As a first, "internal" step, Scheddin advises accepting the embarrassing situation as such. Then state the obvious and apologize. An example: Talking with a colleague, you make disparaging remarks ...

Kendall Jenner changed my life. I don’t really keep up with the Kardashians, nor do I read about the sisters’ lives besides the occasional clickbait article on my news feed. Despite this, Jenner was ...

Iranian American writer Desiree Akhavan thought of herself as a social outcast when she was growing up. That would start to change when she was in film school and made a successful comedy series about ...