Category: Relationships

The Quiet Social Skills That Open Doors

Technology lets us reach the whole world and makes us clumsier face to face. Three small social habits that make people glad to know you....

Love People Without Clinging

Needing someone as though your survival depends on them feels safe, but it breeds expectation and heartbreak. How to stay close without clinging....

How To Deepen Your Compassion

Compassion is more than feeling sorry for someone. It is sharing their pain and wanting to ease it. Eight ways to make it a habit rather than a mood....

How To Handle A Control Freak

Some people need to decide what everyone does and how. Four calm ways to live and work alongside a controller without being run by one....

Habits That Keep A Relationship Healthy

Love and respect are the foundation, but a good relationship should also help both people grow. Nine habits that keep a bond strong through the rough patches....

Do Not Keep People Waiting For You

Being late sends a message you may not intend. Why keeping people waiting hurts a relationship, and what to do about it....

Ways To Escape The Friend Zone

Developing feelings for a friend is common and awkward. A few patient steps make the next move clearer and kinder....

The Compliment You Did Not Say Out Loud

Most of us have a stock of kind things we never got round to saying, and a much shorter route for the unkind ones. The imbalance is a habit rather than a character....

Friendship Is Mostly About Staying

Friends matter and we forget to say so. Three ordinary habits keep a friendship in good repair, and the middle one is the one people misread as neglect....