A surprising, and entertaining, explanation of how the words we use (even the ones we don't notice) reveal our personalities, emotions, and identities.
A surprising, and entertaining, explanation of how the words we use (even the ones we don't notice) reveal our personalities, emotions, and identities.
James W. Pennebaker is the chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Writing to Heal and Opening Up: The Healing Power of Expressing Emotions, which has been translated into a dozen languages. You can analyze your own language using his Web site, http://www.secretlifeofpronouns.com/
Dr. Pennebaker has demonstrated that expressing emotions appear to protect the body against damaging internal stresses and seems to have long-term health benefits. NY Times on OPENING UP This book is the very best that scientific psychology has to offer. Pennebaker has made remark-able discoveries that show how disclosing our deepest secrets can make us well. Daniel Wegner, Harvard Univ, on OPENING UP Intelligent and provocative Kirkus on OPENING UP
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