{"product_id":"the-family-mask-andrew-regal-9798995735922","title":"The Family Mask: What Families Hide, What Hurts, and How Healing Begins","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery family has a story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery family also has a mask.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome families wear the mask of perfection. Others wear the mask of strength, silence, faith, success, loyalty, or peace. Over time, these masks become more than roles we play. They become identities we live inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Family Mask, therapist, researcher, and author Dr. Steve Hudgins explores how family roles form, why they develop, and how the survival strategies that once protected us can quietly shape our relationships, self-worth, faith, and sense of identity for decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough powerful storytelling, personal experiences, clinical insight, and real-life examples, Dr. Hudgins reveals how many people unconsciously become the Strong One, the Peacemaker, the Invisible One, the Messenger, or the Performer in order to preserve connection, avoid conflict, or maintain belonging within their family system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as protection can eventually become a prison.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is not about blaming parents or exposing family secrets. It is about understanding the hidden patterns that shape our lives and discovering the freedom that comes when we recognize the difference between who we truly are and who we learned to become in order to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside this book, you will discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- How family masks develop and why they are passed from generation to generation\u003cbr\u003e- The hidden survival roles many people unknowingly carry into adulthood\u003cbr\u003e- Why family patterns often repeat in marriages, friendships, workplaces, and faith communities\u003cbr\u003e- How unresolved wounds influence identity, relationships, and emotional health\u003cbr\u003e- Practical insights for healing, authenticity, and breaking unhealthy cycles\u003cbr\u003e- A path toward reclaiming the self beneath the mask\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlike many books that encourage readers to simply remove the mask, The Family Mask offers a different perspective. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe mask was not a flaw. It was an adaptation. Healing is not about destroying the awareness that once protected you. It is about transforming it. Honoring what helped you survive while learning to live with greater authenticity, wisdom, discernment, and choice.\u003cp\u003eBlending psychology, family systems theory, personal narrative, and spiritual reflection, The Family Mask offers a compassionate and thought-provoking journey into the hidden dynamics that shape every family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou are not reading a book about other people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou are stepping into a story that may help you understand your own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mask was never the problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe problem began when survival became identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHealing begins when you realize survival is no longer the only way to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Regal,Steve Hudgins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798995735922\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gbw Publishing, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d","brand":"Andrew Regal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084309438719,"sku":"9798995735922","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-family-mask-andrew-regal-9798995735922","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}