Loneliness is a common feeling, but there are steps you can take to help feel more connected. Listening to music, calling a friend, taking a walk outside, and other activities may reduce your sense of ...

When you’re sick, you might notice that you feel much worse at night. Bodily rhythms, hormones, and chemistry can affect the severity of your symptoms. There may also simply be fewer distractions at ...

Are you a good enough friend, employee, partner, or parent? Are you thin, attractive, smart, and nice enough? If you have doubts about yourself, you’re not alone. In fact, clinical psychologist Ronald ...

Feeling “empty” can be a frightening and painful experience. When we feel emotional emptiness, we feel hollow–like there is simply nothing inside of us. This feeling can be very different from the ...

My college roommate, Leila, only needed five hours of sleep per night to feel rested. Calm and cheerful, Leila easily completed the assignments for her double major and played viola in the orchestra.

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness — we all know these words from the Declaration of Independence, but many folks gave up the pursuit a long time ago. Some can mark the day and time when ...

In theory, the brunch you’re at is going great — you’re surrounded by nice people, good food, hilarious conversation. But you’re still feeling alone, as though you’re a thousand miles away from ...

From pickup-only layouts to dual-brand dining rooms, these chain restaurants increasingly feel like corporate experiments ...

Pooping can have physiological and psychological effects that may feel pleasurable. Passing a bowel movement involves tension in certain muscles. Relaxing the muscles after a motion stimulates the ...

Whew! It’s been a tumultuous few years, and you (and likely everyone you know) have been through it. Luckily, reading is an inexpensive and fun way to take a break, slow down and relax. And while ...

Running is both an art and a science in many ways, and sometimes, you choose whether you want to lean into the former or the latter. Such is the case when running by feel (art) or pace (science). Your ...

If you want to watch a feel-good movie, then pull up a chair and look to Netflix to give you that fix. Netflix may not have a feel-good button in its movie section, but the streamer knows that its ...