Our sadness is an energy we discharge in order to heal. …Sadness is painful. We try to avoid it. Actually discharging sadness releases the energy inv…

- John Bradshaw

We cannot heal what we cannot feel.

- John Bradshaw

I have never met an aggressive person who wasn’t a fearful person.

- John Bradshaw

Recovery begins with embracing our pain and taking the risk to share it with others. We do this by joining a group and talking about our pain.

- John Bradshaw

Shame is the root of all addictions.

- John Bradshaw

We move from the illusion of certainty, to the certainty of illusion

- John Bradshaw

Hell, in my opinion, is never finding your true self and never living your own life or knowing who you are.

- John Bradshaw

The more we know about how we lost our spontaneous wonder and creativity, the more we can find ways to get them back.

- John Bradshaw

It's okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers -- they help us to learn.

- John Bradshaw