When you’re with your partner, best friend or close family member, conversations can feel endless—in the best way. You can talk for hours about your dreams, your childhood memories and random thoughts ...

Improvisation is a great example of riffing since it’s all about people building a shared reality in a spontaneous way. And ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Commenting on someone else’s hygiene is one of the more delicate conversation topics. You are, after all, ...

In my late 40s, I’m still learning to fine-tune the art of conversation. My son and I break down what it takes to keep a good chat going. Our family has lots of conversations about conversations. My ...