Communication

The 4 Most Important Conversations To Have Before Marriage

Lamar Tyler | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Communication, Wife, Relationships, Wedding, Relationship Advice, Husband, Marriage, Weddings News

Before your heart takes you away you need to sit down and have a discussion to make sure the plans that you both have are the same or at least similar.

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What Fifty Shades Of Grey Can Teach Us About Divorce

Laura Campbell | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Marriage, Relationships, Divorce, Romance, Love, Compassion, Communication, Attraction, Moving Forward, Divorce News

Fifty Shades Of Grey, which many say is simply erotica for the middle aged, is really a love story, and one that touches upon the very core of what effortless, extraordinary love is all about."

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Ultimatums and the Irrational Economics of Relationships

Cristen Conger | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Games, Women, Playing Games, Relationship Advice, Economics, Love & Sex, Relationships, Romance, Dating Advice, Love and Relationships, Dating, Psychology, Breakups, Love, Communication, Women News

To puzzle out whether this kind of romantic bargaining is worth the risk, it might be wiser to consult an economist than a relationship expert.

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What It's Like To Be A Sex Worker In Love

Kitty Stryker | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Healthy Relationships, Social Justice, Queer, Relationships, Sex Workers, Sex, Sex Work, Love, Communication, Gay Voices News

The media says that if you are a person in the sex industry, even one who consensually entered sex work, you will always have to make a choice between love and work. Sex workers, you see, cannot afford to love. I say that's crap.

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What To Do When Someone Asks For A Favor

Daniel Gulati | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Time Management, Personal Growth, Social Networking, Productivity, Communication, Networking Tips, Networking Business, Tips for Networking, Working Relationships, Gps-Soul, Favors, Emotional Intelligence, Networking, Healthy Living News

By qualifying those who ask for favors, you've designed a system that is both effective and efficient: You're quickly identifying those who most want your help, you're not ignoring or denying anyone, and importantly, you're preserving your own valuable time.

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Is the Media's ADD Hurting Our Country?

Abby Huntsman | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: The Internet, Internet, Twitter, Muammar Gaddafi, President Obama, Email, Evening News, News Cycle, Blogging, Communication, Politics News

So, here we are: a world of commentators, Tweeters, bloggers, and citizens with one of the most powerful tools developed in the history of mankind (the Internet) at our fingertips, literally, but how do we plan to use it? And, what is our collective responsibility?

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Making Connections: Being Kind To Strangers

Eli Davidson | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Kindness, Eli Davidson, Communication, Kindness and Strangers, Kindness Strangers, Kindness to Strangers, Be Kind, Gps-Soul, Mindfulness, Kind to Strangers, Do Unto Others, Showing Kindness, Showing Strangers Kindness, Healthy Living News

How often have we each been so embroiled in our own petty dramas that we breeze past someone in trouble? My hand is raised. How about yours?

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A New Survey Sheds Light on 'The Seven Year Itch'

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Love-and-Relationships, Relationships, Attractiveness, Lips, Anti-Aging, Good Looks, Face, Seven Year Itch, Beauty, Attraction, Marriage, Looks, Facial Features, Body Image, Harris Interactive, Love, Communication, Women News

Caring for our looks is important not only in prolonging our physical and emotional health as we age, but in maintaining mutual attraction in our relationships.

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Everything We Know About Gender Communication Is Wrong

Ekaterina Walter | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Tips, Women, Charisma, Communication, Gender, Gender Stereotypes, Men and Women, Gender Communication, Women News

Lots of women like to chat about their feelings. Lots of men don't. But the minute we start insisting that men are this way and women are that way, we actually understand each other less.

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How To Regain Intimacy In A World Of Technology

Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D. | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Marriage, Relationships, Computers, Technology, Communication, Conscious Relationships, Technology Relationships, Tech and Relationships, Tech Relationships, Communication Relationships, Technology and Relationships, Healthy Living News

Being able to communicate at the speed of light is great -- but there is little intimacy in that communication. True intimacy comes from face-to-face time.

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When It Rains, You Get Wet

Deborah Schoeberlein | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Community, Relationships, Mindfulness, Communication, Be Positive, Staying Positive, Positive Thinking, Being Positive, Positivity, Positivity and Change, Stay Positive, Healthy Living News

When it rains, we get wet. But we don't have to linger in the downpour, and there's no reason to drown. So what to do in the rainy season of spring or the tearful times of life? A few simple strategies can help.

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Bullying at Work

Tom Fox | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Communication, Management, Bullying, Harvard Business Review, Bullying at Work, Work Bully, Politics News

Bullying in the workplace can come in the form of veiled threats or derogatory statements meant to intimidate or coerce an employee.

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When Worms Fail Me

Melinda Wentzel | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Motherhood, Parenting, Journaling, Children, Humor, Mothers and Daughters, Communication, Parents News

I've made a solemn pledge to engage my daughters in conversation each day -- to stop whatever it is I happen to be doing and tune into their respective worlds.

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Five Communication Literacies You Need to Know

Karl Gude | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Storytelling, Communication, Written Communication, Verbal Communication, Visual Communication, Theatrical Communication, Communication Literacies, Communicating Creatively, Creative Communication, Culture News

Nowadays, to successfully capture and hold people's attention to sell them something, get them to donate for a cause or just entertain them you need to have a command of five critical communication illiteracies.

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A New Form Of Communication Where You Don't Have To Talk

The Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Video, Motionphone Scott Snibbe, Motionphone Ipad App, Bjork Biophilia, Motionphone, Motionphone Iphone App, Bjork Biophilia App, Motionphone App, Motion Phone, Scott Snibbe, Communication, Culture News

Introverts, rejoice! A new app is pioneering a form of communication that doesn't require you to speak at all. The MotionPhone app, just released for ...

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Campus Community Needs Fewer Walls in Order to Succeed

The Crimson White | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: College Campus Community, Campus Community, College Community, Technology Addiction, College Student Communication, Face-to-Face-Communication, Communication, College News

Many of us have lost a sense of community. We have willingly given it up. But whether we know it or not, we still need it.

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How To Spring Clean Your Relationships

HelloGiggles | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Friendship, Spring Cleaning, Springtime, Relationships, Romance, Spring Clean Your Relationships, Communication, Women News

Spring Cleaning, loved by some and dreaded by others, is the annual major cleaning of your home that happens - wait for it - in the Spring. Since we'r...

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Trayvon Martin And The Muted Voice of the Mainline Church

Rev. Larry Hollon | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Mainline Churches, Media, Communication, Trayvon Martin, Trayvon Martin Churches, Trayvon Martin Case, Trayvon Martin Mainline Churches, Religion News

My friend was troubled by the apparent silence of the churches. In fact, this was a misperception born of the lack of visibility of the leaders in the mainline tradition who had spoken out.

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Technology Killed Neighbors, Kindness

The Daily Collegian | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Mr Rogers, Neighbors, Technology, Communication, University, Technology Education, College, Iphone Distractions, Technology Distractions, Cell Phones, Iphones Classrooms, Technology Classrooms, Iphones in College, College News

Technology is at our fingertips every moment of the day, and we're losing sight of our old ways. We can connect more with someone who is halfway across the world than someone who goes to the same school.

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The Key To Making Long-Distance Relationships Work

Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Constant Communication, Long-Distance Love, Relationships, Romance, Love, Long Distance Relationships, Communication, Women News

Minneapolis: First, you best be certain, but don't over-think that. I don't mean a lifetime commitment. I'm not saying you've found "the one." Simply,...

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Don't Believe Everything You Hear

Darina Kagan | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Interpersonal Communication, Slogans, Wisdom, Phrases, Cliches, Communication, Healthy Living News

America: the land of slogans, phrases, "You know what they say"s, and jingles, where a person can spew off a verse to a jingle and immediately associa...

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If You're not Smooching, You're Loosing... A Beleaguered Male's Perspective

David Wilson | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Women, Marriage, Divorce, Relationships, Romance, Sex, Communication, Happiness, Women's Sexuality, Women's Health, Love and Relationships, Men's Health, Intimacy, Dr. Oz, Comedy News

Smooching, when meshed with the intimacy of sex, has the dynamic propensity to keep your relationship strong.

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Drop Tart Tone

Rick Hanson, Ph.D. | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Tone in Communication, Interaction, Conscious Relationships, Emotional Wellness, Mindfulness, Voice and Tone, Tone in Voice, Emotional Intelligence, Tone of Voice, Communication, Healthy Living News

People are more sensitive to tone than to the explicit content of spoken or written language. To paraphrase the poet Maya Angelou, people will forget what you said, but they'll remember how you made them feel.

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How To Cock-Up A Cocktail Conversation

Evan Bailyn | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Business, Personal Growth, Networking, Communication, Business Interactions, Elevator Pitch, Cocktail Conversation, Small Business News

Completely ruining your own conversational aims takes surprisingly little time. All you have to do is master one foolproof tactic: never, ever allow people a glimpse of who you really are.

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His Selective Communication, Explained

Yashar Ali | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Sexting, Relationships, Communication, Texting, E-Maintaining, Men and Communication, Relationship Advice, Communication Skills, Dating Advice, Women News

Just like when you go to a cafeteria and walk around, picking and choosing what you want to eat, men are only selecting and responding to the messages and responses that appeal to them most.

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