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What do you most need to lead a long, meaningful life?

Read “The Number-One Ingredient to Live a Healthy Life” here in Anthony Silard’s latest in Psychology Today.

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When You Want to Be Closer Than They Do | Part Seven

Anthony Silard’s latest in Psychology Today provides healthy insight on how to achieve a healthy balance in relationships. Read more here.

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When You Want to Be Closer Than They Do | Part Seven

A User’s Guide to Managing Social Distance This is Part Seven of a seven-part series published over seven consecutive weeks.   “What if another kid is being mean?” Alex continued.   “Then avoid them,” I answered. “You don’t have time to be around people who are mean to you. There are too many people who love you, like your Mommy and Chloe […]

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When You Want to Be Closer Than They Do | Part Six

This is Part Six of a seven-part series published over seven consecutive weeks.  So how can we manage social distance, especially when we wish to be closer than does the other person?  Desiring, Not Insisting  Desiring to be close to a friend, family member or intimate partner is OK—in fact, it’s a sublime representation of two inherent characteristics of ourselves we never […]

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When You Want to Be Closer Than They Do | Part Four

This is Part Four of a seven-part series published over seven consecutive weeks.   A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.  — Elbert Hubbard  One morning about five years ago, I called my wife. She was visiting her family in central Mexico with our two children. She had been there for the previous two weeks. […]

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When You Want to Be Closer Than They Do | Part Two

This is Part Two of a seven-part series published over seven consecutive weeks.  We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world,  and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.   — Robert Louis Stevenson   The next morning, as I was walking Alex to the school bus, I asked him, “Do you remember this past […]

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When You Want to Be Closer Than They Do | Part Two

A user’s guide to managing social distance: Part two of Dr. Anthony Silard’s series in Psychology Today. Read more here.

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How to Go Back to Connecting Authentically Post-pandemic

Are you feeling a little off of your game as we start reconnecting and emerging from the pandemic? Anthony Silard’s recent article in Fast Company might help. Read it here.

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How Social Media Exploits Our Loneliness to Create Its Own Demand

Imagine you are sitting home alone (not so difficult to imagine these days, considering over 3 in 5 Americans were lonely even before the pandemic) and have some time on your hands. What will you do with your free time? Call a friend? Read a book? If you’re like most people these days, you may be […]

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Don’t Let Someone Else’s Loneliness Spoil Your Own

I went for a walk this morning in a nearby park and ended up in a lively conversation with an 87-year-old man who was walking his Shih Tzu. Alan talked at length about Marcy, who had entered his life six months ago after his previous dog had passed.  Keeping It Real  About ten minutes into […]

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