Ideas for better conversations.
Short essays, reflections, and notes on friendship, loneliness, questions, connection, and the small moments that help people feel understood.
How to Have a Good Conversation
The best conversations rarely happen by accident. They happen when we move from facts to feelings, and from events to meaning.
Be Interested, Not Interesting
The people we enjoy most are rarely the ones trying to impress us. They're the ones who make us feel interesting.
How to Be a Good Listener
Listening isn't waiting for your turn to speak. It's helping another person discover the story they were really trying to tell.
Abraham Lincoln's Best Friend
Lincoln and Joshua Speed remind us that friendship is not a lesser form of love, but one of life's deepest forms of it.
The Fastest Way to Build a Friendship
Perfection may earn admiration, but vulnerability builds friendship. Real closeness begins when someone lets themselves be seen.
Neuroscientist: Not Talking to People Is Slowly Destroying Your Brain
Social connection is not just a nice extra. Your brain treats meaningful conversation as one of its basic needs.
How Not to Be Boring
Being interesting has little to do with living an extraordinary life. It has everything to do with noticing ordinary life honestly.