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Radical honesty
First published 2005 · 286 pages
A blunt, unapologetic wake-up call that challenges you to break out of your own mental prison through absolute truth-telling.
What it feels like
This is not your typical gentle self-help guide; it is a blunt, outrageously entertaining wake-up call designed to jolt you out of complacency. The reading experience is brisk and confrontational, challenging the everyday lies and social superstitions that create human stress. The prose is unapologetically direct, acting as the proverbial cake with a file in it to help you break out of a self-built mental jail. As you move through the text, the mood shifts from the heavy realization of how much energy is wasted on deception to a deeply liberating sense of freedom. It is perfect for readers who crave a provocative, no-nonsense approach to self-actualization, offering practical tools to forge passionate relationships and finally get over the things holding them back.
- Mood
- energizing
- confrontational
- liberating
- Tone
- blunt
- provocative
- entertaining
- uncompromising
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- the burden of deception · psychological liberation · radical authenticity · stress and self-perception · building genuine intimacy
- The writing
- Blunt, entertaining, and unapologetically direct, eschewing gentle self-help platitudes for hard-hitting practical advice.
- The arc
- Moves from the heavy realization of self-imposed mental confinement to the liberating, passionate freedom of absolute truthfulness.
- Who it's for
- Readers tired of gentle self-help who want a provocative, no-nonsense approach to overcoming stress and building authentic relationships.
Content notes
- profanity
About the book
"We all lie like hell," says Dr. Brad Blanton. "It wears us out...it is the major source of all human stress. It kills us." But you CAN escape the jail of your mind! For over 20 years, Radical Honesty has helped tens of thousands of people do exactly that. This is not a kinder, gentler self-help book. Dr. Blanton, a psychotherapist and expert on stress management, explores the myths, superstitions and lies by which we all live. He shows us how stress comes not from the environment, but from the self-built jail of the mind. And what keeps you in our self-built jails is lying. Not telling your friends, lovers, spouses, or bosses about what you do, feel, or think keeps you locked in that mind jail. The way out is to get good at telling the truth, and Dr. Blanton provides the practical tools you can use to escape from that jail of the mind. This book is the cake with the file in it. In Radical Honesty, Dr. Blanton helps you:... have a life that works... have relationships that are alive and passionate...create intimacy where none exists...get over sh*t and be happy. Get Radical Honesty today and let the truth set you free! * * * * * * * *
"Radical Honesty allowed me to be honest in a way I didn't even recognize as possible, and to have the courage to be so...This book has been a game-changer for me." -- Joshua Voiles "Outrageously entertaining and wonderfully wise...apply it liberally throughout your life." -- Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., co-author of Conscious Loving
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