Loneliness is one of the more widespread and dangerous conditions affecting human beings, capable of damaging our physical and mental health in numerous ways. Mental health researcher Olivia Remes shares some insights about this all too common state of being and discusses some actionable strategies that can help cope with it.

Imagine there's someone standing next to you all the time pointing out every! single! thing! you're doing wrong. This is what millions of anxiety sufferers feel on a daily basis, and it's awful. Anxiety researcher Olivia Remes lays out a roadmap to getting rid of that "someone." It begins, she says, with being kinder to ourselves and to others.

The way life and love are portrayed to us via the world of advertising and Hollywood dream factories, you’d have thought that there’s no grey area between happy and troubled relationships. The truth, however, is that how we get along with each other is a complex, multi-dimensional thing that is likely to be impacted by anxious thoughts or phobia...