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Relationship & soft
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Science-backed guidance from social dynamics, linguistics & modern soft skills to help you build, develop and maintain relationships.

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What do we do?

We write and publish independent research, think pieces and documentation on topics like:

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Psychology

Sociology

Sociolinguistics

Social dynamics

Applied pragmatics

Relationship development

Dating & culture

Persuasion

Behaviour economics

Charisma

Linguistic philosophy

Generative language

Rapport building

Evidence-based insights
into things like:


Selective Synonymy

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The linguistic phenomenon that leads us to choose one word over another – and why it matters.

Plausible Deniability

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A concept in social dynamics that liars use to cover up their deceit – and how to spot it.

Pre – Suppositions

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How our sentence composition creates implicit & sneaky assumptions we can use to steer conversations.

Relationship Roadmap

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A clear start to finish progression of a typical romantic timeline – for benchmarks or a checklist.

Emotional Intimacy

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Basic fundamentals of human to human connection, from vulnerability to deep intimate bonds.

Perlocution Metrics

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Combining science and linguistic philosophy to determine how people perceive our speech.

Overview

Intermediate

In-depth

Linguistics

Persuasion

Philosophy

Deep insights.
Practical understanding.

Content and guides structured
by complexity & experience level.

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Private topics,
public education.

Open source information on
the obscure and hard to learn.

Our mission statement

Applied pragmatics

Sociolinguistics

Persuasion

Relationship development

Behaviour economics

Linguistic philosophy

Generative language

Rapport building

Sociology

Psychology

Charisma

Consultation on content
or composition.

Hands-on instruction for soft skills and
linguistic automation.

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About the team &
the author, Cain Parish

8+ years of industry experience.

About Cain Parish
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Cain Parish

Australian Author/Researcher