For many, meeting new people isn't easy. Talking to someone for the first time can bring up a lot of anxiety. Writing for PsychCentral, Nathan Feiles, MSW, LCSW-R, acknowledged that social anxiety ...

Instead of dominating the conversation with their own opinions, smart people focus ... when you first meet them. It's too personal and inappropriate. Even after you get to know them, be careful what ...

The Vallejo Vignettes are reader-submitted stories of something fun, quirky or inspiring that happened to them in Vallejo. If ...

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Learning a new language stimulates your brain, enhancing cognitive functions like memory, problem-solving, and critical thinking. Speaking another language allows you to meet and connect with people ...

And hey, if meeting people here doesn’t work out, at least you’ve got new material. Unlike most of our picks on this list, Chicago AF is not a brick-and-mortar space, but a group with events ...

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Lives Lived: Nelson Johnson, a labor activist in North Carolina, was injured in a 1979 shooting by white supremacists in ...