Masculinity is often defined by dominance, stoicism, physical strength, and the ability to provide. It has, perhaps, been even more defined by what it is not: soft, sensitive, emotional, feminine, or ...

One of my favorite scenes in the movie The Joy Luck Club is when the young daughter asserts to her mother, "I'm my own person!" and the mother, bewildered, thinks "When did she become her own person!?

Whether you’re experiencing symptoms, making decisions about family planning, or just wanting to ensure everything is working as it should, having a clear, honest conversation is the first step.

Learning how to get better at small talk might not seem like much of a conversational superpower. Arguably everyone’s least favorite part of socializing, surface-level chitchat can be awkward, ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

Soon after I started taking testosterone, a strange anguish took hold of me, a naturally talkative person. I heard my speaking voice drop, about an octave it seemed. Though this felt wonderful to me, ...

Nafeesah Allen, Ph.D., is a multi-lingual author and writer who writes about topics like personal finance, real estate investing, multicultural communications. Her published work has been featured in ...

We rely on small talk like this, and being good at it is even seen as a mark of conversational competence. Yet its content can feel superficial. Once you notice formulaic expressions such as “how are ...

This post is Part 2 of a series. Part 1 can be found here. Recently, I was asked to blurb a book called Once Upon a Stranger. In it, I learned fascinating insights on why talking to strangers can ...