Radical Honesty: How to Transform Your Life by Telling the Truth

By: Brad Blanton

Narrated by: Brad Blanton

The first edition of Radical Honesty became a nationwide best seller in 1995 because it was not a kinder, gentler self-help book. It was a shocker! In it, Dr. Brad Blanton, a psychotherapist and expert on stress management, explored the myths, superstitions and lies by which we all live. And this newly revised edition is even worse!

Blanton shows us how stress comes not from the environment, but from the self-built jail of the mind. What keeps us in our self-built jails is lying.

"We all lie like hell," Dr. Blanton says. "It wears us out...it is the major source of all human stress. It kills us." Not telling our friends, lovers, spouses, or bosses about what we do, feel, or think keeps us locked in that mind jail. The way out is to get good at telling the truth, and Dr. Blanton provides the tools we can use to escape from that jail of the mind. This book is the cake with the file in it.

In Radical Honesty, Dr. Blanton coaches us on how to have lives that work, how to have relationships that are alive and passionate, and how to create intimacy where none exists. As we have been taught by the philosophical and spiritual sources of our culture for thousands of years, from Plato to Nietzsche, from the Bible to Emerson, the truth shall set you free.

©1994,1996,2003 Brad Blanton (P)2007 Brad Blanton

Are you kidding me!

one of my favorite books, No Bullshit.
that's all I want to say, but this thing is making write 25 character and 15 words. No Bullshit. No time wasted.

life altering

amazing enligtenment, crazy, wild! although the recording is somewhat amateur with obvious cuts and breaks, I will listen to this many times over!

Radical indeed

A lot of true and mind-boggling content. But how does this relate to the teachings of Eckart Tolle?

Radically Honest Review

Dang it Bradley! Boy you stuttering like a mf!! No edits?? This should marked as comedy. Great book though 10/10

Interesting stories

I liked the stories he told, and some relationship honesty tips. Didn’t love all the political stuff at the end, I don’t think it holds up.

Will End Your Relationship

I am all for honesty but some things are better left unsaid. Don’t get carried away with your honesty. This book helped me to speak up for myself and say what I really mean but no need to tell your fragile wife she if fat or your kids they are ugly. Liked the book but needed a reality check before I wrecked my life with total honesty.

More philosophy than psychology

Pros: A wonderful book that strikes at the root of anxiety, anger, loneliness, and depression. Provides tangible steps for alleviating anxiety, anger, loneliness, and depression.

Cons: Narrator is a wooden and uneven performer—so much so it detracts from the book. A lot of political editorializing (might be a pro if you’re into that sort of thing).

Wonderful to read; not so great to listen

Radical Honesty is a great read. I love the content and got some solid take-always. The author narrates and has a comforting voice, but audio quality is lacking. It sounds as though it’s been pieced together with sound seemingly direct into a microphone one minute and across the room the next before coming back to the microphone again. He stumbles over some words clearly reading rather than story telling, and background noise is at times evident - an alarm perhaps, maybe running water, and later putting something in the counter, it would seem. Altogether, the content and tone are both excellent. The audio, however, is lackluster and at times frustrating.

I don't have anger problems

Though the message in this book is useful, it's catered to a very specific group of internalizers (the angry type). If you don't have anger issues the book is only slightly educational and can be summed up as, "Tell the truth or it will eat at you" which is a true message but can lead to things other than anger. Since the author really only goes in depth on how this causes anger however, it can be hard to relate to at times although the message is there.

Excellent! Helped tremendously!

I got a whole lot out of this book I don't believe I would have in any other. The down to earth, common man way it's written spoke directly to my soul. Now if I can only put away my cowardice and do what it says...
the only reason for the 3 stars for performance was the crude language which I thought unnecessary to me.