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HOMECOMING-Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Childproduced by San Francisco’s KQED, John Bradshaw presents new and powerful insights into how we reclaim our “wounded” inner child, and take the journey that awakens the potential of our deepest selves.  If our vulnerable child was neglected, abandoned, shamed or abused that child’s pain, grief and anger live within us.  You may not even know why you continue to do things or be with people who make you unhappy.  Part One: The Problem Of The Wounded Inner Child – How A Dysfunctional Family System Creates A “Wounded” Inner Child Part Two: Original Pain – Original Pain Work And The Positive Results Of Reconnecting With Early Emotional Pain And The Fear Of Abandonment Part Three: Reclaiming Your Infant Self – How Unfulfilled Infancy Needs Can Effect Adult Life Part Four: Reclaiming Your Toddler Self – The Ways In Which Toddler Needs Are Often Violated Part Five: Reclaiming Your Pre-School Self – How The Sense Of Purpose Developed At This Stage May Get Misshaped By Rigid Family Systems Part Six: Reclaiming Your School-Age Self – Moving Towards Competency, Industry And A Conscious Identity Part Seven: Championing: New Permissions – Ten Ways To Increase Enjoyment Of Life, And Instructions On How To “Give Yourself A New Childhood” Part Eight: Championing: Protection And Practice – Supplying Unmet Childhood Needs By Choosing A New “Family Of Choice” And Finding A Loving “Higher Power” Part Nine: The Wonder Child – The Emergence Of The “Wonder Child,” The Authentic Natural Self Who Reclaims And Champions The Inner Child Part Ten: The Inner Child Regeneration – Spiritual Aspect