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Hands up those who can safely say they do not squirm inside when they think about the event or person whom they feel they have 'wronged'? Perhaps bringing up feelings of shame and guilt, remorse and even self-hatred?
Hands up those who don't believe in apologizing?
Hands up those who would like to apologize but don't know how, or have lost contact with the person to whom they would like to apologize?
Either way, this website may just have something for you on the theory behind, and the practice of apology. It promotes the ability to apologize or say sorry as "one of the healthiest, most positive actions we an ever take". Through its short article about apology on the home page, to the reviews listed about the book, The Power of Apology by Beverly Engel, and its suggestions for those interested in an Apology Movement, the website inspires one to look at apology as a way of forgiveness and letting go.
Read additional articles that talk more in depth about the benefits of apology and how to apologize:
1. The power of apology : how to give and receive an apology. And it's worth it, on both ends. by
Beverly Engel. Psychology today, July-August, 2002.
<http://psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20020802-000027.html>
2. The art of saying sorry - how to do it by Maria Neumann. Shape, May 2003.
<http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0846/is_9_22/ai_100106596>