Many adults grew up with the adage, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” as a means of parents arming children for inevitable encounters with bullies. Author Alicia ...

We live in an era of negative labels. Research — and common sense — show that the use of negative labels makes bad interactions worse. Well, just about everyone who uses them also has common sense. So ...

I could have titled this post, Feel Better About Yourself by Avoiding the Use of Negative Labels and Characterizations. Our brains naturally label things for short-hand processing. That usually works ...