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yaakovakiva's review against another edition
4.0
One of the exercises I really enjoyed was the idea of a memorial exercise, to say goodbye to fantasies that childhood could somehow be different for me:
"I hereby lay to rest my fantasy of the good family. I hereby lay to rest my hopes and expectations about my parents. I hereby lay to rest my fantasy that there was something I could have done as a child to change them. I know that I will never have the kind of parents that I wanted, and I mourn that loss. But I accept it. May these fantasies rest in peace."
This is a ritual that I've used in other ways previously, but a refresher in using it in this context was comforting.
The book gives quite a few really wonderful examples of ways to confront and then heal from a difficult family history.
ac_rva's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Incest, Violence, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse
angelfireeast24's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Pedophilia, Rape, Alcoholism, Bullying, Incest, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, and Violence
Minor: Abortion, Death of parent, Body shaming, and Cursing
wink_wink's review against another edition
4.0
Good information and interesting, but wasn't doing it for me. It didn't keep my attention how I was wanting with this book. It was kind of like reading an article and listing things at times.
tophat8855's review against another edition
4.0
My goal as a parent: for my children to not end up needing counseling because of me.
nmasters0616's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Incest
agnes_heloise's review against another edition
5.0
christina72's review against another edition
4.0
I really look forward to reading her other books.