by Carolyn Thomas   ❤️   Heart Sisters (on Blue Sky)

When was the last time you struck up a casual conversation with somebody you don’t know?  Psychologist Dr. Gillian Sandstrom, who teaches at the University of Essex in the U.K., studies this phenomenon, and now describes herself as a “talker-to-strangers”, adding:

“The benefit shown in my research is that chatting with strangers is good for your mood.”    .
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