"A growing body of research suggests that negative ties ... may be prevalent and have lasting health consequences," per the ...

In the study, published last month in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers found that people with ...

A recent study shows that hasslers, defined as “people in one’s close social networks who create problems or make life more ...

Most of us have dealt with that person before, right? Someone we’d classify as “difficult.” Someone we don’t like to spend time with, or who makes us feel stressed. We all have at least one person in ...

Part of a multi-part series on difficult people and situations. Difficult People part 1: The DP Challenge Difficult People part 2: The Eightfold Path of Dealing with Difficult People DP part 3: 21 ...

New study showd that daily struglle of dealing with difficult or stressful people can have an impact on physical health ...

The turbulence started just as Erin opened her laptop. A founder-turned-podcast-host, she’d been traveling for weeks—sponsorship meetings, recordings, partner dinners. Now, somewhere over the Midwest, ...

There’s usually at least one. Sometimes they rotate. It seems that at least one person in our lives — whether they be people at work, neighbors or even family members — who consistently get under our ...

Each additional “hassler” in one’s life may add approximately nine months to biological age Researchers also claim that family members seem to have the most pronounced effects on aging, while marital ...

Some people go to extraordinary lengths to be difficult. Think of the diva actress whose on-set needs can never be met or the boss who keeps moving the goal posts. The difficult person elevates the ...