People are too pessimistic about how others will respond when they reach out to connect with them.

Many aging populations grapple with social isolation and loneliness at disproportionate rates, but there are reasons people who lose interest in talking to anyone as they get older usually have, and ...

I grew up in a family of talkers who drove our teachers crazy. I remember sitting in my English 102 class during college with just two weeks left in the semester. My professor looked at me and said, ...

My husband, Don, will talk to anyone. In line at a store, on a plane, in a parking lot; it doesn’t matter where we’re at, he’ll engage. In fact, I have my current job because he was gregarious enough ...