This article examines the role of humiliation in exacerbating these conflicts. Intractable conflict expert, Jen Goldman-Wetzler, is the CEO of Alignment Strategies Group and author of the book, ...

I must have been about seven years old, a junior in my prep school. I was standing in the dining hall surrounded by over a hundred senior boys and schoolmasters, all looking at me, some with pity, ...

Embarrassment, shame, guilt, and humiliation all imply the existence of value systems. Whereas shame and guilt are the outcome of self-appraisal, embarrassment and humiliation are the outcome of ...

Being told you’re wrong when you're wrong may make you a more knowledgeable person, but not necessarily a happier one. Even if you’re not the kind of person who needs to have the last word in a debate ...

"Listen, you stupid @#$%&!, we do not use a C-clamp!" Those were the words screamed at me over the phone by one of the most senior cardiologists overseeing my fellowship during my first month of ...

Sheila and I were best friends from age ten to thirteen. I lived four blocks from our grade school and she two. She’d wait for me to pass her house in the morning and then we’d fall in step as we ...

Bournemouth University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. After the drama of the first months of 2019, it’s perhaps a good moment to step back a little and consider the division in ...