SOCIAL networks; MENTAL health; SMALL talk

Consider sporting whimsical accessories or a shirt with a funny phrase on it, "which suggests that you don't take yourself too seriously", Carmichael says. It's the opposite of being a wallflower and trying to blend in", says Chloe Carmichael, PhD, a clinical psychologist and Women's Health advisory board member. Small talk may get a bad rap, but it comes with very real mental and physical health benefits (yes, even for introverts). [Extracted from the article]

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