Some people are directly aggressive, meaning they aren’t afraid to express exactly how they feel. And other people are passive-aggressive. “Passive-aggressive behavior is best described as a pattern ...

Slipping into passive-aggressive territory when speaking with a loved one isn't hard. You need to know the phrases to look ...

Receiving a passive-aggressive work email is annoying, and it creates a tough dilemma. Do you muster the strength to ignore their tone and reply with a kind message? Should you match the sender's ...

If you’ve ever dealt with a mother-in-law (or some other hard-to-please Patty!) who says something is "Totally fine!" when it clearly isn’t, been on the receiving end of the silent treatment, or been ...

Your phone buzzes. It's your boss. Again. Something about the message feels off, like there's a hidden meaning coded into every word. Maybe it's the clipped response, or maybe it's that they've ...

After enduring countless meetings that could have been an email, the rise of remote work has helped ease some of that for some of us—at least the in-person variety. We may not be wasting as much time ...

Communication is one of the major skills covered in cognitive behavioral therapy. Although therapy is often with an individual, relationship problems are a common focus of treatment. Helping someone ...

We all come across people who appear very calm but who we can sense have anger and hostility beneath the surface. The show of calmness is an effort to subtly and discretely hide their real feelings.