Having a presence is frequently construed to mean one is connected when, in fact, there is a growing discussion regarding the ...

Studies show that choosing ‘me time’ is not a recipe for loneliness but can boost your creativity and emotional well-being. FotoDuets/iStock via Getty Images Plus Over the past few years, experts have ...

As the world spins faster and faster—or maybe it just seems that way when an email can travel around the world in fractions of a second—we mortals need a variety of ways to cope with the resulting ...

While social isolation is a serious problem, especially for young people and the elderly, spending time alone can be good for you. We discuss the psychology of solitude with researcher and Middlebury ...

Is loneliness a modern epidemic as we are so often told? Did people in the past suffer similar feelings of isolation? The word "loneliness" was not common before the 19th century. Cultural historian ...

Michael was at the end of his rope. He was the founder and CEO of a rapidly growing healthtech startup, but despite the success, something felt deeply wrong. The telltale signs were there: a constant ...

While solitude often gets a bad rap, spending time alone can come with plenty of benefits. As sociologist Anna Akbari suggests, solitude can be stabilizing and grounding, allowing people a chance to ...

Over the past few years, experts have been sounding the alarm over how much time Americans spend alone. These trends coincided with the surgeon general's 2023 declaration of a loneliness epidemic, ...