It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow.

You can’t get far in life without talking to people. But how do you open up if you think you’re the queen or king of awkward? This guide can help.

When do we really learn good conversation skills? Well, we don’t. We’re just kind of expected to pick them up. And we wonder why people aren’t better communicators. How can you be that person people love to talk to?

I’ve posted a lot of research and expert interviews on the subject so let’s round up the info and make it actionable.

Let this be the standard that you strive for. Think of this as relationship advice for every type of relationship in your life. Being yourself isn't always easy. The world is full of pressures that lead us in every direction except being ourselves. We are told what to wear, how to think, and who to hang out with. In the end what matters though is not what others think about us, but how we lived our lives. In each of us there are things I refer to as core beliefs. These are the things we would be willing to die for.