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For years, philosophers and psychologists have debated whether empathy helps or hinders the ways people decide how to help ...

Words carry a mysterious power. A poorly chosen phrase can destroy a relationship in an instant. The mere absence of words can slowly erode a once-close friendship. Just a few words of encouragement ...

If you’ve never been to therapy, you might think it’s a lot like those scenes you see in TV and movies. Steve Carrell, a therapist, is held captive and chained to a bed by his client in Hulu’s The ...

Suzanne Newcombe is honorary director of Inform - Information Network Focus on Religious Movements (www.inform.ac). Inform was established in 1988 by Professor Eileen Barker at the London School of ...

It can be challenging to love someone who has an addiction—painful to observe their loss of control and accruing harm, painful to experience the “disappearance” of the person you care about, and ...

Karen Schucan Bird receives funding from Economic and Social Research Council. It is likely that you know someone in a harmful or unhealthy relationship. Domestic abuse is common. For example, ...

When people are afraid that something bad will happen to them because of their decision to speak up, in most cases, they won’t do it. And can we really blame them? This is, seemingly, leadership’s ...

These days, there’s no surer way to start a fight than to talk politics with someone who disagrees with you. And with election day drawing near, political conversations are increasingly difficult to ...