Home Coming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child

This is a wonderful book, it is in depth but easy to understand. There are exercises and meditations (you are asked to record them yourself, but there are some home made versions on YouTube).It's crucial to do the exercises. So you may find yourself reading the book through and then going back over again for the work. Bon voyage!

An excellent book. The author is so candid about his own upbringing and the issues he has dealt with in his life. Many examples of case studies. Worth just to read but to get the real benefit, in my opinion, it's very important to do the exercises and the work involved. If you want to understand why you are as you are you need to put in the effort.

The media could not be loaded. Full of quizes and practical exercises, to connect with your inner child. Packed full of insights this is THE complete self-help guide for Inner Child Healing.

This might be the most important book you'll ever read. I tried the exercises on myself to make sure it was OK for my friend who had been struggling, and the results blew me away. I've done a lot of self-help stuff over the years, but this gets to the root of deep seated issues really fast, and the exercises help you nail problems for good. It helped me solve problems I didn't know I had, and has left me a happier, more confident person as a result. The book isn't perfect, the quizzes at the start of each chapter are of questionable use, and the author is overtly religious - which could be jarring for those who don't share his beliefs. Despite those minor failings, this book should be read and used by everyone who's ever had an argument, felt angry because of what someone has said, or has even just had a nagging feeling that something's wrong - I think that includes all of us.

After years of searching for answers this book changed my life in such a profound way - how can you think one way and yet feel another it never made sense - now thanks to this book it all makes sense - well worth a read if you feel lost and trapped within your own mind

My counsellor suggested that I read this book and we then worked through it together. It brought up so much 'stuff' that I'm not sure I would have managed it without her gentle and careful guidance. We embarked upon a tumultuous, and at times very painful, journey which included some extremely powerful techniques for unearthing things that had been buried alive and left unresolved from my childhood and adolescence.I am confident that this book was instrumental in the deep healing I have experienced since reading it and putting into practice the suggested exercises and meditations. I would strongly recommend it to anyone who is continuing to live their adult life with unresolved hurts, frustrations and emotional wounds they received as a child.I have never before felt so empowered and in control, and I know that I owe much of that to John Bradshaw and this life changing book.

This is an excellent book. There is also a YouTube series on this which is also excellent to back up what is said in the book. Highly recommend as a compassionate and kind approach to this kind of work.

I found this book in the library at university and out of all the ones I have picked up this has been the most that helped me. It helps you learn to feel you're feelings, accept your upbringing, you, and the world if you're willing to do the work that is, if you can't accept it then you're not ready. You have to be ready to change. This book is exceptionally valuable just to read and is the only book the university had on the inner child and I think that is because it is brilliant and Bradshaw applies his knowledge to it from the heart and his experience as a Psychology Professor of course.

Prompt arrival, well packed. Especially helpful for those who have dysfunctional families., a wealth of information.

Not an easy read. Gets into some deep internal psychological concepts that are hard to square up with. But very well laid out. The author comes from profound experience.

Uma viagem de encontro a minha essência...WHO AM I? TER INTIMIDADE COMIGO...DEUS É FUNDAMENTAL NESTA JORNADA.LER O MANUAL....BIBLIA.

A book everyone should read at least in their 20 s

John Bradshaw wrote this book as a great source of information and as a workbook, which makes it enormously valuable.The first part describes how childhood is a crucial time for the development of basic behaviour patterns, character traits, and habits. Bad experiences and learning deficits in childhood lead to suppressed emotions, repressed anger, anxiety, insecurity, a lack of social skills, faulty anger management, compulsive behaviour, addictions, and more. As a result, many adults are actually adult children. A questionaire at the end of chapter one helps to determine if you need to do some work.In Part two John Bradshaw distinguishes five stages of child development.- Infant, age 0 - 9 months- Toddler, age 9 months - 3 years- Preschool, age 3 - 6 years- School-Age, 6 years to puberty- Adolescence, age 13 - 26 yearsEach stage begins with a tailor-made questionaire, which he calls Index of Suspicion. Then normal development during the stage is explained, and in contrast, he illustrates specific growth disorders and other problematic factors or events. After that he recommends that you write down as much information as possible about your family system and yourself. When done, you share it with a good, supportive friend or anyone you genuinely trust. It is important to talk about it and feel the feelings. Then you write a handwritten letter to your inner child at that age. As a response, you write a letter from this child yourself. The final step of each stage is to give your inner child kind and positive affirmations and a guided meditation that you can record and play back.Part three is about championing your wounded inner child, which means you give yourself a new childhood, a new nurturing set of rules to live your life more gracefully. Be the loving and supportive parent you wanted as a child.A change for the better can only be achieved if you do the suggested work. It takes a bit effort and time, but it's worth it.