John Bradshaw
John Bradshaw
children giving fooled
Children aren't fooled. They know we give time to the things we love.
dark two doctors
That's the trouble with the conventional doctors. They always say, 'How does it work?' but often there isn't any neat little answer...Something simply works...We don't really know how it works. We say we do. We know one or two things we can see and measure...
dark medicine age
There are plenty of quacks in the field. Fewer than you'd expect, though still plenty (in alternative medicine).
roots addiction shame
Shame is the root of all addictions.
feelings storm needs
All these feelings need to be felt. We need to stomp and storm; to sob and cry; to perspire and tremble.
self-esteem years three
The foundation for our self-image is grounded in the first three years of life. It comes from our major caretaker's mirroring.
self ego spotlight
Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight.
stars powerful shame
The most paradoxical aspect of neurotic shame is that it is the core motivator of the superachieved and the underachieved, the star and the scapegoat, the righteous and the wretched, the powerful and the pathetic.
religious loving-life giving
The feeling of righteousness is the core mood alteration among religious addicts. Religious addiction is a massive problem in our society. It may be the most pernicious of all addictions because it’s so hard for a person to break his delusion and denial. How can anything be wrong with loving God and giving your life for good works and service to mankind?
passion want energy
You can find more traditional Shakespeare than we do. But what we want to bring to these works is energy, passion, freshness.
children risk world
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.
dog animal self
Science has so far been unable to tell us how self-aware dogs are, much less whether they have anything like our conscious thoughts. This is not surprising, since neither scientists nor philosophers can agree about what the consciousness of humans consists of, let alone that of animals.
inspirational moving illusion
We move from the illusion of certainty, to the certainty of illusion
denial sincere delusional
Chronically dysfunctioning families are also delusional. Delusion is sincere denial.