Shame has been branded as a toxic emotion while guilt has been widely perceived as preferable. Here's the problem: Avoiding ...

He pleaded no guilty to assault causing injury, a Class 1 misdemeanor. The charges were amended down as part of a plea deal. Teresa L. Silcox, 54, was sentenced to 120 days with credit for 87 ...

Only then did I finally feel some semblance of relief. When I returned home, guilt swept over me. Logically, I knew I couldn’t have foreseen or stopped the seizures. Emotionally ...

The Sunday after the U.S. Election Day, Jamal Bryant, the senior pastor at the predominantly Black New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, a megachurch in Stonecrest, just east of Atlanta, issued an ...

Human kind cannot bear very much reality. (T. S. Eliot, Burnt Norton, 1941). There is no rubble. There are no more fumes. There has been no trouble. There are no airless tombs. There has never ...

When it comes to food, even the most disciplined among us find it hard to resist the allure of holiday indulgence — and Sara Tendulkar is no ... guilt is now catching up with me,” giving us all a peek ...

It's hard to say "no" to other people's expectations without feeling bad about it. Fortunately there are ways to learn how to say "no" that will take you a long way. These tools are especially ...

“They feel ‘I’m homeless’ and just separate from other kids with a normal home. “When they came home they would just sit on their beds, that’s all. There was no fun like before when we were singing ...

No, it’s the sex ... As for lying and not even feeling a smidgen of guilt (and I’m sorry, but I really don’t), that would have been unthinkable. I met Greg on a night out when I was a ...

That raises the question: Should anyone feel guilt for choosing not to constantly ruminate or pre-emptively panic? For choosing to take a breath and a beat before reengaging in the fight ...