2003
A wayward daughter invites her dying mother and the rest of her estranged family to her apartment for Thanksgiving dinner.
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Family Secrets gives you the tools you need to understand your family—and yourself—in an entirely new way. In his bestselling books and compelling PBS specials, John Bradshaw has transformed our understanding of how we are shaped by our families.
Filled with secrets from a therapist’s toolkit, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before teaches you how to fortify and maintain your mental health, even in the most trying of times.
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Sister Chan Khong sharing her insights into the nature of anger and closing the circle of suffering.
When we’re upset with someone, we’re often afraid to say anything. We tell ourselves, “Oh, it’s just a small matter; it’s not important.” But the accumulation of many small issues can create an explosive situation, and can even cause relationships to break.
It’s natural to get defensive, but that only escalates the cycle of aggression.
Anger plagues all of us on a personal, national, and international level. Yet we see people, such as the Dalai Lama, who have faced circumstances far worse than many of us have faced—including exile, persecution, and the loss of many loved ones—but who do not burn with rage or seek revenge.
Most of us think that love is something out there—something to be attained—yet the Buddha taught that underneath our layers of self-doubt and criticism is peace and love within each of us.
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Are you a giver or a taker? Have you ever struggled to find work/life balance? How do you build resilience in yourself, your team, or your children?
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Author, counselor, theologian and lecturer John Bradshaw discusses his newest book, Reclaiming Virtue, the definition of virtue and how to live life with moral intelligence.
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John Bradshaw, New York Times Best Selling Author, PBS Partner, Television Talk Show Host (MGM), Senior Fellow at The Meadows Treatment Center and Workshop Leader shares stories about his book Family Secrets in this 1995 interview with TV host Tom Snyder.