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More fortunate twins understand that they are different people and that what they need may be different from their twin. This reduces fighting, unhappiness, and possessiveness.

When family bonds break, what can take their place? A new study explores how estranged adults remake family through the relationships they choose—and the connections they keep.

An existential lens on life can help relieve psychological suffering and reduce suicidal ideation by pivoting from dread to enlightenment.

Dementia presents two urgent challenges: supporting today’s overwhelmed caregivers and expressing our future wishes before we can no longer speak for ourselves.

Brothers have fought with brothers, sisters with sisters, brothers with sisters since the beginning of time. Why? What can be done?

Who are you when the things that once defined you are suddenly gone? Recovery After Stroke That was one of the questions at the heart of my recent conversation with Bill Gasiamis on Recovery After Stroke. I joined Bill to talk about having a stroke at 42 and what came afterward—not only the physical recovery,…

There are, in my experience, two fundaments of the creative life: putting yourself regularly in the path of wonder and getting out of your own way in order to receive what you encounter there. Wonder, like enchantment, is not something you can control or plan for or will — it is something that befalls you,…

Sometimes you need support, but you don’t necessarily need therapy or another generic mental health forum. You need people who actually understand the specific thing you’re going through. That’s what makes this collection of support communities different. I searched beyond the usual resources to find more than 60 free online support communities for everything from…

Creating rapport is about putting the other person at ease and reducing their anxiety. Here are 7 techniques that therapists use to do exactly that.