Even a web site like “Mercury: Your Daily Emerald Blog,” which is a hodgepodge of New Age, self-centered tripe, can get it right now and then. Or, at least, come close. A 2016 blog on the site offered “7 Lessons from Famous People About Forgiving Others.” The “famous people” ranged from Jennifer Aniston to Joel Osteen to Oprah Winfree to Nelson Mandela. And the reasons the celebrities talked about forgiveness varied as much as the…
According to psychologists, more than three in five Americans report feeling lonely, and that number has been rising. Zlatin Ivanov, MD, a New York-based psychiatrist, says that, even in the best of circumstances, “Social isolation in most cases would bring the negative effect of loneliness, anxiety, and sometimes depression.” And social distancing during the pandemic has created the perfect hothouse for nurturing lonely, depressed people. And now that we have reached the holidays, it might…