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John Bradshaw

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June 29, 1933 in Houston, Texas, The United States

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Parenting & Families, Religion & Spirituality

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John Elliot Bradshaw is an American educator, counselor, motivational speaker and author who has hosted a number of PBS television programs on topics such as addiction, recovery, codependency and spirituality. Bradshaw is active in the self-help movement, and is credited with popularizing such ideas as the "wounded inner child" and the dysfunctional family.

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Books by John Bradshaw

Average rating: 3.95 · 1,569 ratings · 142 reviews · 69 distinct works

	Healing the Shame that Binds You 4.02 avg rating — 895 ratings — published 1988 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child 3.83 avg rating — 237 ratings — published 1990 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Bradshaw on the Family: A New Way of Creating Soild Self-Esteem 3.91 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 1985 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Family Secrets: The Path to Self-Acceptance and Reunion 4.10 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Creating Love: The Next Great Stage of Growth 3.69 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1992 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Family Secrets: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You 4.21 avg rating — 24 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Reclaiming Virtue: How We Can Develop the Moral Intelligence to Do the Right Thing at the Right Time for the Right Reason 3.50 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Co-Dependency 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1999	My rating:
	Bradshaw on Eating Disorders 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1998	My rating:
	Creating Healthy Relationships 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1992	My rating:

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“Our sadness is an energy we discharge in order to heal. …Sadness is painful. We try to avoid it. Actually discharging sadness releases the energy involved in our emotional pain.

To hold it in is to freeze the pain within us. The therapeutic slogan is that grieving is the ‘healing feeling.’

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― John Bradshaw

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“The capacity for love that makes dogs such rewarding companions has a flip-side: They find it difficult to cope without us. Since we humans programmed this vulnerability, it's our responsibility to ensure that our dogs do not suffer as a result.”
― John Bradshaw, Dog Sense: How the New Science of Dog Behavior Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet

tags: dogs , love , responsibility

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“Children are natural Zen masters; their world is brand new in each and every moment.”
― John Bradshaw

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