It’s natural to feel helpless when a friend mentions suicide, however indirectly, but there’s a lot you can do to help. In fact, your compassion and support could make all the difference. One of your ...

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Jessica was overwhelmed and didn’t know what to do. She is a generous person by nature who had volunteered, as she often does, to help a stressed-out colleague. . . . But what started out as a simple ...

A friendship expert shares strategies for finding connection in a lonely, disconnected world. By Catherine Pearson In July, Marisa Franco went on a solo vacation to Mexico. But by the time she flew ...

Paying attention to the news and all the natural and manmade disasters happening in the world can get pretty discouraging. How can we as helpers, whether as humanitarian workers or in another context, ...