Making Peace with Your Past [Mass Market Paperback]

H. Norman Wright (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1997

By integrating biblical concepts and compassionate counseling, the author helps readers unload baggage from their childhood and overcome insecurity, loneliness, and depression.

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From the Back Cover

Are you hampered by the baggage from your past? The truth is, much of who you are, what you do, and how you feel is determined by your past. Whether they're relationships from your childhood or pressures from recent years, the events of the past can have a significant impact on your current behavior. A continual best seller, this insightful and perceptive book shows you how to unlock past hurts, confront emotional scars, and resolve negative feelings. Writing from a compassionate, Christian perspective, H. Norman Wright helps you understand who you are, who is responsible for your character, and how you can let go of the things of the past in order to live with confidence and enthusiasm. H. Norman Wright is the founder and director of Christian Marriage Enrichment and the author of more than seventy books, including Crisis Counseling. He is a licensed marriage, family, and child therapist and has taught numerous college courses and seminars.

About the Author

H. Norman Wright is a licensed marriage, family, and child therapist, as well as a certified trauma specialist. The author of more than seventy books, Wright has pioneered premarital counseling programs throughout the country and conducts seminars on many subjects, including marriage enrichment, parenting, and grief recovery. His current focus is in crisis and trauma counseling and critical incident debriefings within the wider community. He and his wife, Joyce, live in Bakersfield, California.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Revell; Reprinted edition (November 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0800786459
• ISBN-13: 978-0800786458
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #246,553 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #4 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian Living > Counseling
  • #18 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Health, Mind & Body > Psychology & Counseling > Personality

More About the Author

Dr. H. Norman Wright is a Gold Medallion winner and author of more than seventy books. He is a licensed marriage, family, and child therapist and former professor at Talbot School of Theology and Biola University where he directed its Graduate Department of Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling. He and his wife, Joyce, have been married more than forty years and live in Long Beach, California. They have a son and a daughter.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent methods to deal with "toxic" past, July 20, 2001

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Sharon E. Cathcart "Why, yes, I am an author" (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Making Peace with Your Past (Mass Market Paperback)

I own this book in audio form and listened to it in the car during my commute. I found many very good ideas for helping me deal with past issues that have an impact on my current behavior (e.g., passive codependence, based on being told repeatedly in my youth that my opinions and desires did not matter). Wright has a great many excellent, concrete suggestions for dealing with specific issues. I recommend this very highly to anyone doing self-improvement, codependency, or inner child work.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book opened up my heart as well as my past., August 4, 1998

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This review is from: Making Peace with Your Past (Mass Market Paperback)

After reading "Making Peace With Your Past" I realize that the first 20 years of my life were spent seeking approval to receive love. The next 20 years were spent resisting love inorder to feel that I was in control of my life. Now I will spend the next 20 years leaning how to unlearn everything I learned the previous 40 years. Once I've successfully unlearned everything, the last 20 years of my life will be spent learning the true lessons of love, peace and happiness. Even though that sounds a little gloomy I'm sure I'll be a lot happier the last 40 years of my life now that I at least know what path to follow and hopefully stay on. Thanks Mr. Wright. God bless you!

Child of God

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'll Add My Verse to the Chorus, February 19, 2004

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R. Kirkham "jrkirkham" (Rushville, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Making Peace with Your Past (Mass Market Paperback)

Notice how many of the reviews for this book relate personal experiences. There is a reason. This is an excellent book for those who need healing.

My wife grew up in a dysfunctional home. She carried many scars into adulthood. A wise older lady in our church kept copies of this book in her library and gave them out as needed. She gave one of those copies to my wife, who found great healing within the pages.

This is not only a book to read. It is a gift to pass on to others as well.