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Category: Way With Words

I’ve been reading John and Julie Gottman’s And Baby Makes Three: The Six-Step Plan for Preserving Marital Intimacy and Rekindling

After last week’s post How to Pay a Compliment, I received many comments and emails asking for a follow-up post

There’s been a lot of talk recently about the new lows in etiquette we’re reaching with our cell phones.

When I was in high school I lost ten pounds. (I didn’t need to lose them.) I wasn’t noteworthy among my

Did you hear the news last week that gossip is actually good for you? According to researchers, hearing gossip helps

Have you ever known someone with a cold personality, who seemed to have a hard edge? That was Marilla Cuthbert.

Tact is the ability to say what you think while valuing the other person as well. It goes by many names–diplomacy,

I made sarcastic comments for years without a second thought. It was all in good fun….right? Well, two things happened

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