Feeling heard can reduce defensiveness, deepen closeness, and help couples stay connected when conversations become tense, painful, or unresolved, even when they strongly disagree.

When an emotion arises, how do you usually respond? For many, suppression and analysis are the default, but truly processing emotions is key to healing and stronger connections. Most of us were never ...

Can you feel alone in a crowd? Unloved in a decades-long marriage? Indeed, that’s often when loneliness strikes hardest: when you experience social connections and seemingly intimate relationships, ...

Psychologists say that after the need for food and shelter, humans want to feel valued. But that need usually goes unmet. Nearly a quarter of American adults struggle with mental health problems like ...

Self-compassion reduces our feelings of shame and self-doubt. We explore a practice to help quiet our inner critic with kindness. Description: Self-compassion reduces our feelings of shame and ...

Alison Silvers, 60, had been feeling lonely ever since she and her husband had moved from the city to the suburbs four years ago. She shifted into high gear trying to make herself happier, digging ...