Homecoming by John Bradshaw

Homecoming by John Bradshaw

Are you outwardly successful but inwardly do you feel like a big kid? Do you aspire to be a loving parent but all too often lose it in hurtful ways? Do you crave intimacy but sometimes wonder if it's worth the struggle? Or are you plagued by constant vague feelings of anxiety or depression?

If any of this sounds familiar, you may be experiencing the hidden but damaging effects of a painful childhood--carrying within you a wounded inner child that is crying out for attention and healing.

In this powerful book, John Bradshaw shows how we can learn to nurture that inner child, in essence offering ourselves the good parenting we needed and longed for. Through a step-by-step process of exploring the unfinished business of each developmental stage, we can break away from destructive family rules and roles and free ourselves to live responsibly in the present. Then, says Bradshaw, the healed inner child becomes a source of vitality, enabling us to find new joy and energy in living.

Homecoming includes a wealth of unique case histories and interactive techniques, including questionnaires, letter-writing to the inner child, guided meditations, and affirmations. Pioneering when introduced, these classic therapies are now being validated by new discoveries in attachment research and neuroscience. No one has ever brought them to a popular audience more effectively and inspiringly than John Bradshaw.

Plant breeder and geneticist John E.Bradshaw, PhD, spent his whole professional life at the Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI, originally the Scottish Plant Breeding Station and now the James Hutton Institute). He finished his career as the Scottish Government's Chief of Potato Breeding and Manager of the Potato Genetics Programme. He has worked on barley, brassicas (kale, swedes, and turnips), and potatoes, conducting research on the use of genetics in plant developing and breeding two kale and three swede cultivars, as well as contributing to the breeding of four more swedes, a turnip, and 27 potatoes. His research included kale population improvement techniques, the genetic basis of heterosis in swedes, the theory and practice of linkage and QTL analysis in tetraploid potatoes, and breeding for quantitative pest and disease resistance (clubroot in kale, powdery mildew in swedes, and late blight and cyst nematodes in potatoes). Dr. Bradshaw is a James Hutton Institute Honorary Associate and an Honorary Fellow of the Indian Potato Association.

In appreciation of his remarkable performance in the field of plant breeding science, and his significant contributions to developing international links in plant breeding research, he is also an Honorary Member of EUCARPIA, the European Association for Research on Plant Breeding. In appreciation of his excellent contribution to potato research and information transmission, he received the coveted 2010 British Potato Industry Award. He has 93 peer-reviewed papers, 53 additional articles, and ten book chapters to his credit. He's also co-edited two volumes with Springer, including Root and Tuber Crops (Book 7 of the Handbook of Plant Breeding Series).

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ISBN 13	9780553057935
ISBN 10	0553057936
Title	Homecoming
Author	John Bradshaw
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Year published	1990-07-01
Number of pages	4
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