In the face of loneliness, many people are turning to AI chatbots for companionship – but research shows it can’t replace ...

For the last few weeks of summer, my mom visited from Florida. It was amazing, as it always is, to have her here spending time with the family doing lots of things and nothing at all. Going to the ...

Prepare yourself with starter sentences which will kick off a memorable conversation. Source: LinkedIn Learning Solutions/Unsplash The Covid pandemic, working from home, and the shut down of ...

Despite the urgent need to improve social connection, practical evidence-based recommendations on how to do so during daily interactions are lacking. One key behavior theorized to facilitate social ...

Many of us were raised on this cautionary phrase rooted in sensationalist 80s media: Avoid anyone you don’t know, don’t make eye contact with random people on the street and definitely don’t smile or ...