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The Power of Strong Friendships in Strengthening Well-Being

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The same meta analysis found social isolation to be associated with “an approximately 50 percent increased risk of developing dementia” and “a 29% increased risk of incident coronary heart disease and a 32% increased risk of stroke.” Yes, those relationships are hard to form, hard to grow, hard to keep.

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Tough compassion — here’s what it is and why you need to practice it

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On a podcast episode , psychologist, Greater Good Science Center founding director and TEDxBerkeley speaker Dacher Keltner described the idea, explaining how some contemplatives practice a form of kindness — but with a decided edge. “In The Dalai Lama always had this greater good analysis,” Keltner later told me.

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