“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never leave me. They will plague me for life, crush my spirit, and eventually destroy me.”    We’ve all heard the immortalized childhood chant, words can never hurt me.  Really?  In our culture today we realize this childhood ditty is simply not true. Not only can words hurt and sting, but negative words and labels will wind and weave their way into the core of our being, destroying our self-esteem and decimating our confidence. In this episode, Dawn Scott Damon tackles the truth about negative words.