The basketball hadn’t even bounced from the rim but, like a reflex, I yelled out “sorry” to my teammates. I could feel it in the flick of my wrist that my three-point attempt was off as soon as I ...

When you’re running a few minutes late for dinner with friends, are the first words you say to the table, “I’m so sorry, I should have left earlier,” even though no one is upset? Do you feel the need ...

Someone’s talking to you. You don’t know what to say, but you feel like you need to say something so there isn’t that painful, awkward, uncomfortable silence. You need to do something, and you need to ...

We all say, “I’m sorry,” far more often than we should. In fact, I do it all the time — even when I did nothing wrong. I usually say those words because I feel bad that something happened to someone I ...

Amy Ebesu Hubbard, PhD, is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Communicology at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The main areas of her teaching and research focus on conflict management, ...

I have a fraught relationship with the words “I’m sorry.” I say it constantly, habitually, even when I don’t mean to. I was raised in the South, where women are often conditioned to apologize ...

For NPR's Like Kit, journalist Simran Sethi talks to psychologist Harriet Lerner about how to offer apologies that are both heard and felt. Over the last few months, we've had apologies pouring forth ...

How do you say “I'm sorry?” Discover 12 unique and thoughtful gift ideas to express your apologies and reconnect with loved ones. It’s never fun being in the doghouse, whether it’s with a friend, ...

We know you want to be the best you in 2022, so we're offering a curated selection of excerpts from 2021 Life Kit episodes to help you do just that. Here's how to say "sorry" — like you mean it. The ...