George Bernard Shaw famously said, “The single biggest illusion about communication is that it has taken place.” Yet communication based in curiosity about each other can infuse life back into the ...

While at work, many people have experienced being put in the hot seat, where they're expected or feel pressured to contribute to a conversation they know nothing about. Whether it's because they don't ...

As a general rule, phrases that offend groups of people are off limits in any respectful and caring group of people. Words that bring down folks in certain demographics have evolved into things that ...

Isn’t it liberating when you reach that point in life where what others think of you doesn’t matter anymore? We’ve all been there, constantly second-guessing ourselves, worried about perceptions—only ...

Clichés are about as useful as lipstick on a pig. Also, re-arranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Not to mention bringing coals to Newcastle. But are they as useless as all that? So grammarians, ...

You've seen my first set of 10 overused phrases in online dating. Well, 10 wasn't enough to cover all the big ones, so here ...

We live in an increasingly diverse world. Social dialogue about constructs related to diversity, like race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, body size, immigration status, and age, hold ...

Are "skibidi," "rizz" and "sigma" out? It's back-to-school season, and students are not just bringing home stomach bugs; they are also saying new words and phrases that may make no sense to anyone out ...

Rude people are, sadly, all around us. We deal with them at work, in stores and restaurants, on airplanes and public transit, even at home. They get in our faces and yell. They blame us for things ...