Conversation isn’t taught in school the way writing and public speaking are, so we have to pick it up on our own—which is one reason there’s such wide variation in how satisfying our conversations are ...

My best classes as an undergraduate involved sitting around a seminar table debating ideas. Those seminar discussions were robust, challenging, enlightening and hard. And they were only possible ...

Many words and phrases that are commonplace today actually stem from racist or otherwise offensive sayings. Let's avoid them.

Once upon a time, human relationships unfolded without smartphones. The reality may be hard to recall, so profoundly have these devices transformed the way we relate to the world and others in fifteen ...

Awkward conversations are not just valuable—they're often essential for achieving important goals. Often, there is no way to have a particular conversation without it being awkward! Examples: Talking ...