Why read Running on Empty?

Book cover of Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect

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This informative guide helps you identify and heal from childhood emotional neglect so you can be more connected and emotionally present in your life.

Do you sometimes feel like you're just going through the motions in life? Do you often act like you're fine when you secretly feel lonely and…

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2 authors picked Running on Empty as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Jan Bergstrom

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I love this book as the author, Jonice Webb, describes childhood neglect in depth. When I teach clients that neglect is a form of childhood trauma, difficult to detect, like carbon monoxide, I see light bulbs go off in their heads.

Webb describes in detail the 12 different types of childhood neglect that have a devasting impact on their lives today and how to heal them.

From Jan's list on healing persistent childhood trauma.

Laura K. Connell

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This book helped me realize how emotional neglect in my childhood had contributed to my innate sense that something is wrong with me.

Since emotional neglect is more what your parents did not do than what they did, it’s hard to put into words why you feel the way you do. I blamed myself for my struggles and felt completely disconnected from others and the world. I had difficulty understanding and regulating my emotions, and often felt shut down and flat.

The only way to feel good and escape the pain was to drink too much, eat too much sugar,…

From Laura's list on healing childhood trauma and self-sabotage.