Free Yourself From Emotionally Immature Parents

Author : Lindsay C. Gibson
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781626251724

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Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson Pdf

If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you may have lingering feelings of anger, loneliness, betrayal, or abandonment. You may recall your childhood as a time when your emotional needs were not met, when your feelings were dismissed, or when you took on adult levels of responsibility in an effort to compensate for your parent’s behavior. These wounds can be healed, and you can move forward in your life. In this breakthrough book, clinical psychologist Lindsay Gibson exposes the destructive nature of parents who are emotionally immature or unavailable. You will see how these parents create a sense of neglect, and discover ways to heal from the pain and confusion caused by your childhood. By freeing yourself from your parents’ emotional immaturity, you can recover your true nature, control how you react to them, and avoid disappointment. Finally, you’ll learn how to create positive, new relationships so you can build a better life. Discover the four types of difficult parents: The emotional parent instills feelings of instability and anxiety The driven parent stays busy trying to perfect everything and everyone The passive parent avoids dealing with anything upsetting The rejecting parent is withdrawn, dismissive, and derogatory

Author : Lindsay C. Gibson
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781684032549

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Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson Pdf

In this important sequel to Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, author Lindsay Gibson offers powerful tools to help you step back and protect yourself at the first sign of an emotional takeover, make sure your emotions and needs are respected, and break free from the coercive control of emotionally immature parents. Growing up with emotionally immature (EI) parents can leave you feeling lonely and neglected. You may have trouble setting limits and expressing your feelings. And you may even be more susceptible to other emotionally immature people as you establish adult relationships. In addition, as your parents become older, they may still treat your emotions with mockery and contempt, be dismissive and discounting of your reality, and try to control and diminish your sense of emotional autonomy and freedom of thought. In short, EIs can be self-absorbed, inconsistent, and contradictory. So, how can you recover from their toxic behavior? Drawing on the success of her popular self-help book, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, author Lindsay Gibson offers yet another essential resource. With this follow-up guide, you’ll learn practical skills to help you recognize the signs of an EI, protect yourself against an emotional takeover, reconnect with your own emotions and needs, and gain emotional autonomy in all your relationships. This is a how-to book, with doable exercises and active tips and suggestions for what to say and do to increase emotional autonomy and self-awareness. If you’re ready to stop putting your own needs last, clear the clutter of self-doubt, and move beyond the fear of judgment and punishment that’s been instilled in you by emotionally immature parents, this book will help you find the freedom to finally live your life your way.

Author : Susan Forward
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-16
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780307575326

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Toxic Parents by Susan Forward Pdf

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Dr. Susan Forward's Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them. When you were a child... Did your parents tell you were bad or worthless? Did your parents use physical pain to discipline you? Did you have to take care of your parents because of their problems? Were you frightened of your parents? Did your parents do anything to you that had to be kept secret? Now that you are an adult... Do your parents still treat you as if you were a child? Do you have intense emotional or physical reactions after spending time with your parents? Do your parents control you with threats or guilt? Do they manipulate you with money? Do you feel that no matter what you do, it's never good enough for your parents? In this remarkable self-help guide, Dr. Susan Forward drawn on case histories and the real-life voices of adult children of toxic parents to help you free yourself from the frustrating patterns of your relationship with your parents -- and discover an exciting new world of self-confidence, inner strength, and emotional independence.

Author : Priscilla Posey
Publisher : Priscilla Posey
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-16
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1733092358

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Dealing with Emotionally Immature Parents by Priscilla Posey Pdf

Do you feel you lost your childhood because your parents weren't ready to emotionally take care of a child? Have you ever feel like you always have been the adult in your child-parent relationship? Did you have to deal with self centered parents who neglected your needs? All you ever wanted was parents who listen to your stories, welcome you with open arms and tell you how much they love you, no matter what you do. Instead you walked around on eggshells making sure none of your actions would upset or irritate your parents. No matter how much effort you put into getting your parents attention, you couldn ́t overcome the imaginary wall they built around themselves. Even if you experienced anger, you suppressed this feeling or even worse, you turned the anger against yourself and blame yourself for your parents ́ behavior. The older you got, the more you started to suffer from the effects of your childhood. By now you are a grown-up, but you still live with the scars of your past. Some of the most common coping mechanisms are living an isolated life, suffering from anxieties or being stuck in dysfunctional and abusive relationships. Many people grow up with emotionally immature parents. They all behave slightly different but one thing the #1 thing they have in common is, they don't accept their parent role. You can ́t change your past but you can change your future. Author and expert, Priscilla Posey knows, dealing with emotionally immature parents can be tough, especially if you don ́t have anyone who supports you. Growing up dysfunctional child-parent relationship, Priscilla knows how it feels to suffer from the emotional baggage that is not supposed to be yours. Priscilla healed from her childhood trauma and became the self-confident person she was born to be. Now she wants to help others to achieve the same fulfilling life. Once you understand the root of your problem, you can create the happy life you deserve. In "Dealing With Emotionally Immature Parents", you ́ll discover: 7 signs of emotional immaturity to recognize emotional vampires instantly 4 types of emotionally immature parents and which one you can relate to the most 4 steps to heal from your dysfunctional child-parent relationship How a lost childhood shapes the person you have become If you are the perfectionist, the empath or the people pleaser and what your behavior says about your personality How to avoid and let go of other toxic relationships in your life Why you feel like a chameleon without identity and how to discover your true self Practical exercises to take care of yourself and your self healing journey How to become a good parent for your own child And much more. You don ́t have to fully let go of your parents. Yet, you have to learn how to separate the person you love from the actions that hurt you. It is hard to take action and strive for a fulfilling life if you just hit rock bottom. For such a long time you tried to change the people around you or fix the toxic relationships you have been stuck in for so many years. Now it is the right time to start healing yourself instead of taking care of others. If you are sick of the person you ́ve become and you don ́t even know who you are anymore then it is time to finally detach from your past and start the journey to yourself. Following Priscilla ́s self-healing strategies will empower you to step out of your misery and right into happiness. If you are ready to invest in yourself and your happiness, then claim your copy now!

Author : Asha Gibson
Publisher : Castle Point Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-20
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781250287335

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Free Yourself from Emotionally Immature Parents by Asha Gibson Pdf

Ida Noe's Free Yourself from Emotionally Immature Parents is a journal for moving beyond a toxic upbringing...

Author : FoxiBooks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798779668354

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Workbook: Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson (FoxiBooks) by FoxiBooks Pdf

Disclaimer: This is an independent and unofficial companion book to Lindsay C. Gibson's Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents Do you want to heal from the destructive nature of emotionally immature or unavailable parents? In her book, Lindsay C. Gibson reveals ways to free yourself from your parents' emotional immaturity, heal from the pain and confusion caused by your childhood, recover your true nature and build a better life. This book is not a replacement to the main book but has been designed to complement it and help you reap maximum rewards. With this workbook, you can self-reflect, brainstorm, develop action plans and execute them. Get committed and dedicated today as you rediscover yourself and start seeing great things for your life. Let's get started... Scroll up and buy now

Author : Jonice Webb
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781614482420

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Running on Empty by Jonice Webb Pdf

A large segment of the population struggles with feelings of being detached from themselves and their loved ones. They feel flawed, and blame themselves. Running on Empty will help them realize that they're suffering not because of something that happened to them in childhood, but because of something that didn't happen. It's the white space in their family picture, the background rather than the foreground. This will be the first self-help book to bring this invisible force to light, educate people about it, and teach them how to overcome it.

Author : Sherrie Campbell
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781684039302

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Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members by Sherrie Campbell Pdf

Cutting ties with a toxic family member is a crucial step away from a legacy of dysfunction and toward healing and happiness. This compassionate guide will help you embrace your decision with a sense of pride, validation, and faith in yourself; and provides powerful tools for creating boundaries, coping with judgment, and overcoming self-doubt. Do you have a toxic family member? Do you feel like cutting ties with this person—even as painful and scary as that may sound—would dramatically increase your well-being and improve your life? You’re not alone. Severing ties with a family member can be devastating; and cutting this toxic person out of your life may bring up feelings of guilt and uncertainty—especially if you feel judged by others regarding your decision. Fortunately, you can free yourself from this toxic family member in a healthy, responsible, and liberating way. In Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members, psychologist and toxic-family survivor Sherrie Campbell offers effective strategies for setting strong boundaries after ending contact with a toxic family member, and provides powerful tools to help you heal from shame, self-doubt, and stigma. You’ll find the validation you need to embrace your decision with pride and acknowledgement of your self-worth. You’ll learn how to let go of negative thoughts and feelings. And finally, you’ll develop the skills needed to rediscover self-care, self-love, self-reliance, and healthy loving relationships. Whether you’re ready to sever ties with a toxic family member, or already have, this book will help guide you, every step of the way.

Author : Jasmin Lee Cori
Publisher : The Experiment, LLC
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-18
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781615193837

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The Emotionally Absent Mother, Second Edition: How to Recognize and Cope with the Invisible Effects of Childhood Emotional Neglect (Second) by Jasmin Lee Cori Pdf

The groundbreaking guide to self-healing and getting the love you missed “Years ago, I was on vacation and read The Emotionally Absent Mother. That book was one of many that woke me up. . . . I began the process of reparenting and it’s changed my life.”—Dr. Nicole LePera, New York Times–bestselling author of How to Do the Work Was your mother preoccupied, distant, or even demeaning? Have you struggled with relationships—or with your own self-worth? Often, the grown children of emotionally absent mothers can’t quite put a finger on what’s missing from their lives. The children of abusive mothers, by contrast, may recognize the abuse—but overlook its lasting, harmful effects. Psychotherapist Jasmin Lee Cori has helped thousands of men and women heal the hidden wounds left by every kind of undermothering. In this second edition of her pioneering book, with compassion for mother and child alike, she explains: Possible reasons your mother was distracted or hurtful—and what she was unable to give The lasting impact of childhood emotional neglect and abuse How to find the child inside you and fill the “mother gap” through reflections and exercises How to secure a happier future for yourself (and perhaps for your children).

Author : Yong Kang Chan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-20
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9811181594

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Parent Yourself Again: Love Yourself the Way You Have Always Wanted to Be Loved by Yong Kang Chan Pdf

Author : Jonice Webb
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781683506744

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Running on Empty No More by Jonice Webb Pdf

“Opens doors to richer, more connected relationships by naming the elephant in the room ‘Childhood Emotional Neglect’” (Harville Hendrix, PhD & Helen Lakelly Hunt, PhD, authors of the New York Times bestseller Getting the Love You Want). Since the publication of Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect, many thousands of people have learned that invisible Childhood Emotional Neglect, or CEN, has been weighing on them their entire lives, and are now in the process of recovery. Running on Empty No More: Transform Your Relationships will offer even more solutions for the effects of CEN on people’s lives: how to talk about CEN, and heal it, in relationships with partners, parents, and children. “Filled with examples of well-meaning people struggling in their relationships, Jonice Webb not only illustrates what’s missing between adults and their parents, husbands, and their wives, and parents and their children; she also explains exactly what to do about it.” —Terry Real, internationally recognized family therapist, speaker and author, Good Morning America, The Today Show, 20/20, Oprah, and The New York Times “You will find practical solutions for everyday life to heal yourself and your relationships. This is a terrific new resource that I will be recommending to many clients now and in the future!” —Dr. Karyl McBride, author of Will I Ever Be Good Enough?

Author : Mark Wolynn
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781101980378

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It Didn't Start with You by Mark Wolynn Pdf

A groundbreaking approach to transforming traumatic legacies passed down in families over generations, by an acclaimed expert in the field Depression. Anxiety. Chronic Pain. Phobias. Obsessive thoughts. The evidence is compelling: the roots of these difficulties may not reside in our immediate life experience or in chemical imbalances in our brains—but in the lives of our parents, grandparents, and even great-grandparents. The latest scientific research, now making headlines, supports what many have long intuited—that traumatic experience can be passed down through generations. It Didn’t Start with You builds on the work of leading experts in post-traumatic stress, including Mount Sinai School of Medicine neuroscientist Rachel Yehuda and psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps the Score. Even if the person who suffered the original trauma has died, or the story has been forgotten or silenced, memory and feelings can live on. These emotional legacies are often hidden, encoded in everything from gene expression to everyday language, and they play a far greater role in our emotional and physical health than has ever before been understood. As a pioneer in the field of inherited family trauma, Mark Wolynn has worked with individuals and groups on a therapeutic level for over twenty years. It Didn’t Start with You offers a pragmatic and prescriptive guide to his method, the Core Language Approach. Diagnostic self-inventories provide a way to uncover the fears and anxieties conveyed through everyday words, behaviors, and physical symptoms. Techniques for developing a genogram or extended family tree create a map of experiences going back through the generations. And visualization, active imagination, and direct dialogue create pathways to reconnection, integration, and reclaiming life and health. It Didn’t Start With You is a transformative approach to resolving longstanding difficulties that in many cases, traditional therapy, drugs, or other interventions have not had the capacity to touch.

Author : Kimberlee Roth
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781458747464

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Surviving a Borderline Parent by Kimberlee Roth Pdf

Those raised by a BPD parent endured a volatile and painful childhood. This book offers readers step-by-step guidance to understanding and overcoming the lasting effects of being raised by a person with this disorder. Readers discover coping strategies for dealing with low self-esteem, lack of trust, guilt, and hypersensitivity.

Author : Dan Neuharth
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780061861819

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If You Had Controlling Parents by Dan Neuharth Pdf

"Dan Neuharth's book demystifies much within our pasts that can hurt our intimate relationships in ways we may not even realize. If You Had Controlling Parents helps spark understanding and acceptance across generations." — John Gray, Ph.D., author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus Do you sometimes feel as if you are living your life to please others? Do you give other people the benefit of the doubt but second-guess yourself? Do you struggle with perfectionism, anxiety, lack of confidence, emotional emptiness, or eating disorders? In your intimate relationships, have you found it difficult to get close without losing your sense of self? If so, you may be among the fifteen million adults in the United States who were raised with unhealthy parental control. In this groundbreaking bestseller by accomplished family therapist Dan Neuharth, Ph.D., you'll discover whether your parents controlled eating, appearance, speech, decisions, feelings, social life, and other aspects of your childhood—and whether that control may underlie problems you still struggle with in adulthood. Packed with inspiring case studies and dozens of practical suggestions, this book shows you how to leave home emotionally so you can improve assertiveness, boundaries, and confidence, quiet you "inner critics," and bring more balance to your moods and relationships. Offering compassion, not blame, Dr. Neuharth helps you make peace with your past and avoid overcontrolling your children and other loved ones.

Author : Lindsay C Gibson Psy D
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1693896699

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Who You Were Meant to Be by Lindsay C Gibson Psy D Pdf

Finding one's purpose in life and fulfilling it is a desire we all share. Yet many of us are living the lives and dreams imposed upon us by our family, friends and society. Once we understand the fears, frustrations and loyalties that sabotage our dreams and best efforts at personal growth, we can free ourselves from doubt and defeat and find out what we really want to do with our lives. Who You Were Meant to Be explains how to use our inner guidance to find our most personal and energizing life purpose. Writing in a friendly, active style, psychologist Lindsay Gibson shows us how to get free of the misguided guilt and loyalty that confuse loving others with sacrificing oneself. We can undo self-defeating ideas and claim our right to happiness and autonomy in our life choices. Thanks to the author's clinical background, this book goes deep enough to address feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, and the common fears that can bring self-actualization to a standstill. Dr. Gibson offers a unique blend of inspiration and pragmatic advice to people who have been reluctant to put themselves first in their own lives. Who You Were Meant to Be provides a practical road map out of old habits and shows how to forge a new path on which each of us can discover or recover our true purposes in life and become the people we want to be.