Emotional Integrity: Allowing the Face to Convey What the Heart Contains

“You shouldn’t feel like that” is a statement that demonstrates ignorance and unkindness, whether intentional or not. It invalidates the expression of the person revealing his or her inherent feelings and exploits that person’s vulnerability. Research shows that this can result in mental health disorders, divorce, suicide, and even mass murders.

Everyone has emotional experiences, and all the significant events of life include them; however, the causes and the consequences of emotions are am...