th century English poet] Samuel Taylor Coleridge described how his own [son], then three-years-old, awoke in the night and called to his mother. ...