Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect

With so much busyness and external success why is it that many people still feel "empty"? Dr. Jonice Webb has done an incredible service to shed Light on a common and yet invisible problem for so many....why do we Feel so Empty, So Often? Her deep insight after working with clients for many years led her to ASK from a New perspective. She stopped looking for what Happened, and instead wondered what Did NOT happen for these people. Working with people finding new purpose after Loss and Trauma, I was delighted to stumble upon her Book, Running on Empty, Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect. As someone who was raised in a gentle alcoholic's home, adopted and also made to "disappear" at age 9 to avoid the disintegration happening....I immediately related to the "Empty Space" where my sense of emotional support and care should have been, truly that which I had just completed giving generously to my Own Five wonderful children. I deeply related and appreciated that Dr. Webb states at the outset...there is No Judgement here, just a clear look Within to understand how huge GAPS (a hallmark of Neglect) wove a patchwork inner sense of Self and how to Feel as one goes through Life. One of my delights after the wonderful in depth exploration of family patterns that leave Gaps, was to discover the Great Thing in the 2nd half of the book - Emotions, they are FOR You, you Deserve to feel and understand those feelings - this was truly a GameChanger for me in my own Life and also in the work I do as a Transformation Life Coach. I have used this book both for myself and with clients and believe that is has great value for both those who Lived W/O Emotional Richness and for those who work helping us! Dr. Jonice Webb also has a sequel....Running on Empty No More; which I intend to explore and apply in 2020.

This book gave me insight into a world I could never have imagined. It has examples of emotional neglect and parallel examples of healthy parenting. Substantial and practical but full of warmth and compassion. It’s one of a select few books that has truly changed my life.