Guilt and shame are similar but also dissimilar. Guilt arises when we think that we have done damage to something or someone. Shame arises when we believe that we are damaged in some way (for example, ...

Senator Britt, another thing you would have is a clean conscience. A conscience weighs very little — probably nothing at all. For anyone with a working conscience, however, a misdeed or a sin can ...

The Minnesota humorist, Garrison Keillor, once observed that people do bad, horrible, dirty, rotten and despicable things. Then instead of repenting, they just go into treatment. “Whatever happened to ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

A new study from Flinders University has revealed why forgiving ourselves can be so difficult for some – even when we know it might benefit our mental health. The research, published in the journal ...

Erin Patricia Lewis hadn't been feeling well for weeks. She was having trouble sleeping, experiencing panic attacks and was ...

When my son Ezra was in fifth grade, I took a personal day to help out at his class holiday party. For working mothers, the holidays are a tough time to volunteer in the classroom. In my case, I was ...

Dear Carol: My mother is 76, healthy and enjoying life. She lives in the same small home where I grew up. Mom still drives, though she’s smart about when and where, and in cases where she’s not ...