Tim Robberts via Getty Images Make this the year you cultivate more freudenfreude in your friendships. But Germanic or not Germanic, cultivating a sense of freudenfreude ― or letting yourself feel vicarious joy for others ― could benefit your friendships greatly, according to Catherine Chambliss, a professor of psychology at Ursinus College and the author of “Empathy Rules: Depression, Schadenfreude …
Ada Yokota via Getty Images During the pandemic, many busy mothers have fallen out of touch with entire groups of friends. “It’s not that I don’t have friends, but my friendships are so different now,” said Mariclaire, who asked to only use her first name so she could discuss pressures she felt related to work. The pandemic has not only …
