These seemingly silly arguments often act as a stand-in for something deeper. Understanding the bigger emotional meaning ...

We’ve all been there — that moment when a simple conversation suddenly erupts into raised voices, hurt feelings, and maybe even a slammed door. Later, you’re replaying everything in your head, ...

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with author Sarah Manguso, whose new book of aphorisms, 300 Arguments, tackles motherhood, love, and suicide. Sarah Manguso's new book is only 90 pages long, and the ...

In his 1936 work How to Win Friends and Influence People, now one of the bestselling books of all time, Dale Carnegie wrote: “I have come to the conclusion that there is only one way under high heaven ...

When people resolve interpersonal arguments before winding down their day and going to bed, it can break the vicious cycle of festering negative emotions perpetuating chronic stress. Along this line, ...

The most important factor that drove me and my childhood friend Becca apart, politically, is that we went our separate ways, socially. I went to a liberal university in a city; she went to a ...