When does an apology work best? Two experts explain why a simple "sorry" often does more harm than good - and how to do it better. Annette Riedl/dpa A quick "Sorry" and everyone moves on – this ...

From everyday questions to more complex problems, we’re asking the experts to lend us a hand. Throughout the series Professional Help, we’ll hear some direct advice for us not-so-direct Minnesotans.

It probably wasn’t until my 20s when I realized that I had an issue with apologizing. While I grew up around family members who shared my general communication style, being in lots of new social ...

If you apologize to people all the time, you rob yourself of the basic freedom of actually saying what’s on your mind. Here are 4 possible root causes of your chronic over-apologizing habit. Many ...

Apologizing is polite, but over-apologizing chips away at your confidence, boundaries, and emotional well-being. Therapists say many of us say “sorry” when we’ve done nothing wrong, reinforcing guilt ...

We often say ‘sorry’ for things that don’t actually require an apology. This habit can chip away at our confidence and send the wrong message to others about our worth. Learning to recognize when an ...

Apologizing when you are wrong is an absolute necessity. Then there are people who over-apologize out of people-pleasing habits or guilt. They may not have done anything wrong, but their first ...

Over-apologizing can hurt you over time. Source: Photo by Mikhail Nilov from Pexels “Sorry, could you just look at this?” “Sorry to bother you but…” “I ...

Allysa Seely won gold in the triathlon at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. Illustration: Dan Goldfarb / The Athletic; Lintao Zhang / Getty Images Editor’s note: This story is part of Peak, The Athletic’s ...