A self‑aware talker seeks help controlling compulsive, overly long conversations—especially on the phone—after realizing they ...

In an earlier post, I described ways of improving conversations with people who talk too much—from the perspective of the beleaguered listeners. I received many comments from people who believed they ...

Many people hate talking on the phone and will choose to text no matter what. These people tend to have their own reasons for not wanting to talk on the phone. These reasons range from anxiety to ...

I grew up in a family of talkers who drove our teachers crazy. I remember sitting in my English 102 class during college with just two weeks left in the semester. My professor looked at me and said, ...

What happens in the time between meeting someone new and officially calling them your partner? Decades ago, you might’ve called this the “wooing” stage: commonly, where a man offered a woman gifts, ...