The Heimlich maneuver, in the nearly 50 years since Dr. Henry Heimlich established its protocol, has been credited with saving many lives. But not, perhaps, as many as it might have. The maneuver, ...

Later years often bring more freedom and perspective, but shyness doesn’t always fade with age. The good news is that small adjustments in mindset and habit can make socializing easier. These 15 tips ...

If you Google “famous introverts,” you’ll get an interesting list of luminaries: Albert Einstein, Rosa Parks, Bill Gates, Steven Spielberg, Eleanor Roosevelt, Al Gore, Marissa Mayer, Abraham Lincoln, ...

Are introversion and shyness the same thing? When I interviewed Wellesley College psychologist Jonathan Cheek, he said it depends on who you ask. So I next asked Louis A. Schmidt, director of the ...

Shyness is an important part of who I am. In talking to people for my recent book, Shrinking Violets, I discovered that shyness is something that a lot of people experience in different ways. But it’s ...

When feeling timid or nervous on the edge of a crowded room, the bulk of us wish we knew how to get over our shyness. It's never a fun feeling sitting uncomfortably on a couch and peeling the label ...

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For centuries artists have tried to capture the essence of love, and now scientists may have found it in the brain. Known as oxytocin (not to be confused with the painkiller OxyContin), the naturally ...

Shyness can influence the quality of an ongoing relationship -- even one as important as marriage -- according to a new study. Shyness can influence the quality of an ongoing relationship -- even one ...

My entire life, I've been kept from really living by my shyness. There have been too many situations to count where I could've done so much, I could've enjoyed more, and I could've been happier if I ...

The next time you're invited to a party but afraid to go, try approaching this: shyness may affect up to 40 percent of the population, but it doesn't have to be a life sentence. Subscribe to read this ...