Why You Can Express a Wound for Years and Never Heal It

In the Bly tradition, expressing the wound became the definition of the work. Expression and healing are different things. A man can learn to express his wound with more and more fluency and carry it for the rest of his life, entirely unhealed. Expression releases the pressure. It leaves the structure that keeps building the pressure untouched.

From Episode 3 of Dismantling the Men's Work Industry, on Robert Bly and Iron John. The Atlas names the pattern running your life in a single sitting. Free, about forty-five minutes.