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Relationships

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Relationships.

Video playlists about Relationships

The most popular TED Talks of 2022

What ideas intrigued and inspired the world this year? These TED Talks spread the quickest in 2022.

The most popular TED Talks of 2021

What ideas captured people's attention and took off the quickest? Here are the talks that intrigued and inspired in 2021.

How to bring empathy and authenticity to your life

Empathy and authenticity: These two very human traits are what the world — and your life — need right now.

The paradox of loneliness

Feel alone? You're not, well, alone. Enjoy a thoughtful collection of TED talks to remind you that solo feeling is a shared and universal experience.

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Talks about Relationships

Marisa G. Franco

The secret to making new friends as an adult

How to deal with rejection

The habit that could improve your career

The best way to apologize (according to science)

The science of falling in love

Why you feel anxious socializing (and what to do about it)

4 things all great listeners know

What you can learn from people who disagree with you

The truth about faking orgasms

The benefits of not being a jerk to yourself

Should you care what your parents think?

Gloria Chan Packer

Work is not your family

How friendship affects your brain

Iseult Gillespie

The myth of Zeus' test

Redefining how we love

Andrea Driessen

The profound power of gratitude and "living eulogies"

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Exclusive articles about Relationships

Creating a contract — yes, a contract! — could help you get what you want from your relationship

Writing a contract about every part of your relationship -- from sex to money, housework to the dog — may sound clinical or calculating, but the practice has been transformative for author Mandy Len Catron and her partner.

Posted Feb 2023

How to add new life to your relationships (even your best ones!)

Want lasting happiness? Invest in your connections to other people, suggest Robert Waldinger MD and Marc Schulz PhD, codirectors of the longest-running scientific study on well-being. Here, they share four strategies to re-energize your bonds.

Posted Jan 2023

Why does it hurt so much when we get ghosted? A psychologist explains

The uncertainty of ghosting is not really what causes us pain. Instead, it hits us at an even greater point of human vulnerability: Our desire to belong and be loved. Behavioral scientist Michelle Drouin PhD tells us why.

Posted Aug 2022

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