In some relationships with family, friends or coworkers, you may disagree with choices that the other person is making, or hold a different opinion than them on a topic you're both passionate about.

People who are adept at emotional validation listen deeply to the other person's perspective so they can convey it back to ...

What should you say to a friend who is going through a tough time? We ran a study with 148 participants to find out what people want to hear from their friends and loved ones when they’re going ...

How often do we feel misunderstood by those around us, even our closest friends and family? On the other side of the equation, how often do we feel as though we are unable to adequately provide ...

When someone is upset or angry with us, whether justifiably or not, the most productive thing we can do is to validate their feelings because doing so will make them far more receptive to our side of ...

Beware the two-faced colleague! Discrepancies between their supportive words and subsequent negative consequences for you reveal hidden agendas. Observe patterns, verify your suspicions discreetly, ...

She trained caregivers to “validate” the delusions of older people with dementia, rather than try to wrest them into the real world. By Sam Roberts Naomi Feil was only 8 years old when she moved into ...