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What we get wrong about forgiveness – a counseling professor unpacks the difference between letting go and making up

  • Written by Richard Balkin, Distinguished Professor of Counselor Education, University of Mississippi
imageTake stock of your feelings, and the other person's, before you decide what kind of forgiveness to offer.Jacob Wackerhausen/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Two in five Americans have fought with a family member about politics, according to a 2024 study by the American Psychiatric Association. One in five have become estranged over controversial...

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  2. Why too much phosphorus in America’s farmland is polluting the country’s water
  3. Marine protected areas aren’t in the right places to safeguard dolphins and whales in the South Atlantic
  4. How the polar vortex and warm ocean are intensifying a major US winter storm
  5. How the polar vortex and warm ocean intensified a major US winter storm
  6. ICE immigration tactics are shocking more Americans as US-Mexico border operations move north
  7. ‘We want you arrested because we said so’ – how ICE’s policy on raiding whatever homes it wants violates a basic constitutional right, according to a former federal judge
  8. Dogs can need more than kibble, walks and love − consider the escalating expenses of their medical care before you adopt
  9. Your brain can be trained, much like your muscles – a neurologist explains how to boost your brain health
  10. Rheumatoid arthritis has no cure – but researchers are homing in on preventing it
  11. Feeling unprepared for the AI boom? You’re not alone
  12. Is being virtuous good for you – or just people around you? A study suggests traits like compassion may support your own well-being
  13. Doing things alone is on the rise, and businesses should pay more attention to that – even on Valentine’s Day
  14. Dealing with a difficult relationship? Here’s how psychology says you can shift the dynamic
  15. The rise of Reza Pahlavi: Iranian opposition leader or opportunist?
  16. AI-induced cultural stagnation is no longer speculation − it’s already happening
  17. ‘Expertise’ shouldn’t be a bad word – expert consensus guides science and society
  18. Trump’s insistence on personal loyalty from ambassadors could crimp US foreign policy
  19. Hacking the grid: How digital sabotage turns infrastructure into a weapon
  20. Lebanon’s orchards have been burnt, wildlife habitat destroyed by Israeli strikes – raising troubling international law questions
  21. Companies are already using agentic AI to make decisions, but governance is lagging behind
  22. US turns its back on global efforts for women and children terrorized by violence and conflict
  23. A government can choose to investigate the killing of a protester − or choose to blame the victim and pin it all on ‘domestic terrorism’
  24. When it comes to developing policies on AI in K-12, schools are largely on their own
  25. Bearing witness after the witnesses are gone: How to bring Holocaust education home for a new generation
  26. From ancient Rome to today, war-makers have talked constantly about peace
  27. Antibiotic resistance could undo a century of medical progress – but four advances are changing the story
  28. Filming ICE is legal but exposes you to digital tracking – here’s how to minimize the risk
  29. Federal immigration enforcement near schools disrupts attendance, traumatizes students and damages their academic performance
  30. America’s next big clean energy resource could come from coal mine pollution – if we can agree on who owns it
  31. Despite its steep environmental costs, AI might also help save the planet
  32. Why ‘unwinding’ with screens may be making us more stressed – here’s what to try instead
  33. America’s next big critical minerals source could be coal mine pollution – if we can agree on who owns it
  34. The only thing limiting Taylor Swift’s popularity is partisan polarization
  35. Trump’s stated reasons for taking Greenland are wrong – but the tactics fit with the plan to limit China’s economic interests
  36. The world is in water bankruptcy, UN scientists report – here’s what that means
  37. AI cannot automate science – a philosopher explains the uniquely human aspects of doing research
  38. What ‘hope’ has represented in Christian history – and what it might mean now
  39. Some hard-earned lessons from Detroit on how to protect the safety net for community partners in research
  40. Iran’s universities have long been a battleground, where protests happen and students fight for the future
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  42. What air pollution does to the human body
  43. What triumphalist narratives about Brazil’s high court and Bolsonaro imprisonment leave out
  44. What a bear attack in a remote valley in Nepal tells us about the problem of aging rural communities
  45. Opera is not dying – but it needs a second act for the streaming era
  46. Trump’s Greenland ambitions could wreck 20th-century alliances that helped build the modern world order
  47. Are there thunderstorms on Mars? A planetary scientist explains the red planet’s dry, dusty storms
  48. An ultrathin coating for electronics looked like a miracle insulator − but a hidden leak fooled researchers for over a decade
  49. For 80 years, the president’s party has almost always lost House seats in midterm elections, a pattern that makes the 2026 congressional outlook clear
  50. Chavismo has adapted before – but can Venezuela’s leftist ideology become US friendly and survive?