Words That Hurt, Words That Heal, Revised Edition

With warmth, erudition, and rich anecdotes, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin has crafted a book that can shape your personal relationships, advance your career, and elevate you as a person. Words That Hurt, Words That Heal explores the harm in spreading gossip, rumors, or others’ secrets, and offers techniques for avoiding excessive anger, unfairly worded criticism, and demoralizing sarcasm. And, in a greatly expanded section on words that heal, Telushkin sensitizes us to subtleties of speech we may never have considered before and shows us how to turn every exchange into an opportunity. The consequences of what we say and how we say it are almost impossible to calculate. With this fully revised edition of Words That Hurt, Words That Heal, Telushkin brings his classic into the modern age of social media and online discourse. This book can change not only your own life but also the lives of those around you.