Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child

Are you outwardly successful but inwardly do you feel like a big kid? Do you aspire to be a loving parent but all too often “lose it” in hurtful ways? Do you crave intimacy but sometimes wonder if it’s worth the struggle? Or are you plagued by constant vague feelings of anxiety or depression?

If any of this sounds familiar, you may be experiencing the hidden but damaging effects of a painful childhood—carrying within you a “wounded inner child” that is crying out for attention and healing.

In this powerful book, John Bradshaw shows how we can learn to nurture that inner child, in essence offering ourselves the good parenting we needed and longed for. Through a step-by-step process of exploring the unfinished business of each developmental stage, we can break away from destructive family rules and roles and free ourselves to live responsibly in the present. Then, says Bradshaw, the healed inner child becomes a source of vitality, enabling us to find new joy and energy in living.

Homecomingincludes a wealth of unique case histories and interactive techniques, including questionnaires, letter-writing to the inner child, guided meditations, and affirmations. Pioneering when introduced, these classic therapies are now being validated by new discoveries in attachment research and neuroscience. No one has ever brought them to a popular audience more effectively and inspiringly than John Bradshaw.

• Healing the Shame that Binds You (Recovery Classics)
• Healing The Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Families
• The Inner Child Workbook: What to do with your past when it just won't go away
• Recovery of Your Inner Child: The Highly Acclaimed Method for Liberating Your Inner Self
• Family Secrets - The Path from Shame to Healing
• Bradshaw On: The Family: A New Way of Creating Solid Self-Esteem
• A Gift to Myself: A Personal Workbook and Guide to "Healing the Child Within"
• Creating Love: The Next Great Stage of Growth
• By John Bradshaw - Healing the Shame That Binds You (12/29/90)
• Inner Bonding: Becoming a Loving Adult to Your Inner Child