In his Oct. 23rd talk at Page Auditorium, Percival Everett — the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “James” — repeatedly speaks to his seemingly antiquated practices, including his abstinence ...

We’ve all witnessed it. The Thanksgiving table and other family gatherings turned terribly wrong. “Don’t talk about politics.” Maybe our parents told us that. Somewhere along the way, we’ve lost the ...

I would go to daily Mass most mornings and I remember I started having a tug on my heart during Mass,” he said. “I felt the ...

Most people can vividly remember a moment in their life when they felt very deeply heard and understood by another—perhaps by a friend or partner, therapist or teacher, family or community member. On ...

This is why I try to write about everyday topics because this describes where most of us spend most of our time and energy ...

In this excerpt from It’s Not Magic, author and psychologist John Amaechi explains how most of us fall into the trap of not truly engaging when others are speaking and offers advice on how to build ...

But I’m on this journey with God for myself, and if I’m going to learn how to listen, and people come to me anyway, that would be a good thing.” It hasn’t always come easy – going beyond surface ...

Ever had a nasty supervisor? Someone who’s been with the company too long and had to go somewhere, so they were put in a managerial role? Not natural leaders or prone to learning, these people SHOUT ...