By Robert Firestone
Each individual faces a struggle against powerful odds to retain a unique selfhood and personal identity.
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CLEAR ALL
Our culture has taught us that we do not have the privilege of being vulnerable like other communities.
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The cynical backlash against the success of the personal growth movement is both frustrating and painful for John Bradshaw, the psychologist and author who coined the term “inner child” and popularised the phrase “dysfunctional family.”
Despite a culture organizing to oppose shaming, it remains inevitable. But it doesn’t have to ruin lives.
Mr. Bradshaw found fame with books and television shows proposing that emotional and psychological damage experienced in childhood was the root of adult ills.