Running on Empty No More: Transform Your Relationships With Your Partner, Your Parents & Your Children
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- Author：Jonice Webb
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Summary
Since the publication of Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect， many thousands of people have learned that invisible Childhood Emotional Neglect， or CEN， has been weighing on them their entire lives， and are now in the process of recovery。 Running on Empty No More: Transform Your Relationships will offer even more solutions for the effects of CEN on people’s lives: how to talk about CEN， and heal it， in relationships with partners， parents， and children。
Reviews
Shauna
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Useful book for walking through the process of deciding whether to talk about CEN with the close people in your life
Gillian
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This book was excellent， I liked it even more than Dr。 Webb's first book on childhood emotional neglect。 The book offers very practical advice for how to understand and start to heal from CEN， and how to introduce this concept to other important people in your life， such as your partner， parents， and children。 The case examples really help you to understand the concept of CEN and how it affects families in different ways， and also help to humanize the concept and help people who have experienced This book was excellent， I liked it even more than Dr。 Webb's first book on childhood emotional neglect。 The book offers very practical advice for how to understand and start to heal from CEN， and how to introduce this concept to other important people in your life， such as your partner， parents， and children。 The case examples really help you to understand the concept of CEN and how it affects families in different ways， and also help to humanize the concept and help people who have experienced CEN feel less alone。 The book is very well-written overall。 I think one of the most important aspects of the book is that it is actively non-judgmental。 Dr。 Webb makes sure the reader knows that they are not to blame for the ways that CEN gets perpetuated inter-generationally。 I honestly think that anyone who has kids or is planning to have kids should read this book。 It is one of the most important books about parenting that one could read in my opinion， since CEN is incredibly pervasive and has such a huge impact on children's present and future mental and emotional health。 I have seen how CEN affects people in my own life and also in the lives of my clients （I am a social worker）。 I have spoken about CEN with clients and recommended Dr。 Webb's website， and I have seen how helpful it is for them to finally have a name for what they have been experiencing。 Thank you so much， Dr。 Webb！ 。。。more
Jules
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I read this book by mistake - I mean to read Running on empty - I didn't find it particularly helpful。 I read this book by mistake - I mean to read Running on empty - I didn't find it particularly helpful。 。。。more
Kye Flannery
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Practical， useful storytelling， nourishing， kind， wise。
Elselies Flikweert
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Toegankelijk en praktisch
Brian Hinton
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This book， along with the preceding edition， is proving to be absolutely crucial in the awareness， and development， of my emotional self。
Loren Acuña
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Do You Fear You Don't Matter to Those Closest To You？This book helps clarify how childhood emotional neglect affects families。 It provides a picture of a silent scream inside the cold distance of neglect。It gives practical ideas for re-forging family relationships。Emotional connection is not a myth or legend。 Its really possible。Read this book if you've had trouble in building secure connections but could not identify abuse or personality disorders in your family history。 Obvious abuse takes a t Do You Fear You Don't Matter to Those Closest To You？This book helps clarify how childhood emotional neglect affects families。 It provides a picture of a silent scream inside the cold distance of neglect。It gives practical ideas for re-forging family relationships。Emotional connection is not a myth or legend。 Its really possible。Read this book if you've had trouble in building secure connections but could not identify abuse or personality disorders in your family history。 Obvious abuse takes a toll and has a traumatic impact on development。 Childhood emotional neglect is not obvious but affects our ability to form supportive close relationships。 Happy news。 We can repair this missing piece and accept that we （including our feelings） matter。 。。。more
Msj8484
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More helpful than the first Running on Empty
Tally， The Chatty Introvert
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a good continuation of the points brought up in "running on empty"， which were largely about recognizing what childhood emotional neglect was and how it manifests in life （with LOTS of anecdotes from true cases and patients to clarify points or give examples）。 This one has just a couple of case studies that are broken down and referred to throughout the book， because it focuses mostly on the relationship aspect， all up and down the list。 Relationships with spouses， parents， kids， etc。Definitely a good continuation of the points brought up in "running on empty"， which were largely about recognizing what childhood emotional neglect was and how it manifests in life （with LOTS of anecdotes from true cases and patients to clarify points or give examples）。 This one has just a couple of case studies that are broken down and referred to throughout the book， because it focuses mostly on the relationship aspect， all up and down the list。 Relationships with spouses， parents， kids， etc。Definitely a book for those in relationships or who have had difficulties with relationships because of issues around showing emotion and true communication。 It took me a while to get through this book because it wasn't really for me per se， but I can see the value in it。 。。。more
Nikki Rich
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When I saw this book I thought it would be a great read for me and a good tool to help me on my journey as a child， wife and mother。 But as I read the book I felt like I had been doing this work for so long that it almost didn’t feel relevant to me anymore。 I think someone beginning their journey might greatly benefit from this but for me it was just okay。
P
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Don't have a partner， parents or children and so didn't feel any of this was helpful。 Don't have a partner， parents or children and so didn't feel any of this was helpful。 。。。more
Joanne Chang
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great case studies to illustrate the different scenarios that occur with CEN
Şahabettin A。
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Ç d i çözüm önerlerini sunuyor。 Diğer kitapta tespitlerini teoriye yakın bir dilde anlatıyordu。 Çocukken önemli bir derecede ihmal edilmediğimi anladım。 Çocuklarıma da yapmamak， çevremdeki arkadaşlarıma faydalı olabilmek için okudum。
Tu Ngoc
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This book is the continuation of the same author's book: Running on Empty。 It pays close attention on how to solve the consequence of Childhood Emotional Neglect for adults， family， parents。 It also help parents to avoid commiting CEN in their daily parenting。 This book is the continuation of the same author's book: Running on Empty。 It pays close attention on how to solve the consequence of Childhood Emotional Neglect for adults， family， parents。 It also help parents to avoid commiting CEN in their daily parenting。 。。。more
Rebecca Rossi
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Another excellent book by Jonice that has made me aware not only of my CEN but ways in which to ensure it isn't passed on to my child Another excellent book by Jonice that has made me aware not only of my CEN but ways in which to ensure it isn't passed on to my child 。。。more
Namaste
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Painful but interesting read。 It does feel like the author says very generic common things that apply to everyone （horoscope-like）， but she points out and verbalizes things I've never read anywhere else Painful but interesting read。 It does feel like the author says very generic common things that apply to everyone （horoscope-like）， but she points out and verbalizes things I've never read anywhere else 。。。more
Po
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Finished the book in one setting and had to revisit a couple of the chapters when finished。 This is a great book that touches on Childhood Emotional Neglect and how to live with it after the fact of finding out what you have been missing since childhood。 This book is divided into three parts: Relationship with a romantic partner， relationship with parents， and relationship with children。 I found part II: relationship with parents very enlightening。
Fleeting Bird
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I loved the compassionate tone of the author。 It's a great book。 I'm glad I found the CEN concept。 Both of her books will be my companions for life。 I loved the compassionate tone of the author。 It's a great book。 I'm glad I found the CEN concept。 Both of her books will be my companions for life。 。。。more
Megan
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very helpful。
Katie
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It's never too late。 It's never too late。 。。。more
MvO
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WARNING， THIS BOOK MAY HARM YOU。Why？ Because this book can convince you of things that aren’t true。 The author offers a one-size-fits-all explanation of everything that is wrong with your life: it is not your fault， you are just a victim of CEN （Child Emotional Neglect）。 It is human nature to love such a simplistic and soothing message， but don’t get fooled by this Siren。 CEN may have been the explanation of the author’s problems， but it doesn’t mean it explains yours。 Instead of giving readers WARNING， THIS BOOK MAY HARM YOU。Why？ Because this book can convince you of things that aren’t true。 The author offers a one-size-fits-all explanation of everything that is wrong with your life: it is not your fault， you are just a victim of CEN （Child Emotional Neglect）。 It is human nature to love such a simplistic and soothing message， but don’t get fooled by this Siren。 CEN may have been the explanation of the author’s problems， but it doesn’t mean it explains yours。 Instead of giving readers a clear way to know if this is true for them， the author uses the “power of suggestion” persuasion technique on the reader， inviting to remember how the reader was emotionally neglected as a child and， speaking as if this were a fact， repeatedly talking about “Your CEN”。 The power of suggestion is dangerous and has been used to let people “remember” things that never happened and even confess to crimes they didn’t commit。 I suspect that many normal readers will fall into this trap， because if you search enough in your memories， you will find “the evidence”， even if you were the least emotionally neglected child of the planet。 After all， parents can’t be there for their children 24/7。 Parents need to survive themselves， they have jobs， relations， other children and it is inevitable that there were times that they didn’t give you the attention you wanted。 This is not neglect， this is a fact of life everyone has to get used to。 But even if this were not so， “remembering” is still unlikely to provide you evidence for “your CEN”。 Why？ The stated symptoms of this so-called CEN are similar to some symptoms of what psychologists call “insecure attachment styles” and research indicates that such attachment styles are in place before children form their first explicit memories （eg。 In their 3rd year）。 If this is true， then you can’t remember whatever your parents did to cause “your CEN”。So this book presents you with a simplistic and seductive explanation of why you have problems and it is difficult to know if this applies to you。 Ok， but how can that harm you？ The problem is that readers may attribute their problems to their parents， while the real causes of their problems are elsewhere。 So instead of investigating further， they may feel soothed by this one-dimensional simple message and meanwhile fail to address the real causes of their problems。 Furthermore， the author also wants the reader to “spread the message” to their parents and kids， implanting the idea that the goal should be that the parents go to the author’s website or that they read the author’s book （the reader is free to choose）。 If you get tricked into falsely believing you are a victim of CEN， then it is easy to see involving your parents may damage your relationship with them。There may be people who can benefit from this book， but you can’t really know if you are in this group。 And even if you are in this group， there are other books that address such issues without the persuasion， without the potential harm and without the Multi-Level-Marketing encouragement to spread the message。 Which books are these？ “Attached” by Heller & Levine get into the problems that several attachment styles can have。 Instead of blaming your parents， they invite you to own your problems and give you tools to improve。 Same thing for “Bouncing Back” by Graham & Hanson， which has many suggestions backed by scientific evidence。If after reading this review you still want to read “Running on Empty no more”， I just hope you will not take everything at face value。 Or in the parlance of the Author， that you have strong “external boundaries” in place that protect you from this book brainwashing you。 Still， my recommendation would be to have a strong “physical boundary” between you and the book: avoid it！ 。。。more
Ha Pham
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Deducted 1 star because of the horrible italic font used for example parts。
Jenny
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Easy to read and lots of useful advice
Mary Burkholder
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There’s some good practical stuff here for improving relationships with your parents， spouse and especially your children。 Read the companion book Running On Empty first。
Zalak
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This book deserves all the stars for the last section on parenting。 I am taking away a lot of lessons。
Michael-David Sasson
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I very much appreciated that the author had compassion for everyone involved （and writes well）。
Aleksandra
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Rating: 4。5 （rounded up）。 Listened as an audiobook 🎧 Excellent psychology book about emotional intelligence， cross-generation issues related to emotional neglect。 Book is structered perfectly into different chapters， which you may skip in case， for instance， not applicable to you。 Many examples and scenarios help to understand concepts well， practical advice are very helpful， even in general for any relationship。 If I have a chance I will buy a paperback version to always have it at hand。 Recomm Rating: 4。5 （rounded up）。 Listened as an audiobook 🎧 Excellent psychology book about emotional intelligence， cross-generation issues related to emotional neglect。 Book is structered perfectly into different chapters， which you may skip in case， for instance， not applicable to you。 Many examples and scenarios help to understand concepts well， practical advice are very helpful， even in general for any relationship。 If I have a chance I will buy a paperback version to always have it at hand。 Recommended for a better understanding of ownselves。 。。。more
Rick Yvanovich
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Read this as a result of its predecessor Running on Empty to learn the how-to handle CEN in yourself and others。 Whether you have CEN or not the importance of this book to me is just more understanding of what CEN is about and how to handle it。 Maybe one of your friends or work colleagues is impacted by CEN， armed with this greater understanding from this book we are in a position to be more empathetic and be helpful on how to help them。A fascinating read
Kristen Stez
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As I wander through life， I can't help noticing that the vast majority of people I meet exhibit many of the symptoms of Childhood Emotional Neglect （CEN）， as mentioned in this book。 The author does a spectacular job of identifying these symptoms and how they show up in our lives， specifically in marriages， parenting， and interpersonal relationships。 The reader experiences a deeply felt empathy from the author as she gently helps you understand why you are the way you are， while avoiding the temp As I wander through life， I can't help noticing that the vast majority of people I meet exhibit many of the symptoms of Childhood Emotional Neglect （CEN）， as mentioned in this book。 The author does a spectacular job of identifying these symptoms and how they show up in our lives， specifically in marriages， parenting， and interpersonal relationships。 The reader experiences a deeply felt empathy from the author as she gently helps you understand why you are the way you are， while avoiding the temptation of assigning blame。 But， the real power of this book is in the hope and strategies presented to overcome the effects of CEN and， more importantly， not pass on the repercussions from generation to generation。 My only suggestion is that I would like to see even more strategies presented。 Excellent read。 。。。more
Cristy
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