“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.
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"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""
— Rebekah (5 out of 5 stars)
" Got an autographed copy!!! He was such a nice guy to meet!!! "
— Debi, 7/29/2013" Perspective changing experience "
— David, 5/17/2013" Listened to the audio version. It wasn't a high quality recording, but worthwhile for the content. "
— Ruth, 3/25/2010" Bradshaw central message is that real love is found and created when we meet others at their map of the world. So often we view the world with our map and we forget about how others few the world. Bradshaw uses many examples from his life and work to illustrate how to create real love. "
— Phillip, 2/7/2010" Got an autographed copy!!! He was such a nice guy to meet!!! "
— Debi, 7/23/2009John Bradshaw (1933–2016) was at the forefront of the self-help and recovery field for more than twenty years. He has helped millions of people improve their lives through his ongoing lecture series, his four nationally broadcast public television series, and his bestselling books, which include Healing the Shame that Binds You, Homecoming, Creating Love, Family Secrets, and Reclaiming Virtue. In 1991, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host for his series Bradshaw On: Homecoming. He was born in Houston, Texas, and earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto and continued his studies at Rice University and the University of Santa Monica.