I recently asked an acquaintance how she was four times in a row. Here's how to avoid getting stuck on this conversational hamster wheel.

Job seekers have to jump through so many hoops these days to even get an interview that it often feels like the only parts of them that matter are the meat — your qualifications, your education, your ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oliver Rossi/ DigitalVision via Getty Images No matter what kind of app you're using to chat, you can pretty much expect that ...

Unprecedented times are starting to feel like the new normal. What we need to get through these times is social support. But in order to receive it, we have to stop "surface acting," or feeling ...

The worst thing you can ask at the start of any interaction is: "How are you?" You're essentially telling the other person that the interaction will be like every other interaction. They'll most ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Geber86 via shutterstock.com (Geber86 via shutterstock.com) Sure, you can always go with the standard "fine" or "good," but why ...

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 ...