Self Improvement – The Top 101 Experts that Help Us Improve Our Lives

JOHN BRADSHAW

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(Expert # 59)

J radshaw Quick Facts

Areas: Inner Child; Dysfunctional Families

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N es Best-Sellers: “Homecoming”; “Healing the Shame That Binds You”;
“Bradshaw On: The Family”; “Creating Love”; “Family

Profile: Author; Lecturer; Counselor; Theologian, Managem
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Corporate Affiliation: The Meadows, Wickenberg, AZ

John Bradshaw Biography

John Bradshaw is one of America’s leading personal growth experts. He pioneered
the concept of the “inner child” and brought the term “dysfunctional family” into
the mainstream. Bradshaw is the author of five New York Times best-sellers,
including Homecoming, which shows readers how to reclaim and nurture their

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inner child. His books have sold over four million copies in North America.

Bradshaw has lived everything he writes about. Born in Houston into a troubled
family, he was abandoned by his alcoholic father and became a high academic
achiever who was also an out-of-control teenager. He completed his education in
Canada, where he studied fo
degrees from the University of Toronto.

During the past 25 years, Bradshaw has worked as a counselor, theologian,
management consultant, and public speaker. He created and hosted four natio
broadcast PBS television series based on his best-selling books. He also
a lds workshops throughout the country, touching millions of lives.

vi Riklan’s favorite John Bradshaw Quotes and Thoughts

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world that is immense and dangerous. A child initially

trusts life and the processes of life.

It’s okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers—they he

learn.

• Children are curious and are risk takers. They have lots of courage. They
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