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How to Respond to 'How Are You?' When You're Not OK

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'How Are You?' Has Lost All Meaning. Here's A Better Way To Greet People

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The Surprising Way You Should Answer “How Are You?”—And Why It Makes Such a Difference

I recently asked an acquaintance how she was four times in a row. Here's how to avoid getting stuck on this conversational hamster wheel. While checking in at the gym the other day, I chirped, “Hey, ...
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6 things to say when someone asks ‘How are you?' and you're absolutely not ‘fine'

Unprecedented times are starting to feel like the new normal. What we need to get through these times is social support. But in order to receive it, we have to stop "surface acting," or feeling ...