Mercy can stop a fight, but forgiveness is what stops the pattern—and the difference matters way more than you think.

Most of us hold shame and regret about what we have done in the past. While we may forgive others, it's harder to forgive ...

When psychology professor Blake Riek took up the study of forgiveness four years ago, he discovered a gap in the research. “Almost all of the literature was on the effect on the victim, not the ...

Recent advances in the study of forgiveness have increasingly illuminated its intricate role in mental health. Forgiveness, broadly defined as a conscious process in which negative emotions towards an ...

The findings showed that people who struggled to forgive themselves often felt that the event was still fresh in their minds, ...