At some point in our life, most of us have to learn to cope with the loss of a loved one. Companions on the grief journey—especially for the first few years after loss—make a huge difference. Sadly, most of us don’t know what to say to a friend who is grieving, or what we can… Continue reading How to Help a Grieving Friend
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Hugs May Keep Stress from Lowering Your Resistance to Germs
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University tested whether hugs act as a form of social support that protects stressed people from getting sick. Published in December 2014 in Psychological Science, the results found that greater social support and more frequent hugs protected people from the increased susceptibility to infection associated with being stressed and resulted in… Continue reading Hugs May Keep Stress from Lowering Your Resistance to Germs