Authenticity

Authentic communication is crucial to the health of society and all communicators. If you cannot accurately discern the truth, you lose touch with reality and can be victimized. By hiding your real self behind a constructed facade, your feelings of inadequacy, fear of rejection, and lack of self-awareness can interfere with your healthy behavior within society. Healthy communicators experience the freedom of open self-expression, and those who find themselves in their presence benefit from being able to trust them.

Without trust, all human interactions would be suspect. All social engagements, including marriage, are dependent on confidence in future behaviors based on past trustworthy behaviors. Lives and livelihoods are at risk if trust is misplaced.