Relationships are made of talk - and talk is for girls and women.

We all know we are unique individuals, but we tend to see others as representatives of groups.

It can be the best of relationships and the worst of relationships - often at the same time. The bond between a mother and daughter is one of the strongest, but it's also among the most complicated.

any criticism heard secondhand sounds worse than it would face to face. Words spoken out of our presence strike us as more powerful, just as people we know only by reputation seem larger than life.

The key to conversation at work is flexibility and understanding how what you say might be perceived by others.

In an ongoing relationship, each current criticism packs the punches of all the others that have gone before.

Each person's life is lived as a series of conversations.