One of the most interesting results was part of a study my students and I conducted dealing with status in email correspondence.… — James W. Pennebaker Copy Share Image
As the number of studies increased, it became clear that writing was a far more powerful tool for healing than anyone had… — James W. Pennebaker Copy Share Image
The answer, usually, is no. Wisdom is a quality that defies easy definition but psychologists who study aging have found that some… — James W. Pennebaker Copy Share Image
Over the next four days, I want you to write about your deepest emotions and thoughts about the most upsetting experience in your life.… — James W. Pennebaker Copy Share Image
One of the most interesting results was part of a study my students and I conducted dealing with status in email correspondence. Basically, we… — James W. Pennebaker Copy Share Image
“Remember that this is the first of four days of writing. In today’s writing, your goal is to write about your deepest thoughts and… — James W. Pennebaker Copy Share Image
“Younger people could dredge up an impressive number of dark words to express their pain. As writers got older and older, their negative emotion… — James W. Pennebaker Copy Share Image
“Human relationships are not rocket science—they are far, far more complicated. We can get our top scientists together and send people to the moon.… — James W. Pennebaker Copy Share Image
Human relationships are not rocket science--the are far, far more complicated — James W. Pennebaker Copy Share Image
The act of not discussing or confiding the event with another may be more damaging than having experienced the event per se. — James W. Pennebaker Copy Share Image
“A guy might find a woman attractive but she might find him repulsive. The two must tango together. And LSM is capturing the dance—whereas… — James W. Pennebaker Copy Share Image
“early 1990s, Deborah Tannen, a linguist at Georgetown University, attracted international notice with her book You Just Don’t Understand. Her book, which was on… — James W. Pennebaker Copy Share Image
“The reason we is such a fun word is that half of the time it is used as a way to bring the speaker… — James W. Pennebaker Copy Share Image
“I’ve since learned that when someone changes the conversational direction, it serves as a powerful marker of what is on his or her mind.” — James W. Pennebaker Copy Share Image
“Remember to write continuously the entire twenty minutes. And never forget that this writing is for you and you alone. At the conclusion of… — James W. Pennebaker Copy Share Image
