Supportive and thriving social networks provide a crucial foundation for levels of individual and national happiness and resilience, as measured by the 2025 World Happiness Report. The SCRS is a tool to measure one's relational world and is an asset to mental health and life coaching professionals help their clients develop meaningful connections and ultimately to be happy.

The World Health Organization defines health as more than the absence of disease and, in doing so, it provides for a more inclusive and...

We all play multiple roles in life. Some days it may even feel like an identity juggling contest. You are a mother and a daughter, a...

HIGHLIGHTS Owning any pet can have a significant role in reducing depression, anxiety, and stress. The physical and psychological...

Highlights More than 30% of men (Generation Z and Millennials, in particular) reported feeling lonely in 2018 and this number is rising,...

HIGHLIGHTS Restricted social networks predict mortality twice that of those who enjoy greater social integration. Smaller, weaker, and...

It was a rainy Thursday morning. With umbrella and purse in hand, I clumsily opened the entrance door of my favorite bread store. Its...

Highlights Marital status is a predictor of emotional and physical health, with divorced persons at greater risk for depression, anxiety,...

During the pandemic, out of concern for the wellbeing of my widowed father, my dog and I would meet up with him at various parks in the...