Have you ever met someone who seems totally comfortable in their own skin, never scrambling to justify their choices or defend their actions? These people have a quiet strength that draws others in.

Emotionally intelligent people aren't born with this ability. They build it, often painfully, through years of learning which explanations were worth giving and which were just performances for an ...

We’ve all been there—those moments when a simple explanation snowballs into an existential crisis. You start off trying to clarify something minor, and before you know it, you're questioning your life ...

You know that feeling when you're on a date and suddenly you're explaining why you ordered dessert first, why your job title sounds weird, or why you're wearing sneakers with a dress? It happens. One ...

Source: Christina Morillo / Pexels Have you ever walked away from a conversation with that sinking feeling that you said too much? Not because you were impolite or inconsiderate—but because you tried ...

While women do tend to take on a disproportionate amount of the emotional burden in life, when they are confident, self-assured, and independent, they don’t fall as easily into the trap of comparison, ...