Creating Love, John Bradshaw
Creating Love, John Bradshaw
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Creating Love
A New Way of Understanding Our Most Important Relationships

Author: John Bradshaw

Narrator: John Bradshaw

Abridged: 3 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/05/2000


Synopsis

“Why are so many of us at times completely baffled by a relationship?
How can we think we know someone so well and admit in the end that we hardly knew that person at all?
Why do many people who work diligently and strenuously to gain wholeness and balance still feel so frustrated about having a fulfilling relationship?
Why have so many people given up on love?”—from the Prologue

John Bradshaw’s bestselling books and compelling PBS series have touched and changed millions of lives. Now, in Creating Love, he offers us a new way to understand our most crucial relationships—with our romantic partners and spouses, with our parents and children, with friends and co-workers, with ourselves, and with God.

Bradshaw’s compassionate approach shows that many of us have been literally “entranced” by past experiences of counterfeit love, so we unknowingly re-create patterns that can never fulfill us. Here he provides both the insights and the precise tools we need to keep those destructive patterns from repeating in the present. And then he shows how we can open ourselves to the soul-building work of real love—and create healthy, loving relationships where we can be fully ourselves in every part of our lives.

About The Author

John Bradshaw was educated for the Roman Catholic priesthood and took advanced degrees in psychology, philosophy, and theology before becoming a professional counselor. He is the author of such bestsellers as Family Secrets, Healing the Shame That Binds YouHomecoming, and Creating Love. He lives in Houston, Texas, and gives lectures and workshops nationwide.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mindy on September 19, 2022

eh i started this book because bell hooks mentioned it in Communion. it started good with the idea of demystification but lost me towards the end......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on August 03, 2011

Many people measure "love" by how much they sacrifice for the other(s), how much crap they put up with, how many hideous chores and favors they do for the person. Bradshaw points out that this measuring stick is all wrong. The title of this book makes me wince in its schmaltziness. I would never hav......more

Goodreads review by Rebekah on June 03, 2012

John Bradshaw showed me a "new" way to love someone. The unconditional way to love someone vs the power struggle and manipulative way I used to "love"......more

Goodreads review by Steven on February 02, 2025

BRADSHAW ENCOMPASSES ALL OF HIS PREVIOUS THEMES John Elliot Bradshaw (born 1933) is a speaker and author who has hosted a number of PBS television programs on topics such as addiction, recovery, codependency and spirituality. He was preparing for the Catholic priesthood, but his alcoholism turned him......more