Neuroscience confirms a truth at the core of our faith

[Michie]

Scientific studies are showing just how essential human interactions and relationships are to our health and feelings of fulfillment.​

I thought of myself as a pretty wonderful person until I got married. When I was single, I was so empathetic, so sacrificial, and so kind (and very humble to boot, obviously). But, then slowly over my first few years of marriage, I started to see how self-centered, impatient, and prideful I could truly be.



When I could love other people at a time and place convenient to me, and then retire to my own space and my own interests, I seemed to be quite the generous gal. It’s hard to notice your own failings when you aren’t accountable to someone else. Most of the growth I’ve experienced in the past decade has happened in the context of my marriage and parenting.

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Neuroscience confirms a truth at the core of our faith

Scientific studies are showing just how essential human interactions and relationships are to our health and feelings of fulfillment.

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