Making and nurturing friends-especially in midlife-is more important than you may realize.

According to a survey released by the American Friendship project last month, the average American has four or five friends — and fewer than 3% report having no friends. Are you looking to expand your ...

There’s no denying the emotional and physical benefits of social connections for people of any age, but recently there’s been an unsettling trend of people isolating themselves more and more as they ...

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Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Chris Duffy isn't going to sugarcoat it: Making friends as an adult is hard. If you’ve ever tried to ...

Meeting new people and building connections is one of the many joys in life. However, putting yourself out there can be daunting and anxiety-inducing. Striking up a conversation with someone at a ...

Parents of Gen Alpha kids report that their children are having difficulties making friends -- and why. InsideCreativeHouse - stock.adobe.com Making friends isn’t as easy as sharing a juice box or ...

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She continued to engage only with her friend for the rest of the lunch, leaving me with no one sitting to my right.

On a recent Wednesday evening after work, I nervously got ready for my first-ever blind dinner date—not with a potential partner, but with five other potential friends. All I knew I knew in advance ...