💔 Abandonment Issues

Characters haunted by those who left—parents, lovers, friends—navigating the deep psychological wounds of being forsaken and the long road toward trust and self-worth.

The Primal Wound

by Nancy Verrier • 2003

The injury adoption begins with: why losing a mother before memory can shape an entire life.

4.04

2k+

🧠 Adoption Psychology 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔗 Attachment Theory

The Primal Wound 89%

The injury adoption begins with: why losing a mother before memory can shape an entire life.

by Nancy Verrier 2003

4.04

2k+ ratings

🧠 Adoption Psychology 💔 Childhood Trauma 🔗 Attachment Theory

Running on Empty

by Jonice Webb • 2012

The childhood you can't complain about might be the one that left you hollow.

4.18

11k+

🧸 Emotional Neglect 🪞 Inner Child Healing 💬 Emotional Awareness

Running on Empty 88%

The childhood you can't complain about might be the one that left you hollow.

by Jonice Webb 2012

4.18

11k+ ratings

🧸 Emotional Neglect 🪞 Inner Child Healing 💬 Emotional Awareness

The Absent Father Effect on Daughters

by Susan E. Schwartz • 2020

The father who was never there still runs the daughter's life from inside her own mind.

3.63

324

🧠 Jungian Psychology 👤 Paternal Absence 💔 Emotional Neglect

The Absent Father Effect on Daughters Summary

The Absent Father Effect on Daughters 88%

The father who was never there still runs the daughter's life from inside her own mind.

by Susan E. Schwartz 2020

3.63

324 ratings

🧠 Jungian Psychology 👤 Paternal Absence 💔 Emotional Neglect

The Emotionally Absent Mother

by Jasmin Lee Cori • 2010

What your mother never gave you can still be built. The repair tools, step by step.

4.16

4k+

🧩 Emotional Neglect 🌑 Mother Wound 🪢 Attachment Theory

The Emotionally Absent Mother 88%

What your mother never gave you can still be built. The repair tools, step by step.

by Jasmin Lee Cori 2010

4.16

4k+ ratings

🧩 Emotional Neglect 🌑 Mother Wound 🪢 Attachment Theory

Love Me, Don't Leave Me

by Michelle Skeen • 2014

Five childhood beliefs that wreck relationships, and how to stop letting them drive.

3.90

1k+

🧩 Abandonment Recovery 🧠 Schema Therapy 🧭 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy

Love Me, Don't Leave Me 88%

Five childhood beliefs that wreck relationships, and how to stop letting them drive.

by Michelle Skeen 2014

3.90

1k+ ratings

🧩 Abandonment Recovery 🧠 Schema Therapy 🧭 Acceptance And Commitment Therapy

How to Be Alone

by Lane Moore • 2018

When you raise yourself through childhood, adulthood is a crash course in letting people in.

3.68

7k+

🧒 Childhood Trauma 💔 Emotional Neglect 💘 Attachment Wounds

How to Be Alone 87%

When you raise yourself through childhood, adulthood is a crash course in letting people in.

by Lane Moore 2018

3.68

7k+ ratings

🧒 Childhood Trauma 💔 Emotional Neglect 💘 Attachment Wounds

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents / Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents

by Lindsay C. Gibson • 2019

Why you mistake emotional unavailability for chemistry, and the exact skills that break the cycle.

4.49

🧸 Childhood Emotional Neglect 🏚️ Dysfunctional Families 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents / Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents Summary

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents / Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents 87%

Why you mistake emotional unavailability for chemistry, and the exact skills that break the cycle.

by Lindsay C. Gibson 2019

4.49

83 ratings

🧸 Childhood Emotional Neglect 🏚️ Dysfunctional Families 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma

So Damn Sketchy

by Bonnie Kent • 2020

A girl loses her parents, then herself, in the arms of her brother's best friend.

3.93

218

🔥 Dark Coming Of Age 💔 Parental Abandonment ⚠️ Blurred Boundaries

So Damn Sketchy 87%

A girl loses her parents, then herself, in the arms of her brother's best friend.

by Bonnie Kent 2020

3.93

218 ratings

🔥 Dark Coming Of Age 💔 Parental Abandonment ⚠️ Blurred Boundaries

Separation

by John Bowlby • 1972

The evolutionary reason a caregiver's absence terrifies a child, and why the fear can last.

4.25

217

🧒 Attachment Theory 👶 Early Childhood Development 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

Separation 87%

The evolutionary reason a caregiver's absence terrifies a child, and why the fear can last.

by John Bowlby 1972

4.25

217 ratings

🧒 Attachment Theory 👶 Early Childhood Development 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

Mother Hunger

by Kelly McDaniel • 2021

Your unexplainable hunger for love is a maternal wound, and it heals without her apology.

4.08

6k+

🩹 Mother Wound 🔗 Attachment Repair 🕳️ Emotional Neglect

Mother Hunger 87%

Your unexplainable hunger for love is a maternal wound, and it heals without her apology.

by Kelly McDaniel 2021

4.08

6k+ ratings

🩹 Mother Wound 🔗 Attachment Repair 🕳️ Emotional Neglect

The Emotional Incest Syndrome

by Patricia Love • 1990

Some parents lean on a child for emotional support. The adult damage, and the roadmap to repair.

4.20

547

🕸️ Emotional Enmeshment 🔄 Role Reversal 🏠 Family Systems

The Emotional Incest Syndrome 87%

Some parents lean on a child for emotional support. The adult damage, and the roadmap to repair.

by Patricia Love 1990

4.20

547 ratings

🕸️ Emotional Enmeshment 🔄 Role Reversal 🏠 Family Systems

The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

by Gennifer Choldenko • 2024

Abandoned with his baby sister, eleven-year-old Hank has nothing but one name on a school form.

4.46

4k+

🏠 Foster Care 👦 Sibling Caretaker 🤝 Found Family

The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman Summary

The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman 87%

Abandoned with his baby sister, eleven-year-old Hank has nothing but one name on a school form.

by Gennifer Choldenko 2024

4.46

4k+ ratings

🏠 Foster Care 👦 Sibling Caretaker 🤝 Found Family

Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome

by Amy J.L. Baker • 2007

Cult-like manipulation turns children against a parent; the damage follows them into adulthood.

4.44

176

💔 Parental Alienation 🎭 Narcissistic Parents 🫂 Family Estrangement

Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome Summary

Adult Children of Parental Alienation Syndrome 87%

Cult-like manipulation turns children against a parent; the damage follows them into adulthood.

by Amy J.L. Baker 2007

4.44

176 ratings

💔 Parental Alienation 🎭 Narcissistic Parents 🫂 Family Estrangement

How to Heal Your Inner Child

by Simon Chapple • 2021

Your inner child holds the key to healing the emotional neglect you never knew you experienced.

3.76

177

🧸 Emotional Neglect 👶 Inner Child Work 🩹 Trauma Recovery

How to Heal Your Inner Child 87%

Your inner child holds the key to healing the emotional neglect you never knew you experienced.

by Simon Chapple 2021

3.76

177 ratings

🧸 Emotional Neglect 👶 Inner Child Work 🩹 Trauma Recovery

The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds

by John Bowlby • 1979

Attachment is not learned dependency but an evolved instinct; early disruption shapes a lifetime.

4.06

383

🧩 Attachment Theory 👶 Developmental Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds Summary

The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds 87%

Attachment is not learned dependency but an evolved instinct; early disruption shapes a lifetime.

by John Bowlby 1979

4.06

383 ratings

🧩 Attachment Theory 👶 Developmental Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

Aller Retour

by Yves Beauchesne

Orphaned and abused, a boy escapes to Montreal and searches for anyone who will take him in.

2.43

119

🏃 Runaway Story 🩵 Found Family 💔 Orphaned Protagonist

Aller Retour 87%

Orphaned and abused, a boy escapes to Montreal and searches for anyone who will take him in.

by Yves Beauchesne

2.43

119 ratings

🏃 Runaway Story 🩵 Found Family 💔 Orphaned Protagonist

Breaking the Silence

by Casey Watson • 2013

One boy feared water, another clung to stones. A foster carer unearths the silent grief beneath.

4.42

1k+

🏠 Foster Care 🧩 Autism Spectrum 👨‍👩‍👦 Special Needs Parenting

Breaking the Silence 87%

One boy feared water, another clung to stones. A foster carer unearths the silent grief beneath.

by Casey Watson 2013

4.42

1k+ ratings

🏠 Foster Care 🧩 Autism Spectrum 👨‍👩‍👦 Special Needs Parenting

Running on Empty No More

by Jonice Webb • 2017

The unseen gap from childhood wrecking your relationships, and the specific skills to repair them.

4.21

1k+

🧊 Emotional Neglect 🔄 Intergenerational Patterns ❤️‍🩹 Relationship Repair

Running on Empty No More 87%

The unseen gap from childhood wrecking your relationships, and the specific skills to repair them.

by Jonice Webb 2017

4.21

1k+ ratings

🧊 Emotional Neglect 🔄 Intergenerational Patterns ❤️‍🩹 Relationship Repair

Another Bullshit Night in Suck City

by Nick Flynn • 2004

His estranged father walked into the shelter where he worked. Helping him meant becoming him.

3.80

12k+

👤 Absent Fathers 🏚️ Homelessness In America 🍷 Addiction And Family

Another Bullshit Night in Suck City Summary

Another Bullshit Night in Suck City 87%

His estranged father walked into the shelter where he worked. Helping him meant becoming him.

by Nick Flynn 2004

3.80

12k+ ratings

👤 Absent Fathers 🏚️ Homelessness In America 🍷 Addiction And Family

Children of the Self-Absorbed

by Nina W. Brown • 2000

How to shield yourself from a narcissistic parent and finish the growing up they interrupted.

3.91

2k+

🪞 Narcissistic Parenting 🧱 Emotional Boundaries 🧒 Inner Child Work

Children of the Self-Absorbed 87%

How to shield yourself from a narcissistic parent and finish the growing up they interrupted.

by Nina W. Brown 2000

3.91

2k+ ratings

🪞 Narcissistic Parenting 🧱 Emotional Boundaries 🧒 Inner Child Work

Adult Children of Alcoholics

by Janet Geringer Woititz • 1983

An alcoholic home teaches survival habits that later sabotage intimacy, trust, and joy.

4.12

6k+

🧸 Childhood Trauma 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🫥 Emotional Neglect

Adult Children of Alcoholics 86%

An alcoholic home teaches survival habits that later sabotage intimacy, trust, and joy.

by Janet Geringer Woititz 1983

4.12

6k+ ratings

🧸 Childhood Trauma 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🫥 Emotional Neglect

Loss

by John Bowlby • 1979

Grief's biological roots: an instinct to search, and the lasting damage of suppressing it.

4.16

173

🔗 Attachment Theory 🕯️ Bereavement 🔄 Mourning Phases

Loss 86%

Grief's biological roots: an instinct to search, and the lasting damage of suppressing it.

by John Bowlby 1979

4.16

173 ratings

🔗 Attachment Theory 🕯️ Bereavement 🔄 Mourning Phases

Girl in Pieces

by Kathleen Glasgow • 2016

After a psych ward, a teenage artist falls for a musician who makes self-destruction look like love.

3.93

274k+

🏨 Psychiatric Hospital 🩹 Self-Harm Recovery 🎨 Art As Healing

Girl in Pieces 86%

After a psych ward, a teenage artist falls for a musician who makes self-destruction look like love.

by Kathleen Glasgow 2016

3.93

274k+ ratings

🏨 Psychiatric Hospital 🩹 Self-Harm Recovery 🎨 Art As Healing

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents

by Lindsay C. Gibson • 2015

Your parent was allergic to feelings. Stop letting that shape your relationships.

4.35

95k+

🩹 Emotional Neglect 🔄 Family Systems 🧠 Attachment Theory

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents Summary

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents 86%

Your parent was allergic to feelings. Stop letting that shape your relationships.

by Lindsay C. Gibson 2015

4.35

95k+ ratings

🩹 Emotional Neglect 🔄 Family Systems 🧠 Attachment Theory

For Your Own Good

by Alice Miller • 1985

The parenting we defend may be the hidden origin of the violence we cannot explain.

4.25

2k+

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🔄 Intergenerational Trauma 🎭 Emotional Suppression

For Your Own Good 86%

The parenting we defend may be the hidden origin of the violence we cannot explain.

by Alice Miller 1985

4.25

2k+ ratings

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🔄 Intergenerational Trauma 🎭 Emotional Suppression

Project Fatherhood

by Jorja Leap • 2015

Former gang members and ex-cons meet weekly in Watts to become the fathers they never had.

4.30

115

🏙️ Urban Fatherhood 🕳️ Absent Fathers 🔒 Mass Incarceration

Project Fatherhood 86%

Former gang members and ex-cons meet weekly in Watts to become the fathers they never had.

by Jorja Leap 2015

4.30

115 ratings

🏙️ Urban Fatherhood 🕳️ Absent Fathers 🔒 Mass Incarceration

Self-Care for Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents

by Lindsay C. Gibson • 2021

Your parents never modeled emotional maturity. Learn the self-care you missed.

3.78

4k+

🥀 Emotional Neglect 🌸 Self-Compassion 🚪 Emotional Boundaries

Self-Care for Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents Summary

Self-Care for Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents 86%

Your parents never modeled emotional maturity. Learn the self-care you missed.

by Lindsay C. Gibson 2021

3.78

4k+ ratings

🥀 Emotional Neglect 🌸 Self-Compassion 🚪 Emotional Boundaries

The Drama of the Gifted Child

by Alice Miller • 1979

Depression and grandiosity share a root: the child who learned her feelings were inconvenient.

4.05

31k+

🧸 Childhood Trauma 🪞 Parental Narcissism 🔒 Emotional Repression

The Drama of the Gifted Child 86%

Depression and grandiosity share a root: the child who learned her feelings were inconvenient.

by Alice Miller 1979

4.05

31k+ ratings

🧸 Childhood Trauma 🪞 Parental Narcissism 🔒 Emotional Repression

Never Stop Walking

by Christina Rickardsson • 2016

Adoption carried her from Brazilian caves to Sweden at eight. Learning the cost took decades.

3.98

10k+

🧳 Transnational Adoption 🏚️ Street Survival 💔 Childhood Trauma

Never Stop Walking 86%

Adoption carried her from Brazilian caves to Sweden at eight. Learning the cost took decades.

by Christina Rickardsson 2016

3.98

10k+ ratings

🧳 Transnational Adoption 🏚️ Street Survival 💔 Childhood Trauma

Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents

by Lindsay C. Gibson • 2019

They'll never apologize. Here's how to stop waiting, hold your ground, and protect your peace.

4.40

6k+

🧸 Parental Immaturity 🚧 Boundary Setting 🔑 Emotional Autonomy

Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents Summary

Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents 86%

They'll never apologize. Here's how to stop waiting, hold your ground, and protect your peace.

by Lindsay C. Gibson 2019

4.40

6k+ ratings

🧸 Parental Immaturity 🚧 Boundary Setting 🔑 Emotional Autonomy

The Days of Abandonment

by Elena Ferrante • 2002

Her husband leaves. A woman descends into fury, grief, and the raw fight to reclaim herself.

3.86

60k+

🏚️ Marital Dissolution 🌀 Psychological Unraveling 💔 Abandoned Wife

The Days of Abandonment 86%

Her husband leaves. A woman descends into fury, grief, and the raw fight to reclaim herself.

by Elena Ferrante 2002

3.86

60k+ ratings

🏚️ Marital Dissolution 🌀 Psychological Unraveling 💔 Abandoned Wife

Facing Love Addiction

by Pia Mellody • 1989

Why you mistake intensity for love, chase unavailable partners, and how to stop.

4.09

1k+

💘 Relationship Addiction 🔗 Codependency Recovery 👥 Attachment Theory

Facing Love Addiction 86%

Why you mistake intensity for love, chase unavailable partners, and how to stop.

by Pia Mellody 1989

4.09

1k+ ratings

💘 Relationship Addiction 🔗 Codependency Recovery 👥 Attachment Theory

Chinese Cinderella

by Adeline Yen Mah • 1999

Blamed from birth for her mother's death, a girl in 1940s China discovers her one way out.

4.08

42k+

🏮 Chinese Family 💔 Childhood Abuse 🥀 Emotional Neglect

Chinese Cinderella 86%

Blamed from birth for her mother's death, a girl in 1940s China discovers her one way out.

by Adeline Yen Mah 1999

4.08

42k+ ratings

🏮 Chinese Family 💔 Childhood Abuse 🥀 Emotional Neglect

The New Rules of Attachment

by Judy Ho • 2024

Your attachment style doesn't just shape your relationships; it caps your vision of what's possible.

4.26

204

🧠 Attachment Theory 👥 Adult Attachment 💔 Inner Child Healing

The New Rules of Attachment 86%

Your attachment style doesn't just shape your relationships; it caps your vision of what's possible.

by Judy Ho 2024

4.26

204 ratings

🧠 Attachment Theory 👥 Adult Attachment 💔 Inner Child Healing

Notes to John

by Joan Didion • 2025

Joan Didion's private therapy transcripts: a mother's struggle with the daughter she could not save.

3.90

6k+

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Therapy 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Systems 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

Notes to John 86%

Joan Didion's private therapy transcripts: a mother's struggle with the daughter she could not save.

by Joan Didion 2025

3.90

6k+ ratings

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Therapy 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Systems 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

Difficult Mothers

by Terri Apter • 2012

A difficult mother's power outlasts childhood. Rewriting the story in your head finally breaks it.

3.82

479

👩‍👧 Maternal Relationships 🔗 Attachment Theory 💔 Emotional Neglect

Difficult Mothers 86%

A difficult mother's power outlasts childhood. Rewriting the story in your head finally breaks it.

by Terri Apter 2012

3.82

479 ratings

👩‍👧 Maternal Relationships 🔗 Attachment Theory 💔 Emotional Neglect

Say Everything

by Ione Skye • 2025

Her father's abandonment became a script she kept auditioning for, until she stopped.

3.99

8k+

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 👤 Absent Fathers 🔗 Codependency

Say Everything 86%

Her father's abandonment became a script she kept auditioning for, until she stopped.

by Ione Skye 2025

3.99

8k+ ratings

🎬 Hollywood Memoirs 👤 Absent Fathers 🔗 Codependency

Breaking Down the Wall of Silence

by Alice Miller • 1991

Your childhood wounds don't just hurt you. Buried, they can run nations.

4.10

339

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🎭 Repressed Emotions 👶 Inner Child Work

Breaking Down the Wall of Silence Summary

Breaking Down the Wall of Silence 86%

Your childhood wounds don't just hurt you. Buried, they can run nations.

by Alice Miller 1991

4.10

339 ratings

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🎭 Repressed Emotions 👶 Inner Child Work

Rozdělené Self

by R.D. Laing • 1960

Schizophrenia begins as a solution: a last defense against the terror of not feeling real.

4.11

7k+

🧠 Existential Psychology 🩺 Clinical Psychiatry 🌊 Existential Phenomenology

Rozdělené Self 86%

Schizophrenia begins as a solution: a last defense against the terror of not feeling real.

by R.D. Laing 1960

4.11

7k+ ratings

🧠 Existential Psychology 🩺 Clinical Psychiatry 🌊 Existential Phenomenology

Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers

by Karyl McBride • 2008

Naming the hidden wound of a narcissistic mother, and the path to healing it.

4.20

12k+

💔 Narcissistic Parenting 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Relationships 🧑‍🧑‍🧒 Adult Children Of Narcissists

Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers Summary

Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers 86%

Naming the hidden wound of a narcissistic mother, and the path to healing it.

by Karyl McBride 2008

4.20

12k+ ratings

💔 Narcissistic Parenting 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Relationships 🧑‍🧑‍🧒 Adult Children Of Narcissists

A Boy Without Hope

by Casey Watson • 2018

The system had labeled him and moved on. One foster carer asked what actually happened.

4.29

1k+

🏠 Foster Care System 👨‍👩‍👧 Foster Parenting 🧒 Childhood Trauma

A Boy Without Hope 86%

The system had labeled him and moved on. One foster carer asked what actually happened.

by Casey Watson 2018

4.29

1k+ ratings

🏠 Foster Care System 👨‍👩‍👧 Foster Parenting 🧒 Childhood Trauma

A Chance in the World

by Steve Pemberton • 2012

Beaten, starved, and denied his name: a foster child's search for the family that erased him.

4.27

6k+

🏚️ Foster Care System 💔 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Survival Memoir

A Chance in the World 86%

Beaten, starved, and denied his name: a foster child's search for the family that erased him.

by Steve Pemberton 2012

4.27

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Foster Care System 💔 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Survival Memoir

The Journey from Abandonment to Healing, Revised and Updated

by Susan Anderson • 2000

Love loss triggers the same craving as addiction. The stages that lead from shock to hope.

4.22

2k+

💔 Breakup Recovery 🌑 Grief Work 🧸 Inner Child Healing

The Journey from Abandonment to Healing, Revised and Updated Summary

The Journey from Abandonment to Healing, Revised and Updated 86%

Love loss triggers the same craving as addiction. The stages that lead from shock to hope.

by Susan Anderson 2000

4.22

2k+ ratings

💔 Breakup Recovery 🌑 Grief Work 🧸 Inner Child Healing

Rules of Estrangement

by Joshua Coleman • 2021

The counterintuitive rule for estranged parents: the work of repair is yours alone.

4.12

1k+

🏚️ Family Estrangement 👨‍👩‍👧 Adult Children 💔 Estranged Parents

Rules of Estrangement 86%

The counterintuitive rule for estranged parents: the work of repair is yours alone.

by Joshua Coleman 2021

4.12

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Family Estrangement 👨‍👩‍👧 Adult Children 💔 Estranged Parents

Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members

by Sherrie Campbell • 2022

You cut them off. Now: handling guilt, silencing their messengers, healing the shame they left.

4.29

1k+

✂️ Family Estrangement 🏚️ Toxic Family Dynamics 🩹 Emotional Abuse Recovery

Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members Summary

Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members 86%

You cut them off. Now: handling guilt, silencing their messengers, healing the shame they left.

by Sherrie Campbell 2022

4.29

1k+ ratings

✂️ Family Estrangement 🏚️ Toxic Family Dynamics 🩹 Emotional Abuse Recovery

My Phantoms

by Gwendoline Riley • 2021

A daughter traces her mother's rituals and evasions, searching for the connection that never came.

3.77

6k+

💔 Difficult Mother 🌫️ Emotional Distance 🪞 Parental Narcissism

My Phantoms 86%

A daughter traces her mother's rituals and evasions, searching for the connection that never came.

by Gwendoline Riley 2021

3.77

6k+ ratings

💔 Difficult Mother 🌫️ Emotional Distance 🪞 Parental Narcissism

Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me

by Ian Morgan Cron • 2011

His father's CIA clearance couldn't protect the family from the bottle.

4.08

3k+

🍷 Alcoholic Parent 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma

Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me Summary

Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me 86%

His father's CIA clearance couldn't protect the family from the bottle.

by Ian Morgan Cron 2011

4.08

3k+ ratings

🍷 Alcoholic Parent 🙏 Spiritual Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma

Attachment

by John Bowlby • 1969

Crying for mother is not a learned habit but a primal survival system, now proven beyond doubt.

4.17

662

🧷 Attachment Theory 🧠 Developmental Psychology 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology

Attachment 86%

Crying for mother is not a learned habit but a primal survival system, now proven beyond doubt.

by John Bowlby 1969

4.17

662 ratings

🧷 Attachment Theory 🧠 Developmental Psychology 🐒 Evolutionary Psychology

Becoming the One

by Sheleana Aiyana • 2022

The relationship you're looking for is on the other side of the wounds you're avoiding.

4.35

2k+

🧒 Inner Child Healing 🌑 Shadow Work 🔗 Attachment Theory

Becoming the One 86%

The relationship you're looking for is on the other side of the wounds you're avoiding.

by Sheleana Aiyana 2022

4.35

2k+ ratings

🧒 Inner Child Healing 🌑 Shadow Work 🔗 Attachment Theory

Mom's House, Dad's House

by Isolina Ricci • 1980

The family does not end with the marriage. How to keep it running from separate addresses.

3.97

353

👥 Co-Parenting 🧒 Children Of Divorce 🩹 Divorce Recovery

Mom's House, Dad's House 86%

The family does not end with the marriage. How to keep it running from separate addresses.

by Isolina Ricci 1980

3.97

353 ratings

👥 Co-Parenting 🧒 Children Of Divorce 🩹 Divorce Recovery

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