Emotional wounds from the loss of a friend, being rejected for a job, betrayed by someone we trust, or being humiliated by name-calling peers at school begin to feel like punishment. By learning to accept our feelings without judgment or censoring, we learn that emotional pain is just a sign of being wounded. This is emotional honesty. But judging pain as punishment can lead to disguising pain with destructive behavior. This triggers a compulsive need to hurt others.
Anger speaks for the pain that has no other voice.
In his book and workshops, emotional health educator Ronald Brill reveals that how we deal with painful feelings affects our self-acceptance. This awareness gives us choices when we're hurting, TO HEAL or TO HARM . Learning emotional honesty is essential for us to recover from painful experiences without guilt, shame or anger. His book, a text for the workshops, describes the healthy process of dealing with emotional pain that gives us the strength and courage to prevent or stop destructive patterns that threaten to tear apart ourselves and our society. All Rights Reserved.