I started working at age 15 and since then, I've had two personas: workplace me and the real me. Workplace me is witty yet professional. She's cheerful, high-pitched, and tries to enunciate every word ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Curiosity expert improving engagement, innovation, and productivity. Have you ever noticed how your voice, word choice, or even ...

I grew up in an all-white suburban town in New Jersey called Basking Ridge. My family was one of only a handful of African American families in the town. While I was growing up, basketball became a ...

'Code-switching' was originally coined as a linguistic term for the ways in which bilingual people engage with language. It describes bilingual speakers alternating between literal linguistic codes in ...

I’m a people pleaser, which makes me a dishonest person. This admission is a jarring contradiction for a therapist, yet it is an inescapable truth. I’ve spent years guiding others toward authenticity ...

I had just sent a voice note to my friend when a curious feeling came over me. "Let me listen back to it," I thought to myself. As I did, an even stranger feeling came over me, a lack of recognition ...

What exactly is code-switching? Many of us may do it and not even realize it. Others may have never heard this term before, and some others may not acknowledge it as a real thing. Usually groups in ...

Vice President Kamala Harris has been criticized for using a Black dialect or Southern accent when she’s speaking to certain audiences. For example, her parlance in front of a significantly Black ...