Charlie Brown, a freelance writer living in Portugal, shared why she quit the Financial Independence, Retire Early movement ...

In a world obsessed with productivity and perfection, guilt often sneaks into our daily lives over things that, truly, aren't worth the emotional turmoil. Whether it's the crumbs of chocolate cake ...

When we think of certain emotions like feeling embarrassed, uneasy, or even awkward, they're sometimes associated with insecurity. The same can be said for taking on feelings of guilt when you aren't ...

If you’ve ever felt bad about sitting at your desk or staying indoors on a nice day, you’ve experienced “sunshine guilt.” Thanks to social media, the term seems to be everywhere these days. But what ...

Many of us find it hard to say no and disappoint our friends or family members. In fact, some people go through so much ...

Feeling guilty over everyday decisions is a common experience for many of us, and much of the time, those feelings come from the values and lessons that we learned from our parents as children. When ...

“He is trying to gaslight you," a commenter said in response to the woman's community post Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously ...

I feel tormented by this. I feel guilty for thinking I should rat him out, because he helped me out quite a bit, and doing so would make me an ingrate. I am the child of an alcoholic, so I have ...