Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Tracy Brower writes about joy, community and the future of work. If you’re like most people, you want more friends—and you may ...

I recently stepped back from a friendship because our values and opinions on politics, immigration, and racism were polar ...

Priya, an engineer in California, was on a deadline. Under pressure, she emailed a younger friend working on the same project to ask for some data that the project needed to get done on time. She and ...

To say that divorce is a time of major change and upheaval would be the understatement of the century. But what many people don’t realize is that divorce can change not only your marriage and family, ...

After Lucy and Ella stopped speaking, Lucy felt both grief and relief. Friends since elementary school, their relationship fell apart after a series of unresolved conflicts grew into a rift worthy of ...

We spend a lot of time working on building deeper and closer romantic relationship, but our friendships actually deserve just as much of our attention. Partners come and go, but some of our best ...

People often think close friendships form organically. But researchers who study relationships say the people who are the best at friendships are actually intentional about it. “If we want to live a ...

Recent research published in Evolutionary Psychological Science explored the strategies people use to strengthen their friendships. In one of two studies (the first of which I wrote about here), the ...

A group of children link shoulder to shoulder in this undated photo. How can parents support their children’s friendships through different ages and stages? As children grow, so do their abilities to ...