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Since swearing off “I’m fine,” Veilleux has found that people react “really well” to her more honest responses. “I think we ...

For those of you who closely monitor the state of the world, you know the simple question, “How are you doing?” can feel loaded. For me, the answer often varies wildly by the hour, or even minute.

Unprecedented times are starting to feel like the new normal. With stocks falling and the threat of a recession looming, many of us are struggling. No one is untouched, whether you're trying to lead a ...

Drino* tells me that in the United States, he never knows what to say when someone asks, “How’re you doing?” In the country where he grew up, he says, the standard reply is something equivalent to ...

Again and again, research has found that the key to a happy and successful life is to create deep relationships. This requires good communication skills. Unfortunately, many of us aren't good at it.

If you would have seen Nora McInerny at her 35-year-old husband’s funeral, you might have thought she’d never looked better. That was the consensus “according to so many people,” she says, in part ...