Creating Love

A New Way of Understanding Our Most Important Relationships

By: John Bradshaw

Narrated by: John Bradshaw

“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.©1992 John Bradshaw; (P)1992 John Bradshaw and Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, A Division of Random House, Inc.

great insight to "source relationships"

learning to recognize the trance I've been living in and how it has protected me for many year and what use I can make of it, to become a more purpose filled human, is a great insight I received in the big.

Creating Love

very interesting ideas on love and relationships. very enlightening. "Self Love is the beginning of all love and it's worth pursuing."

Fundamental for my relationship with love

An approachable understanding of love and traumatic healing: these fundamentals will stay with me as I venture into the world of creating a strong self reliance and inner child work- and venture on forwards into a healthy loving romantic relationship.

Can be life changing to many

I recommend listening to his Homecoming book and familiarize yourself with his notions on saving the inner child before reading this book that focuses on relationships. I amazed how little I appreciated the effect of our family upbringing on our personal relationships. Of all the self help professionalism, John Bradshaw is the one who resonated the most with me. His personal journey involved alcohol addiction; thus, he tells his approach with empathy for those who are suffering.

Self Awareness: the road to change

This is a good read if you are striving for self awareness. Many councelors are teaching us how to grow and arrive. Be kind and patient with yourself, you too will be successful! This book can help.