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Family Secrets: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
Family Secrets What You Don't Know Can Hurt You Author:John Bradshaw The best-selling author of Creating Love explores the destructive impact of "dark secrets" on family life, offering a step-by-step guide to uncovering such secrets and sharing advice on how to deal with such painful truths. — All families have secrets. Some secrets are healthy. But others - those John Bradshaw called "dark secrets&... more »quot; - limit the wholeness and freedom of every member of the family, often generation after generation. John Bradshaw's compelling new book takes us into the heart of the family's mysterious power to impact our lives. It explores how secrets are created, how they influence us (even if we don't know they are there), and the risks we take in exploring them. At the core of Family Secrets is a step-by-step guide to uncovering the secrets of the past and present, using a tool called the genogram to chart key relationships. Through many fascinating examples, it shows how to recognize crucial gaps and silences, reconstruct missing information, and decipher partial memories. It also offers readers advice on how to deal with the truths revealed, plus ways to stay safely and honestly connected with our families.« less