Cultivate social connections Make closer friendships Listening is essential to form and maintain strong, healthy social relationships. Listening allows you to be open, generous, and connected with others, especially those who are close to you emotionally. If you don’t listen carefully to others, you’ll have a tough time making and keeping friends. You’ll also have…
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Loneliness Can Kill You
Loneliness is a state of mind But loneliness also harms the body Loneliness is a condition in which persons see themselves to be socially isolated as a consequence of perceived inadequate social connections. Loneliness can have serious consequences for health and well-being, including increased risk of dying. Loneliness is a growing public health problem that…
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Develop an Attitude of Gratitude
Grateful people reap emotional and physical benefits You can learn to be more grateful According to Robert Emmons in his book, Thanks!, gratitude means acknowledging the goodness in your own life and recognizing that the source of goodness lives at least partially outside of yourself. Emmons asserts that feeling grateful will create a ripple effect…
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Cultivate a Network of Social Support
Exercise is widely cited as the biggest thing you can do to improve your health – but is it? Some respected scientists don’t think so. Award-winning author Sherwin Nuland in his book The Art of Aging quotes Dr. Leo Cooney of the Yale School of Medicine as follows: But exercise is not the Holy Grail.…
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