Awkward silences are the worst! Try these simple, therapist-approved tips for holding up your end of a conversation. How to ...

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As humans, we’re talking to each other constantly. With all that practice, we must be pretty good at it—right? Not exactly. As a professor at Harvard Business School and author of Talk: The Science of ...

There’s never a reason to run out of conversation topics. The news, the weather and whatever other people are doing could be talked about at length, in most scenarios. Those topics, however, are dull.

Swiping on dating apps can often feel like being in the romantic trenches. Even when you come across a hottie with a non-boring profile, you’re probably all too familiar with the struggle of coming up ...

The dating game has never been easier, and dating apps mean people often go on a first date having never met in person before. If deciding the ideal setting for a first date isn't hard enough, keeping ...

My best conversations are with my friend Rich. He doesn’t have extraordinary speaking talents or the ability to tell side-splitting jokes. It’s just that after talking with Rich, I somehow feel ...

Dear Annie: Finding topics of conversation can often be difficult during long visits. Since “Grinding My Teeth” feels that this may be the last time she and her husband will visit with these in-laws, ...