We all do—for our health, happiness, and sense of connection Sex is one of our most basic forms of communication. So I was startled to read, in a New York Times op-ed, that more than a quarter of Americans hadn’t had sex even once in the past year, according to the 2021 General Social Survey. No wonder Magdalene Read More
The World We Speak In
“Don’t Look Up”: How to Talk about the End of the World
NOTE: If you plan to see Don’t Look Up on Netflix, but haven’t done it yet…stop reading now, before the spoilers begin, and come back after you’ve watched the final credits! A Film about How We Communicate Since you’ve seen the movie, you know that (a) Kate Dibiasky has discovered a new comet that (b) Read More
We’re All Going Back to School. Again.
NOTE: Yes, this is about public speaking in the pandemic. Someday, I hope we’ll be able to read these old missives and think “how quaint.” Back to school used to be easy Sometime in August, you would: scrape up the money to buy your kid(s) some notebooks and new clothes, check out their bus route (or figure out the Read More
3 Things You Need for “The Great Resignation”
More People in the U.S. are Changing Jobs Right Now than Ever Before And if you’re not in the U.S., a whole lot of people may be changing jobs in your country, too. This moment is being called The Great Resignation. Why? It doesn’t mean—as I thought when I first heard of it—that we’re all resigning ourselves to some fate. Read More
Hybrid Work is Here to Stay. What Does that Mean for You?
Working from Home+Office is Our New Normal A recent New York Times piece on hybrid work was called “Remote Work is Here to Stay“—and on the day that it was written, the isle of Manhattan—home to the two largest business districts in the U.S.—had 90% fewer people working in its office towers than a year before. Read More