After small social blunders, laughing at yourself may land better than visible embarrassment, researchers say.

There’s no harm in admitting it, but we’re all a little bit of a mess sometimes. Maybe you waved back at someone who wasn’t ...

Every family has those photos — the ones so awkward or funny they were never meant to see the light of day. But some people take a different approach, boldly sharing their most embarrassing childhood ...

Awkward moments are usually where dignity goes to die. But sometimes, someone steps in with just the right instinct—a joke, a distraction, a quiet kindness—and turns a social disaster into something ...

“I don’t know, I guess I’m just socially awkward,” my 22-year-old patient said with a shrug. “You’re really not,” I said with a laugh—a laugh I couldn’t stop from coming out of my mouth. I had been ...