When you apologize all the time, you never get to know what’s really on your mind. Here are 4 possible root causes of your ...

Without the other's apology, forgiveness can become more difficult. Yet difficulty does not mean impossibility.

Husband embracing shoulders of crying offended wife proposing to reconcile Source: Fizkes/Istockphotos The context of apologies are relationships, be they between partners, friends, families, or ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Not all apologies are created equal. While a good one can’t always fully undo the damage that’s been done, ...

Life provides us plenty of opportunities to mess up and get things wrong. Our capacity to offend, make mistakes that hurt others, and commit painful errors is a daily reality of the human condition.

A great deal has been written about Harvard University professor Niall Ferguson’s controversial comments about the late economist John Maynard Keynes. (The short version: Keynesian economic theory, ...

Sometimes, saying "I'm sorry" just doesn't cut it. We’ve all been on the receiving end of a half-hearted apology, and let’s be real—it’s frustrating. If you’re going to apologize, it's worth doing it ...

In adult relationships, conflict isn’t the enemy — disconnection is. And apologies that skip over emotional truth leave people feeling exactly that: disconnected. In many adult relationships — ...

A recent event in my community was a reminder that most companies (and people) don’t know how to apologize—and that has repercussions. A restaurant opened nearby with the aim of serving the vegan ...