Healing the Shame That Binds You

By: John Bradshaw

Narrated by: John Pruden

Healing the Shame That Binds You is the most enduring work of family relationship expert and New York Times best-selling author John Bradshaw. In it, he shows how unhealthy toxic shame, often learned young and maintained into adulthood, is the core component in our compulsions, co-dependencies, addictions and drive to superachieve. While positive shame empowers us and sustains the fabric of our social system, inappropriate or misdirected shame results in the breakdown of our self-esteem, the destruction of the family system, and an inability to move forward with our lives. In an honest and emotionally revealing style based largely on his personal experience with addiction and his decades as a counselor, John Bradshaw moves from the source and manifestation of toxic shame to the practical tools---affirmations, visualizations, inner voice and feeling work, guided meditations, and other healing techniques---that will release the shame that binds us to our past.

Download the accompanying reference guide.©1988 John Bradshaw, Renewed 2005 by John Bradshaw (P)2011 Tantor

Like a candle piercing the darkness..

This books should be renamed SHADOW PIERCER. It helps (I listen it when ever the shadows get too anonymous) me name my demons and welcome them with open arms like teachers from the beyond. Thank you Bradshaw and audible for bringing this to me...

Who knew?

I’ve learned in this book how to name and identify what all humans go through when we are shamed by family, community, and the culture at large. It is truly enlightening and I will definitely listen more to fully experience the meditations.

Amazing book!

Loved the in depth analysis on shame, definitely learned things about myself. Best book I've listened to in awhile.

Enlightening and useful

The first half of the book was very detailed on defining a lot of the topics that the book covered. The second half puts them into action. I really liked Chapter 14 the most (the audio chapter not the actual book chapter, which was 8 or 9).

Valuable insights and easy to listen to.

Have more intimate relationships. 1st with yourself and with others. Create your best self and find tranquility in transparentcy.

Profound

Great take aways very helpful in healing. Shed light on blind spots to work on

Bradshaw's brilliant. h

He's helped me understand why I am the way I am and how to start getting the real me back.

Eye Opening

This book was eye opening for me. Insightful, excellent examples and stories to demonstrate how shame is a major part of our society.

The last couple chapters were more religious and talked about god so I used higher power and eventually he begans to discuss higher power or god which was more relatable for me.

Meditations sound peaceful.

Eye opener

Really this is one of the best book I have ever read! Very insightfull .

Bradshaw is an incredible man

This book is magnificent. I have healed so much just by listening to it once. I will listen to it again and again until I fully understand everything. Thank you, Bradshaw!