Shame has experienced something of a rebirth. For decades, guilt was seen as the more adaptive emotion, with shame being derided as an archaic relic of traditional societies. In the age of ...

Exercises such as “box breathing ... It’s not uncommon for guilt to pair up with anxiety or shame. These emotions protect us from sadness, anger and fear. Take a moment to see whether ...

My professional interest has been in the self-focused emotions of guilt and shame, which provide an immediate emotional awareness of the nature of wrongness. A guilty awareness emerges when we ...