You may regularly contribute to a group text and look forward to Friday night dinner conversations with a pal or partner. However, you may find the most regular person you talk to is yourself. You may ...

Sometimes, the only person you can talk to is yourself. If you’ve had a tough day and need to process it, talking out loud ...

When Ellie Shoja goes for a walk, she slips on her headphones and starts talking—but there’s no other voice ricocheting through the speakers. It’s merely a convenient way to disguise the fact that she ...

It seems, it turns out, that those pep talks in the mirror and zoftig reminders under the discount sauce in the grocery store are not just quirks they’re a supercharge device for upgrading brains and ...

In addition to asking open-ended questions and avoiding boomerasking, the right way to small talk is to reframe it. Stop thinking of it as small talk and start imagining it as big talk. Big talk is ...

Annie Murphy Paul is the author of the forthcoming book Brilliant: The New Science of Smart. In the privacy of our minds, we all talk to ourselves — an inner monologue that might seem rather pointless ...

An effective elevator pitch opens doors — it’s your introduction to professional acquaintances, colleagues, and potential employers. Here are three tips for crafting the perfect pitch. Crafting a ...

Picture this: you're in a high-stakes job interview, your heart's racing, your armpits are sweating, and your stomach is in knots because you can’t help but feel like a walking billboard every time ...

If you want to tell someone to talk to a therapist, you better get the delivery right. Dropping not-so-subtle hints over breakfast or screaming it during a fight are easy ways to kill the conversation ...

Want to stay current with Arthur’s writing? Sign up to get an email every time a new column comes out. And now that you’re reconsidering your memoir project, you might even think about taking it a ...