A review by uweihere
Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect by Jonice Webb

4.0

I think this book fulfils its purpose of bringing attention to childhood neglect (more specifically on the emotional aspects). That gets unknowingly passed down onto us by our parents, and in turn projected onto the people around us in the form of insecurities, attachment styles, etc. I personally gained a lot of insight on her breakdown of the different types of parental dynamics, and also the importance of emotional attunement.

There were quite a bit of mention of the many questionnaires/self quizzes on Dr Jonice Webbs’ website which she mentioned could help you better understand yourself in those regards, but I personally haven’t tried it myself to see if they are truly useful.

Overall if you are intending to pick this book up as a starter to understanding where your emotions/feelings stem from, I would definitely recommend it to you.