Social relationships are our most powerful psychological currency; they are the key to our psychological health.

SINGAPORE – Can a single question be used to test how good a relationship is, especially whether it will last? American psychologist John Gottman thinks so. He is a respected relationship expert from ...

(The Conversation) — Meditation can change our perceptions about things we encounter in our daily lives − revealing the interconnectedness of reality. (The Conversation) — The late Vietnamese Zen ...

The late Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh often emphasized the interconnectedness of everything in this world. He explained how meditation can change our perceptions about the things we encounter ...

Ecological medicine is a new approach to health science that draws on a very old idea: connecting with each other, with animals and plants, and with the natural world fosters health and well-being for ...

There is a "weak correlation" between members of environmental organisations and nature-connectedness across Europe and the world, researchers say. Croatia and Bulgaria are the only EU nations in the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A new study from Northwestern shows that bullied teens are less likely to be depressed if they feel connected at school. The study of more than two thousand teens shows bullying at ...

Over the past 220 years, the connection between people and nature has declined by more than 60%. That's the key finding of a study led by Miles Richardson, a professor of nature connectedness at the ...

Most people intuitively know that connecting and interacting with others is important. For instance, 61% of adult Americans say that having close friends is vital to living a fulfilled life. Some 53% ...

A new series of studies suggests that unusual experiences like premonitions, déjà vu, and out-of-body sensations are not rare, but instead quite common—and that people who report them often share ...

One powerful action you can take to improve your mental health at any age is strengthening your social connectedness. Yet, certain life events can leave older adults feeling isolated and lonely, like ...

That was the question put to a group of Salem high school students earlier this fall, and the consensus was that someone around age 56 was probably old. But that image melted away when they were ...