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CODES OF LOVE: HOW TO RETHINK YOUR FAMILY, REMAKE YOUR LIFE
Bryan, Mark A.
1999 7112 As a member of Oprah Winfrey's 1999 "Change Your Life" team, Mark Bryan gained a national reputation for doing what he does best-bringing families together. Here, he helps all of us achieve deeper intimacy with our loved ones by cracking the codes of love with a four-step process of self-exploration that teaches you to: Remember: use your senses to awaken pleasant memories of your family Reflect: set pain aside and challenge the sotry of your life as you remember it Re-frame: see the whole picture, including events, legacies, and traits that unite your family Reconnect: become authentically engaged in familial relationships FROM THE CRITICS Publishers Weekly Aiming at John Bradshaw's audience of adults seeking to reconcile relationships with their original families, Bryan's self-help program draws on sophisticated psychological and spiritual concepts and the work of such thinkers as Murray Bowen and James Hillman. Bryan (The Prodigal Father; coauthor of The Artist's Way at Work) believes that individuals can enhance present relationships and self-understanding by viewing family dynamics from a mature perspective, which he calls "changing the past." He teaches that understanding and forgiveness lie in reframing difficult experiences (short of real abuse) as sources of growth and strength. Offering numerous exercises to spur the process, he urges readers to map their family's "story line," to examine "codes" of communication and behavior and to fathom the motivations of other family members. (His useful checklist for going home for the holidays is bound to attract media attention.) Personal stories enliven the text, but none are as affecting as that of the author's own estrangement from his rural West Virginia family. Recalling a time in his 20s when he was desperate for money and his father refused to help, Bryan reframes the experience as a character-building lesson about resourcefulness and self-reliance. His approach is intelligent and compassionate, although his seriousness and the intensive process he espouses may overwhelm the general self-help reader. Agent, David Vigliano. (Oct.) Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: Wise and practical, clearly, forcefully, and winningly written, Codes of Love is an eloquent plea for aiming "to go home again." - (Leston Havens, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, author of Coming to Life and Learning to be Human) Mark Bryan beautifully illustrates how the high road to emotional maturity goes through one's family, with a carefully blended mixture of theory and compelling real-life examples. - (Michael E. Kerr, M.D., director, Georgetown Family Center, Washington, D.C.) While it may be simpler to divide our world into villains and victims, the road to genuine power is found in compassion and change. Codes of Love provides a guide for healing the most potent relationships in our lives. 290 pages by a Harvard trained educator with a speciality in human development and psychology. ( Published at twenty four dollars.) Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group 0-671-03662-9 / 9780671036621
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