They key is to realize it’s them, not you. “Mom guilt” is such a familiar phrase that we rarely stop to ask what it really ...

Guilt focuses on actions, while shame attacks your worth. Learn about the roots of these emotions, and how they are shaped by ...

My nephew and his wife don’t stay in touch, never invite me over and only show up during the holidays to collect gifts.

Guilt over specific actions can point us to what matters. It can cue us to ways we are hurting or burdening other people, and can signal us to repair wrongs and make amends. And yet, many of us ...

A new study explores why so many American workers feel guilty about using their paid time off, and why some skip it ...

The results are alarming. Nearly three-quarters of those who reported parental guilt took emotionally driven actions, many of ...

Vernon (Clifton Davis) feels overwhelmed with guilt, and it's eating at him. Vernon wonders if things would have been different if events had been handled differently in the past and recently. The ...

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the only survivor of the devastating Air India Flight AI171 crash, is struggling to cope with the ...

They're "carrying guilt" or "weighed down by guilt." Are these just expressions, or is there something more to these metaphors? Princeton researcher Martin Day and Ramona Bobocel, an associate ...

Sometimes caregivers need to reframe those feelings as regret to help them respond to themselves with love and forgiveness, Carol Bradley Bursack writes.