How To Solve Relationship Problems: 5 Secrets From Research
very relationship has problems. And they lead to arguments -- which often don't go anywhere and just make things worse. One solution is couples therapy. It's a very good solution, especially if you want to solve things by getting divorced. From The Science of Trust: Emotional Attunement for Couples: In fact,…
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How To Have A Happy Marriage: 7 Powerful Secrets From Research
verybody wants to have a happy marriage. Unfortunately, on average, marriages get less happy with time. You know this must be true because I have a chart:Actually, it’s worse than that because you have a lousy memory and your brain plays tricks on you. However happy you think your marriage…
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This Is How To Deal With Passive Aggressive People
e’ve all dealt with it. The subtle manipulations. Always angling to get what they want, but still looking like a little angel. Making you feel like you're the problem or like you're crazy -- but you can never quite prove it... Then you read something about how to deal with…
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This Is How To Be Charming: 5 Secrets From Research
eing charming. Is there a more enviable quality? We'd hate charming people if we didn't love them so much. I've covered how to be sexy and cool but charming, well, that's a whole 'nother beast. And what a beautiful beast it is. We're going to pull together the research from many, many... well, far too…
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How To Be Happy In Today’s Crazy World: 3 Secrets From Research
ometimes it feels like the world is actively conspiring against your happiness. Now before you start folding your tin foil hat, let me say that you might not be paranoid... Right now there are a record number of people on antidepressants. So many that even if you're not taking antidepressants, well...…
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This Is How To Sleep Better: 5 Secrets From Neuroscience
'll bet you're not getting enough sleep. Honestly, I'm kind of cheating -- it's a pretty safe bet. From Why We Sleep: Two-thirds of adults throughout all developed nations fail to obtain the recommended eight hours of nightly sleep. And that's bad. Really bad... Yes, this is the part where I lecture…
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This Is How To Make Close Friends: 4 Surprising Secrets From Research
orget pandas. Close friends are the real endangered species these days. That's a painful thing. And I don't mean "sad-painful." I mean "broken-arm-painful." At least that's how your brain sees it. Your grey matter experiences social pain the exact same way it does physical pain. So much so that Tylenol actually…
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This Is How To Easily Make Your Relationships Awesome: 4 Secrets
elationships are important. Like, more-important-than-Vitamin-C important. Scurvy is no fun but a lack of relationships might kill you faster. From The Relationship Cure: A study of people living in Alameda County, California, for example, showed that people who had close friendships and marriages lived longer than those who didn’t. This…
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