(CNN) — After working from home all day, your takeout order arrives and you start binge-watching your favorite show alone. Sounds ideal, right? Except doing this routinely could shorten your life. And ...

Starting over in a new city sounds adventurous, until you realize you don’t know anyone. Making friends as an adult can be so difficult that it can feel downright awkward.

“If you express a need for space, rest, or a boundary and it’s dismissed, minimized, or guilt-tripped, it’s worth noticing,” ...