Emotional pain can feel overwhelming, sometimes as intense as physical pain. Yet, unlike a broken bone or a cut, emotional wounds often lack clear treatment. What if the right words could ease emotional suffering as effectively as medicine? This idea is at the heart of the groundbreaking work by Matthew Lieberman, a UCLA neuroscientist who has spent decades exploring how putting feelings into words changes the brain and reduces emotional pain. Understanding Emotional Pain in

”The words you speak become the house you live in.” -Hafiz According to what science tells us lately, anxiety is sometimes needed in our life. It sends us messages. It is part of how our brain responds to an unfamiliar, stressful, or even dangerous situation. Perhaps we need anxiety in healthy doses, and an option would be to look for a personalized strategy of adjustment? For example: reframe your perspective on it, change your relationship by befriending your anxiety. NICAB