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Bradshaw On The Family
By John Bradshaw
John Bradshaw
John
Bradshaw 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, John's books have sold
over four million copies in North America. 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.
John has lived everything he writes about. Born in Houston, Texas, into a troubled family, abandoned by his alcoholic father, he became a high academic achiever who was also an out-of-control teenager. He completed his education in Canada, where he studied for the Roman Catholic priesthood, earning three degrees from the University of Toronto.
During his life he worked worked as a counselor, theologian, management consultant, and public speaker, becoming one of the primary figures in the contemporary self-help movement.
Born: June 29, 1933
Died: May 8, 2016
Quotes by John Bradshaw ...
"It's okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers - they help us to learn." -- John Bradshaw
"Children are curious and are risk takers. They have lots of courage. They venture out into a world that is immense and dangerous. A child initially trusts life and the processes of life." -- John Bradshaw