The previous post explored how euphemisms, platitudes, and medical terms marginalize parents’ experiences around the deaths of their babies, and why parents feel so hurt. But these words do more than ...

Previous posts explored the role of compassion in perinatal bereavement care and why it's better than empathy. This post looks at how to think compassionately about the words we use when talking to ...

The leadership space is peculiarly susceptible to platitudes. Leaders can use them without thinking, however, they can easily be perceived as content-free statements and a substitute for thinking.

"In the simplest terms, a leader is one who knows where he wants to go, then gets up and goes." - John Erskine It is so easy to toss off terms and titles such as leadership and think everyone knows ...

Any good writer knows that the cardinal rule of writing is to eschew platitudes. Budding writers, from a young age, are trained in the ways of vigilance. We are taught to scrutinize our sentences, ...

There’s a familiar script people turn to when they’re unsure how to handle strong emotions in others. Short, catchy lines that sound comforting at first — but often feel dismissive to anyone genuinely ...

As a business coach, I spend a lot of time with company leaders planning growth and developing strategy. A key part of this process is establishing the fundamentals for why an organization exists and ...

Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang made no mention of silence, let alone a black box, when they called on their peers in the music industry to devote Tuesday, June 2nd, to a new initiative, ...