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Legends · 1933–2016
John Bradshaw
Popularized inner-child and family-systems work, naming shame as the wound underneath much adult behavior.
John Bradshaw is included in the Legends collection for work associated with Emotional Wellbeing and Relationships. This profile offers a starting point for readers who want to place that work within the wider personal-development tradition.
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Legends
movement in the collection
1933–2016
life and work
2
focus areas
Ideas associated with the work
- Explore the work through emotional wellbeing
- Explore the work through relationships

“The child in you is the part of you that feels most deeply and needs most urgently to be heard.”
— John Bradshaw, Homecoming
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“The child in you is the part of you that feels most deeply and needs most urgently to be heard.”
— John Bradshaw, Homecoming
Popularized inner-child and family-systems work, naming shame as the wound underneath much adult behavior.
- Emotional Wellbeing
- Relationships
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