Hiding from Love
by John Townsend
Townsend on the ways we hide from connection: withdrawal, perfectionism, people-pleasing, and how early injuries taught us to. Psychological and Christian, with a path to coming out of hiding.
Read it if…
you want closeness and keep sabotaging it.
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Skip it if…
you want a secular approach.
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Three things you will actually use
- Hiding protected you once; it isolates you now.
- Needs are not weakness.
- Grace makes coming out safe.
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Name your primary hiding pattern and one person you could stop hiding from.
Our verdict
Why we hide.
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