Menasha Public Library (Elisha D. Smith)

Healing your emotional self, a powerful program to help you raise your self-esteem, quiet your inner critic, and overcome your shame, Beverly Engel

eng

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-253) and index

index present

non fiction

Healing your emotional self

bibliography

61211283

Beverly Engel

a powerful program to help you raise your self-esteem, quiet your inner critic, and overcome your shame

Our parents as mirrors -- The seven negative parental mirrors -- Your body as a mirror -- Mirror therapy -- Rejecting your parents' negative reflections -- Emotionally separating from your parents -- Quieting and countering your inner critic -- Looking deeper into the mirror: discovering the real you -- Providing for yourself what you missed as a child -- Learning to love your body -- If you were neglected, rejected, or abandoned: rejecting the "I am worthless" and "I am unlovable" mirrors -- If you were overprotected or emotionally smothered: rejecting the "I am nothing without my parent" mirror -- If you were overly controlled or tyrannized: rejecting the "I am powerless" mirror -- If you had overly critical, shaming or perfectionistic parents: rejecting the "I am bad," "I am unacceptable," and "I am not good enough" mirrors -- If you had a self-absorbed or narcissistic parent: rejecting the "I don't matter" mirror -- Continuing to heal