Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. When someone trusts you enough to come out to you, it's essential to choose the words you respond with ...

It’s hard to summon any words when someone dies—let alone the right ones. That’s why so many of us let the sympathy cards do the talking. “As a society, we’re uncomfortable with death and grief. We’re ...

Often when someone we love is grieving, we do not know what to say. “I’m sorry” does not seem to be enough but there are also no words that can provide a fix to what our loved one is going through.

People show their confidence in different ways. Believing in yourself isn’t always easy, but the more you affirm and manifest what you want, the more confidence you’ll have. While some people have ...

Breaking up, as they say, is hard to do. Everyone needs guidance when it comes to ending things, but usually, advice focuses on how to know you want to break up or how to cope with all the emotions ...

One in three people in the United States will struggle with depression at some point during their life, and one in eight will have a major depressive episode. It can be hard to know what to say to ...

Figuring out what to say when someone dies can, at times, feel impossible. You might be afraid of saying the wrong thing to someone who is grieving and worry that your well-meaning sympathy text could ...

Many of us have not been offered guidance on one of the most universal — and most avoided — topics: grief. A simple truth that often gets overlooked is that grief is natural, it requires presence and ...

Sometimes people who don't feel OK just want to keep their thoughts to themselves. Sure, others might encourage their loved ones to keep their head up. But the reality of life is this: it's okay not ...

Negotiating a raise is all about empathy, compromise and asking the right questions. We have info on what not to say when asking for a raise, plus scripts to follow to get what you want. In an ideal ...