Mental Wellness

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Lack of empathy can strain relationships and create significant misunderstandings. Empathy is a key component of emotional intelligence, allowing us to connect with others on a deeper level. Understanding the signs of low empathy can help us navigate our relationships more effectively, whether we’re trying to improve our own empathic skills or dealing with someone...

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You can be the most caring person in the room and still watch friendships fade away. This instinctively feels wrong. We expect generous, thoughtful people to have thriving social lives. But many caring individuals struggle to maintain close friendships. This isn’t they because they lack anything, but because specific, well-meaning behaviors create distance. Your best...

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In 2017, the European Court of Human Rights stepped in after a Portuguese woman, left unable to have sex by a medical procedure, received a smaller payout because a Portuguese court assumed intimacy matters less for a 50-year-old mother.  The European Court disagreed completely. Physical relationships remain important throughout life, the judges ruled, regardless of...

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Resilience means different things to different people. According to the American Psychological Association (APA), it is “the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands.” In other words, psychological resilience refers to how people can recover from...