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Healing the Shame That Binds You

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Healing the Shame That Binds You by John Bradshaw explores how shame underlies many destructive behaviours such as addiction, co-dependency, and compulsive overachievement. The author shares personal insights and therapeutic approaches to help readers identify their own shame, understand its sources, and ultimately break free from its damaging cycle to heal relationships and restore self-worth.
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This book is ideal for anyone struggling with feelings of shame that impact their emotional wellbeing, relationships, or addictive behaviours, as well as professionals in psychology and counselling seeking deeper understanding of shame's role in personal development.

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Shame is the motivator behind our toxic behaviors: the compulsion, co-dependency, addiction and drive to superachieve that breaks down the family and destroys personal lives. This book has helped millions identify their personal shame, understand the underlying reasons for it, address these root causes and release themselves from the shame that binds them to their past failures.

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This classic book, written 17 years ago but still selling more than 13,000 copies every year, has been completely updated and expanded by the author.

I used to drink, writes John Bradshaw, to solve the problems caused by drinking. The more I drank to relieve my shame-based loneliness and hurt, the more I felt ashamed. Shame is the motivator behind our toxic behaviours: the compulsion, co-dependency, addiction and drive to superachieve that breaks down the family and destroys personal lives.

Healing the Shame That Binds You has helped millions identify their personal shame, understand the underlying reasons for it, address these root causes and release themselves from the shame that binds them to their past failures.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780757303234

Publisher: Health Communications

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 October 2005

Country: United States

Imprint: Health Communications

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 363g

Pages: 336

About the Author

John Bradshaw (1933-2016) has been called "America's leading personal growth expert." The author of five New York Times bestsellers, Bradshaw On: The Family, Healing the Shame That Binds You, Homecoming, Creating Love, and Family Secrets. He created and hosted four nationally broadcast PBS television series based on his best-selling books. John pioneered the concept of the "Inner Child" and brought the term "dysfunctional family" into the mainstream. He has touched and changed millions of lives through his books, television series, and his lectures and workshops around the country. During his career he worked as a counselor, theologian, management consultant, and public speaker, becoming one of the primary figures in the contemporary self-help movement.

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