A video from Smartish Stuff offers three tips for avoiding awkward lulls in conversations and never running out of things to ...

What the research on conversation keeps pointing to is this: people rate interactions as significantly more satisfying when ...

Have you ever met someone new and felt like the two of you just “clicked.” We “hit it off” is how you might describe the encounter, marveling at how the conversation just flowed even though the two of ...

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 ...

A new book by Gillian Sandstrom explains the research behind why it’s good for us to talk to strangers and how to go about it ...

If you know me, you know I can talk with almost anyone, from the cashier at Hannaford to the local bank’s president. I am endlessly curious about people, so I really enjoy talking with people and ...