Harvard psychiatrist Robert Waldinger discusses how 80 years of ongoing research show relationships to be vital for health and happiness.
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Carl Jung was one such person.
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Walter Pitts rose from the streets to MIT, but couldn’t escape himself.
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Success is about give and take — with a little more give.
Impossible standards and poor self-understanding are making us miserable.
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To the Greek philosopher, all of our actions ultimately aim at our own pleasure.
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As a physician, John Pringle helped reinvent hygiene; as a husband, he destroyed a woman’s life with his abuse.
Most male mammals have little or nothing to do with their kids. Why is our own species different?
If your partner is not helping build a better you, is it time for a better partner?
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