title: The Healing Power of Negative Thoughts and Uncomfortable Sensations
author:  David Friedman 
description: From We Can Be Kind to Listen To My Heart, Help Is On The Way, We Live on Borrowed Time, Trust The Wind, I'll Be Here With You and hundreds more, David Friedman has written songs of inspiration, love and hope that take on new emotional meaning in these challenging times. With 5 Broadway shows, his own Off Broadway Show , 8 Disney Films, 3 television series and recordings by such artists as Diana Ross, Barry Manilow and Nancy LaMott to his credit, David has, in recent years, come to realize that his true mission in life is to help heal and enlighten people in whatever ways he can. With this in mind, David recently wrote a book entitled The Thought Exchange - A Practical Method of Moving Beyond "Positive Thinking" and spends a great deal of time travelling around the country lecturing, giving concerts and teaching Thought Exchange principles in workshops and private sessions.
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  [By the Same Author](fm6.html)
  
  
  The Psychology of Physical Symptoms
  
  
  Opening Up: The Healing Power of Expressing Emotion
  
  
  Writing to Heal
  
  
  Emotion, Disclosure, and Health (as editor)
  
  
  Collective Memories of Political Events (as editor)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Footnote](fm6.html)
  
  
  [*](fm7.html#fn1) This is the only footnote you will see in this book. For
  more background on specific topics, check the notes section at the back of the
  book. A reference section is also included. Online exercises can be found at
  www.SecretLifeOfPronouns.com.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Copyright © 2011 by James W. Pennebaker
  
  
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