I should get my car washed. I should pay my bills. I should eat less. I shouldn't sleep so late on the weekend. Our lives are filled with shoulds. Shoulds keep us on the straight and narrow path to go..

Your imperfections should not define you, but years of mental, physical, and sexual abuse can leave you in human cell of guilt. “My future is no longer an extension of the past. I now ask to be..

In my counseling practice, I often hear people saying things like:"It's my fault that she asked for a divorce. If I hadn't worked so much, she wouldn't have left.""It's my fault that he left. If I had..

How are your children doing? If they are doing well, then I'm sure you feel good about your parenting. If they are not doing well, what are you telling yourself about your parenting?"I should have bee..

In all sorts of corners of life we now assume that it is wrong to not treat others well. For example, in the U.S. we no longer have separate entrances based on the color of your skin. Buildings make a..

Guilt is an emotion that few of us like to feel or even admit that we carry – but it is the single most damaging emotion that we have. It destroys our relationships and our success as well as r..

In our society the default answer to nearly every question is “Yes.” Advertising is all geared towards getting us to say “Yes - I need that.” We phrase our inquiries looking fo..

Regret is one of the emotions that knits society together, as is remorse. Indeed, the concept of a society completely free of both emotions and their influence would be, in a lot of ways, anarchistic..

Guilt is the feeling that results when you tell yourself that you have done something wrong. HEALTHY GUILTHealthy guilt is the feeling that occurs when you have actually done something wrong - such as..

Last night we had a interesting discussion about austerities. My understanding is that Krishna consciousness is meant to be "joyfully performed." In other words, whatever austerities that we may execu..

Guilt is a very destructive emotion. Maybe it is helpful for a client of mine to feel enough guilt about hurting her married lover's wife to stop dating a married man and get out of the relationship, ..

The "Sandwich Generation" is a term that has now made it into the dictionary. It fits an increasing number of Boomer women whose reality includes being squeezed between the demands of growing childre..