I last saw my dad when I was 20. Our estrangement was confusing and made me feel unworthy of love. I learned about ambiguous loss, and it gave me the language to heal. The last time I saw my dad, we ...

Ambiguous means unclear or open to interpretation. In advertising, you want to avoid generalized statements that could be applied to any brands or products. Instead, you usually want clear, concise ...

When we use language, it seems so easy to understand what other people are saying that it is hard to appreciate the complexity of the act of carrying on a conversation. Obviously, we miscommunicate at ...

Are you dismissing small signals that may portend danger to your business? Ignore these ambiguous threats, and you could imperil your company. Pharmaceutical giant Merck discovered this firsthand when ...

From childhood, we are taught how to solve problems – first in school, then at work. The quicker, the better. It’s as if there is a clear answer to everything. This worries Dr Pauline Boss, who ...

Part 2 in a series. Read Part 1 here. In the first installment of this series, I discussed the small losses of everyday life and how important it is for parents to try to tolerate their children’s ...

Roubina Tahmazian is based at the ICRC's Tbilisi delegation, where she advises on mental health and pyscho-social issues. Here, she explains the theory of "ambiguous loss," which forms the basis of ...