Six months before Diana’s* marriage exploded in flames, her friend Vanessa* fell in love. “We were both in our mid-40s at the time,” says Diana, 57. “Vanessa was desperate for me to meet her new man, ...

It’s never pleasant to discover that someone has negative feelings about you. Unfortunately, this is a reality we will all have to face. No one can be universally liked, even if you think you are an ...

We spend a large part of our lives at work, and careers can be both a source of positive emotions (e.g., happiness, feelings of accomplishment and belonging, etc.), and a source of negative emotions ...

We are living in unprecedented times of life-altering events accompanied by uncertainty and added strains. With all that is going on today, you (or someone you love) could be experiencing distress and ...

Everyone faces hard things, but not everyone handles them the same way. People who cope well tend to do a few things ...

A few years ago, I gave a talk at a conference for cancer survivors. In attendance were more than a thousand people in various stages of their battles against this daunting disease, ranging from those ...

Uncertainty touches nearly every facet of our lives. That includes our careers (“Will I get laid off?”), relationships (“Will my marriage succeed?”), health (“Will I be diagnosed with cancer?”), and ...

New research has identified that neuroinflammation driven by microglia (immune cells in the brain) is a primary underlying driver of prolonged negative feelings caused by repeated, sustained binge ...