Poke Me If You Like (and Don’t Like) Me

We are social creatures and crave companionship. So why do we often push the very people we care about away? The 19th Century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer was one of the first to explore this...

Marry Someone Smarter Than You Are

Entrepreneur Jim Rohn famously said, You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. While I am not convinced by the math behind this statement, I wholeheartedly believe we are influenced,...

8 Tips To Help You Survive Thanksgiving

Just in time for the holidays. Here are a few tips that will help you and your family survive and enjoy this holiday season. 1. Walk off the stress and cravings Family-induced stress can lead to...

Do Opposites Attract?

In subways and movie theaters, on the bus and in cafeterias, we gravitate towards people who look like us. Recent studies explore this tendency. In a pool of over two thousand students, people wearing glasses consistently sat...

Are Friends the Key to Longevity?

You need friends. Certainly, eating well, exercising and a healthy lifestyle are known to increase longevity and reduce the risk of death, but research reveals that having a lot of friends contributes to living a...

How to Fight Fair In Relationships

Conventional wisdom tells us it is best to avoid conflict in a relationship. After all, arguments tend to bring out our least appealing qualities: pettiness, hostility, and indifference, just to name a few. But disagreements...