Starting a conversation with someone new can often feel intimidating. Whether you’re at a networking event, a party or just meeting someone for the first time, breaking the ice is crucial to ...

Master the art of conversation with these 10 transformative skills that turned a deal-closing analyst who treated every chat like a business transaction into someone who actually creates genuine ...

There's nothing worse than getting stuck in conversation with someone and only have the weather to talk about. Sometimes small talk is necessary, but most of the time it's painful and inauthentic. To ...

If you want to deepen intimacy and improve communication skills in your relationship, asking some get-to-know-you questions can be a great idea. At the beginning of a relationship, you’re not usually ...

Most of us meet new people every week. At work, at school, at the grocery store. But we only remember a fraction of new faces. Why? In most cases, it depends not on the physical but the topical. For ...

Whether it's your first date or your 10th, making conversation with a date isn't always effortless (and if it is for you, then please teach me your ways). Especially in the early stages of dating, ...

Recent books by Allen Bratton, Daniel Lefferts and Garrard Conley depict gay Christian characters not usually seen in queer literature. By Joshua Barone Near the end of Daniel Lefferts’s recent novel, ...