Forming adult friendships takes time and patience. (Photo Illustration: Yahoo News, photos: Getty Images) When Shannon Watts, the founder of gun violence prevention group Moms Demand Action, listened ...

Moving into a new home comes with many exciting opportunities and stresses alike. From DIY projects and repairs to getting settled into a new school system, there's so many tasks to balance right when ...

On a recent Thursday evening in downtown Washington, I took a deep breath and walked into a bar. I joined a couple dozen other women who were milling around making small talk and ordering drinks, ...

I've been able to encourage hundreds of people to try to make friends by explaining to them the science of connection. Here's ...

How many of us have felt the struggle of making new friends? As the responsibilities of adulthood pile up, we often have little time for socializing and bonding over shared interests. The past year ...

Making friends never came easily to me. I had the social disaster trifecta: introverted, shy, and relatively awkward. Throughout school and college, I always envied people who could befriend everyone ...

Making friends as an adult is no easy feat. Not only do you have to force yourself out of your comfort zone just to expand your social circle, but muddling through awkward conversations that give off ...

Lane Moore thought she would have more friends by now. The comedian, writer, and musician fantasized about having a kindred spirit as she read about in “Anne of Green Gables,” or a tight-knit group of ...

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Making new friends as an adult can feel hard, but it is possible and important. If you sense that we have begun to feel more isolated as a society, you're not imagining it. A survey published in May ...

There’s no denying the emotional and physical benefits of social connections for people of any age, but recently there’s been an unsettling trend of people isolating themselves more and more as they ...

Ever feel like making friends just isn't as easy as it used to be? For women across the state, "Utah Go Go Girlies" is ...