Family Secrets - The Path to Self-Acceptance and Reunion
by John Bradshaw
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Author: John BradshawEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1996-04-01
ISBN: 0553374982
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Bantam
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Book Review: Fabulous healing power
Summary: 5 Stars
It's so hard to get family members to truthfully and completely reveal buried secrets even when you specifically ask them for answers to the past. People who live in shame of the past will try to dismiss your inquiry as "that's in the past" and "get over it". As a person trying to learn about or cope with a secret, you will discover the truth behind a secret at a different time from when the secret was created. Asking someone to revisit and share the past is asking them to relive the shame. Not everyone has the courage to confess or face a secret. But this book helps you heal by understanding the shame behind burying secrets and how to get the information out of them...and out of yourself. It's helpful to see the chart in Chapter 10 outlining secret severity levels, which discusses the types of secrets that should be exposed and ones that are safe to remain personal/unexposed. I also like his book entitled, Healing the Shame that Binds You, but this book about Family Secrets is an easier read.
Summary of Family Secrets - The Path to Self-Acceptance and Reunion
What you don't know can hurt you?but it can also lead to self-acceptance and healing.
Family Secrets gives you the tools you need to understand your family?and yourself?in an entirely new way.
In his bestselling books and compelling PBS specials, John Bradshaw has transformed our understanding of how we are shaped by our families. Now join him on this fascinating journey of discovery, which starts with your life today and takes you back through the conflicts, the strengths, and the weaknesses of your parents? generation?and even your grandparents?. Using a powerful technique for exploring your ?family tree,? you?ll trace the visible and invisible patterns that have influenced you. You?ll learn about family secrets that are healthy and necessary, and also about the secrets that can limit your wholeness and freedom?even if you don?t know they exist.
This work is sometimes painful, but it is always enlightening?filled with the kind of ?aha? moments and realizations that make everything fall into place. With John Bradshaw?s guidance, you will come to a new appreciation and acceptance of yourself. You will also be able to build more open, honest, and loving relationships with the people who matter most.
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