At work, it’s been harder. I’m frequently in meetings where a colleague is so long-winded that if someone doesn’t interrupt, ...

This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. When I began studying how workplace culture impacts ...

Hey, y’all! If you constantly find yourself acquiescing to difficult people at work, you may be “fawning.” Here’s the deal, plus how to stop it. Fawning is an “extreme form of people-pleasing” that ...

I’ve gone through a difficult period in my private life. I have spent a lot of time wondering whether this is something I should tell people at work – my direct managers, but also others I work with ...