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Healing the Shame That Binds You
Book • 1988
This book explores how toxic shame is the core motivator behind various toxic behaviors such as compulsion, co-dependency, addiction, and the drive to superachieve.
It explains how these behaviors can break down family systems and destroy personal lives.
Bradshaw provides techniques to identify, understand, and address the root causes of shame, and offers methods such as affirmations, visualizations, 'inner voice' and 'feeling' work, and guided meditations to release and heal from this shame.
The book emphasizes the importance of recognizing and working through internalized shame to achieve wholeness and well-being.
It explains how these behaviors can break down family systems and destroy personal lives.
Bradshaw provides techniques to identify, understand, and address the root causes of shame, and offers methods such as affirmations, visualizations, 'inner voice' and 'feeling' work, and guided meditations to release and heal from this shame.
The book emphasizes the importance of recognizing and working through internalized shame to achieve wholeness and well-being.
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as a book that helped him deal with shame.

Jason Portnoy

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as a resource for understanding emotional wounding from childhood.

Kristen Carder

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305 Boredom is the Price of Success—Are You Willing to Pay It?
Recommended as one of the deepest books on shame.

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318 The Real Reason You Can’t Get Organized (And What To Do About It)
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as a book that helped him understand and release shame.


Robert Glover

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315: What happens once you’ve recovered from Nice Guy Syndrome? (ft. Dr. Robert Glover)
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as impactful in his journey of self-acceptance and understanding the consequences of not knowing oneself.

Joe Corpus

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289 Self-Awareness (And Why People With ADHD Suck At It)
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as the author and speaker of today's podcast episode on shame and healing.

Sean Croxton

2159 | John Bradshaw: “Shame is About Being, Guilt is About Doing.”
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as a resource for dealing with shame.


Dave Asprey

How to Reclaim Feminine Divine Power – Kelly Brogan, M.D : 1017
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in relation to his concept of "original pain work."

Laura Matsue

The Mother Wound: A PsychoSpiritual Healing Guide | TCM #136 (Part 1)
Recommended by Molly as a helpful resource for self-discovery and recovery from mental health challenges.

mind unveiled part 4: the psyche as a living reality (exploring consciousness and the collective unconscious)
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in relation to guilt and shame.


Timothy Keller

Praying Our Guilt
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as one of his favorite books, still recommended to clients.

Duane Osterlund

TAM+ EP65 From Wounded to Whole: Nurturing Your Inner Child for Lasting Recovery
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as a book his ex-wife read to him to point out his issues with shame.


Robert Glover

#462: How People-Pleasing Is Killing Your Relationships with Dr. Robert Glover
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as a book shaping discourse in evangelicalism in the 1980s.


John Piper

Distinguishing Shame from Guilt
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as a resource for emotional healing.

Dwayne Barnes

322: A Journey to Authenticity and Empowerment with Dwayne Barnes