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A Trusted Friend in a Complicated World

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Charlotte Hilton Andersen

location-pin Denver, Colorado

Expertise: etiquette, relationships, psychology, human interest

Charlotte Hilton Andersen

  • Has written more than 50 stories on etiquette for Reader's Digest
  • Published in Shape, Cosmopolitan, Women's Health, O Magazine, Fitness, Redbook, Seventeen, What to Expect When You're Expecting and many other magazines and sites
  • Ghost-authored two books for celebrities
  • Won multiple journalism awards, including an Eddie award for her coverage of COVID-19
  • Certified personal trainer and fitness instructor for 10 years and tenure-track college professor for seven years
  • Author of The Great Fitness Experiment

Experience

Charlotte is an award-winning journalist who covers etiquette, relationships, psychology, health and lifestyle. She has written more than 50 etiquette stories for Reader’s Digest, spearheading the site’s popular Polite Habits and Best Messages series. With a knack for capturing the essence of an interview subject, she also specializes in human-interest and “as told to” stories. In addition to Reader’s Digest and The Healthy, her work has been published in Shape, Cosmopolitan, Women's Health, O Magazine, Fitness, Redbook, Seventeen, What to Expect When You're Expecting and more.

Articles

woman helping old parent with boxes of stuff

Here’s How to Get Your Parents to Part with Their Stuff—And What to Do with It

Forget the $124 trillion wealth transfer—what about the 10,000 Precious Moments figurines? An expert explains how to help your parents downsize without starting World War III.
Illustration of four different people showing different body languages.

How to Read Body Language and Understand What People Are Really Thinking

Body language experts reveal the hidden signals your face, eyes, hands and posture send—and how to decode what others are really feeling
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This Common Behavior in the Drive-Thru Is Actually Really Rude. Are You Guilty of It?

You might think you're being a model fast-food customer because you turn down the radio and have your payment ready, but there's one rainy-day habit that's making the drive-thru crew hate you