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Future Goals

Melody Beattie shares what she'd like for her writing legacy and the lessons she...

10/13/1991

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Future Goals

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Melody Beattie shares what she'd like for her writing legacy and the lessons she...

Melody Beattie shares what she'd like for her writing legacy and the lessons she hopes to teach her daughter.

10/13/1991

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Answering Critics

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Clip: 10/13/1991 | 4m 10s | Melody Beattie responds to other's opinions on her work, including feminists and book... (4m 10s)

Inspiration

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Clip: 10/13/1991 | 2m 58s | A challenging childhood and early adulthood led Melody Beattie to write Codependent... (2m 58s)

Lessons Learned

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Clip: 10/13/1991 | 4m 20s | Along with the nurturing her son, Shane, taught her, Melody Beattie discusses the... (4m 20s)

Moving Forward

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Clip: 10/13/1991 | 6m 51s | Melody Beattie discusses her difficult past, the pain of losing her son and her new... (6m 51s)

Today's Culture

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Clip: 10/13/1991 | 3m 49s | Melody Beattie believes the hunger to talk about codependency issues began with the... (3m 49s)

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