Being in a relationship shields you from a lot of unsolicited advice. Unfortunately, when you’re newly single or divorced, everyone and their mother seems to have something to say about your personal life. It can all be a bit much. Below, HuffPost bloggers and readers share the most unwanted pieces of “advice” they’ve heard post-split. …
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If you’re smart you’ll commit to a relationship with a nice guy. A new study finds that men who are concerned for the well-being of others in place of themselves may have a better shot with women compared to men who are just good-looking. More.
On this Holocaust Remembrance Day, I am very concerned when I see presidential candidates fanning the flames of animosity. In the ’30s in Germany, Jews were the target, but the dangerous rhetoric of today is focused on Muslims and particularly Syrian refugees. Like the anti-Semitic tirades of decades ago, many of the same ingredients are …
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The phenomenon of art born from adversity can be seen not only in the lives of famous creators, but also in the lab. In the past 20 years, psychologists have begun studying post-traumatic growth, which has now been observed in more than 300 scientific studies. The term post-traumatic growth was coined in the 1990s by …
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They’re among a fast-growing number of travelers doing more than lying on beaches and roaming through museums. They’re seeking spiritual encounters, from private healing ceremonies with a shaman in Peru and Sufi meditation sessions in India to monastery stays in northern Thailand and Christian pilgrimages to Fátima and Lourdes. Travel companies report that the number …
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Jennifer Granneman writes: [Extroverts] actually feel energized when they leave [a concert] and won’t need any recovery time. So, why do I react so differently than my extroverted friends to the same situation? The answer has to do with some key differences in the way introverts’ brains are wired. More.