relationships Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Fri, 28 Jun 2024 11:21:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-150x150.png relationships Archives - Positive News 32 32 What can we learn from ‘supercommunicators’? https://www.positive.news/society/what-can-we-learn-from-supercommunicators/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 11:20:48 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=485311 We can work on having deeper conversations, says the author of a book about connecting in disconnected times

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]]> How to spread the love this Valentine’s Day, according to Positive News readers https://www.positive.news/society/how-to-spread-the-love-this-valentines-day/ Tue, 13 Feb 2024 14:18:48 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=470465 We asked readers how they celebrate Valentine’s Day. From spreading love at ATMs to looking in the mirror, here’s what they said

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]]> The strangers stepping up to finish craft projects that loved ones leave behind https://www.positive.news/society/the-strangers-stepping-up-to-finish-craft-projects-that-loved-ones-leave-behind/ Mon, 12 Feb 2024 12:33:15 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=470379 A US-based project arranges for handwork projects uncompleted by people before they died to be finished by fellow crafters

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]]> How do you avoid the Valentine’s Day consumer-fest while celebrating love? https://www.positive.news/society/how-do-you-avoid-the-valentines-day-consumer-fest/ Mon, 05 Feb 2024 16:26:12 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=469718 Forget red roses and other costly cliches, how do you celebrate Valentine’s Day without succumbing to commercialism?

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]]> Man down? The organisations tackling male loneliness https://www.positive.news/society/man-down-the-organisations-tackling-male-loneliness/ Wed, 15 Mar 2023 10:01:36 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=427062 From walking groups to shed clubs, these male spaces are tackling the taboo of poor mental health and supporting vulnerable blokes

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]]> The lonely bloke’s guide to friendship https://www.positive.news/society/the-lonely-blokes-guide-to-friendship/ Wed, 15 Mar 2023 10:01:16 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=427028 Why do men struggle with friendship? Comedian Max Dickins explores the ‘male friendship recession’, and what’s being done about it

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]]> In pictures: Love around the world https://www.positive.news/society/what-is-love-around-the-world/ Mon, 13 Feb 2023 14:51:12 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=424015 What is love? In this intimate series of photos, we see the huge complexity and beautiful simplicity of love in the 21st century

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]]> Queer hip-hop, male friendships, and more. What to expect in the new issue of Positive News https://www.positive.news/opinion/what-to-expect-from-issue-112-of-positive-news-magazine/ Wed, 11 Jan 2023 10:56:06 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=420267 The new Positive News magazine is out now, and packed with stories of progress. Acting editor Daisy Greenwell picks out her highlights

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]]> The results of the world’s largest study on kindness are in. Here’s what we learned https://www.positive.news/society/what-we-learned-from-the-worlds-largest-study-on-kindness/ Wed, 13 Apr 2022 15:29:43 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=390327 Last year, 60,000 people volunteered to take part in a University of Sussex study on kindness. Now, the results have been revealed

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]]> ‘You just need to be willing to open your home, and ride the rough with the smooth’ https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/wellbeing/why-people-foster-care/ Fri, 01 Apr 2022 09:31:03 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=388382 The number of children needing foster care has surged during Covid. One couple explain why they foster, and what it brings to their family

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