Sheila Liming's new book, "Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time," makes the case for casual social gatherings. (Courtesy Sheila Liming/Melville House Books) Here's a novel question: how ...

Social isolation was on the rise even before the pandemic, but has spiked in recent years. In "Hanging Out," author Sheila Liming explores how people can reclaim the benefits of socializing. Liming ...

Hanging out used to be so easy. A quick text and you’d be sitting at brunch with your bestie or flicking through racks at Sportsgirl. But lately – whether it’s because of social anxiety after years of ...

There are certain social media rules we can all agree on: Ghosting a conversation is impolite, and replying “k” to a text is the equivalent of a backhand slap (violent, wrong, and rude). But what ...

Parent-child relationships hold a lot of power over people's happiness, life satisfaction, and general well-being into their adult lives, according to a study from the Journal of Family Studies. It's ...

So … is it a date? Or are you two just hanging out? Grabbing dinner? Talking? Seeing each other? Does dinner between two people who want to get to know each other ...

It was time to consider calling it a night. Sheila Liming and I had talked all day—at a taco joint for lunch, and walking around Burlington, Vermont, running errands, and at dinner at a restaurant in ...