How Pros Connect: A Tip in Relationship-Building From Journalists and Therapists

Journalists and therapists clearly have distinct objectives. Journalists work to communicate stories and information to their audience. Therapists help patients overcome psychological problems. Yet both of these professions share something important: building a connection—sometimes with a less-than-willing participant. Building those connections is critical to professional success. Connection is something all humans need, there is no […]

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A Simple Way to Improve Communication: Know Your Communication Type

As a relationship therapist, the bread and butter of my professional life is teaching people to communicate better. And as a relationship scientist, partner, parent, friend, and (I admit) over-communicator, I spend a heck of a lot of time thinking about the core ingredients of effective communication. I’m in good company with my communication preoccupation: […]

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