It’s Party Time!
Your Guide to Navigating Holiday Conversations and Personalities
Tis the season for parties and social gatherings! Learn how to handle a variety of personality types, keep conversations flowing, and stay calm when things get tricky — even if someone hits a trigger.
How to Talk to Different Personalities
The Art of Conversation
Here’s how to start a conversation with someone you don’t know, as well as conversational killers, body language signs to watch, and how to be a better listener.
Going to a Party? How to Talk to 6 Different Personality Types
From the narcissist to the cheerleader, learn how to navigate some common party personality types — and turn small talk into conversations you actually enjoy.
The 4 Communication Styles
How knowing these four different communication styles can improve your relationships.
Inside the Enneagram Wheel: Discover the 9 Types of Personality
More than an intriguing symbol, the Enneagram provides new ways of seeing and understanding anyone – including yourself.
Navigating Tricky Conversations
How to Resolve Sibling Conflict in Adulthood
Expert tips for navigating a rocky relationship with an adult sibling.
What’s the Best Way to Handle Unsolicited Advice From Family Members?
Holiday gatherings can be an especially fraught time for unwelcome advice. Our expert says to try to remain curious, open, and polite. Here’s how.
Speaking Your Truth
Voicing your opinions can be uncomfortable. Here’s how to speak your mind when it counts.
Stuck With a Chronic Complainer? Here’s How to Stay Positive
How to cope with the stress of being subjected to the negativity of a chronic complainer.
How to Establish Healthy Boundaries With Grandparents
Supportive grandparents can be a godsend for you and your kids — but disagreements about parenting may create tension. Setting healthy boundaries can help you find a balance.
When “You’ve Changed” Feels Like Criticism – Coping With Unsupportive People
You’d like your loved ones to be happy and supportive about your positive life transformations. But what if they’re not?
Connecting on a Deeper Level
5 Skills for Authentic Communication
How to have deeper conversations.
5 Ways to Be a Compassionate Listener
Transform your relationships by changing the way you listen.
Compassionate Communication
When we pay attention to the words we use and the way we use them, we improve the odds of strengthening and deepening our most meaningful relationships.
Wrapping Up Difficult Conversations
How to Gracefully End a Conversation
Here are four tips to extricate yourself from a conversation.
Stuck in an Awkward Conversation? 11 Tips to Rescue It
A communication expert offers tips for transforming uncomfortable conversations.
When Someone Won’t Take No for an Answer
Not everyone accepts the word “no” gracefully. Here are five ways to get your point across.
How to Protect Your Peace
13 Strategies to Deal With Your Emotional Triggers
A psychotherapist offers actionable advice for handling our trigger reactions.
5 Strategies to Try When You’ve Been Triggered
If you’ve been triggered, don’t panic. There are still some things you can do in the moment to help soothe your body and bring yourself back into the present.
5 Difficult Emotions and How to Deal With Them
We often resist challenging emotions, like anger and sadness, but embracing and accepting them is a key step toward wholeness.
Regulating Energy and Emotions After the Holidays
How to Recover from “Family Jet Lag”
Expert tips for navigating the fraught dynamics of family gatherings.
The 7 Types of Rest
If you’re feeling run-down, you might be deficient in one of the seven types of rest. Learn how you can recharge your physical, mental, emotional, creative, social, sensory, and spiritual self.
5 Ways to Release Resentment
Learn effective strategies to overcome resentment and let go of grudges with these expert tips.