If you want a particular behavior from someone else, try spotlighting those times when he or she is already doing it.

Following celebrities or people you don't regularly see in person often doesn't add to our happiness. The best use of social media is to deepen existing close relationships or create new ones.

For me, I love dancing!

Change your story, change your power.

We change people, but oftentimes we get so focused on the negative people and their influence on us, we forget how powerful we are as positive people to influence others.

Catching up on pictures of your good friend's kids ahead of a visit across the country to see her is a great way to deepen your time together. Following near-strangers can leave us feeling detached and lonely.

People will often say "You can't change other people." My research shows this societal belief is not only dis-empowering, it is scientifically false.