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May 2023

'Heaven's receptionist' is on TikTok and she's helping people cope with loss in a beautiful way (upworthy.com)

@taryntino21/ TikTok What started off as pure comedy became something else altogether. To read more of Heather Wake's article, please click here. Taryn Delanie Smith might have won the title of Miss New York in 2022, but these days she is repping her hometown in a whole new way. Over on TikTok , Smith plays Denise, a gum-chewing, white bathrobe-wearing receptionist ushering folks to the pearly gates—all with a quintessential New York accent and nonchalance. As you can probably imagine, most...

Psychologist Enrique Echeburúa: ‘People who die by suicide want to stop suffering, not to stop living’ (msn.com)

Enrique Echeburúa at his office, in San Sebastián, Spain. © Javier Hernandez Juantegui (EL PAÍS) To read more of Daniel Mediavilla's article, please click here. Enrique Echeburúa (San Sebastian, Spain, 72 years old), Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychology at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), says that when a suicide occurs, there are other victims beyond the deceased, and they do not receive adequate support. “The first thing [we need to do] is make it easier for the family...

America has a loneliness epidemic. Here are 6 steps to address it (npr.org)

A new advisory outlines how a national strategy could tackle the problem of loneliness in the United States. Getty Images To read more of Juana Summers , Vincent Acovino , Christopher Intagliata and Patrick Wood 's article, please click here. There is an epidemic of loneliness in the United States and lacking connection can increase the risk for premature death to levels comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day, according to a new advisory from the U.S. Surgeon General. The report released...

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