University of Exeter/Flickr Whatever you do, focus on professional commonalities and avoid controversial topics. Starting a conversation with a new acquaintance can be awkward and difficult. "Maybe ...

I don’t love talking with strangers. I’m an introvert at heart, and making an effort to engage in social interaction often drains my energy. But still, I do it. Not because I feel like I have to, but ...

Does your brain shut down, and your tongue become heavy when you need to start a conversation? Breaking the ice can sometimes seem like a Herculean task. However, revealing fun facts about yourself is ...

It’s not just us, striking up a conversation with someone can be awkward, right? Whether it’s on a dating app or trying to engineer your own meet cute in Big Tescos, the first step to any whirlwind ...

Have you ever met someone who, within minutes, made you feel completely at ease? They weren’t trying too hard, they didn’t ...

It can be hard to know what to talk about over the holidays with relatives you haven’t seen in a while. Ideally, you want to bring up topics that are lighthearted but still meaningful ― something that ...

Worrying about the conversation at Thanksgiving dinner shouldn’t be such a burden, so we prepped both fun and funny conversation starters.

If I asked you to phonetically say the word cat, you would clearly start with the caa and end with the t. Caa-t … caa-t … caa-t. Now take away the t. Just say the ...