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Good Friends Reduce Stress

It kills us to be lonely. Not having good friends is about as harmful to your health as being obese or smoking 15 cigarettes a day, according to research from Brigham Young University. Another study showed people with at least three close buddies at work were 96 percent more likely to be “extremely satisfied” with…
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Overcome Your Loneliness

Staying in touch with loved ones has been made easy with all of our recent technological advances; however, cases of loneliness seem to be rising. According to Duke University researchers, the number of people who said that they didn’t have someone to discuss important matters with has risen to 25 percent. Studies also show that…
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Clean Out Your Empty Nest

When the kids finally fly the coop it can be an exciting and nerve-racking feeling. Empty-nest parents may worry about their kids or feel lonely because they’re no longer apart of their child’s daily life. Fortunately, a little physical and spiritual cleaning can help parents alter their lives. Relieving Empty Nest Stress Believe it or…
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Survive a Empty Nest

When your children leave home, parents may feel sadness, loneliness, and emptiness. Does this situation sound familiar? Waving goodbye to your last child, you begin the long drive home. The emotions and reality of your empty nest set in during the next few weeks. How can you put your life back together and learn to…
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