By Briana MacWilliam MPS, ATR-BC, LCAT Licensed Creative Arts Therapist & Attachment Coach. The holiday season can be fun and festive for some, but also increases stress and can shine anunforgiving light on the...
By Marshall Burtcher Codependency is the strategy you used to survive unreliable relationships. It has been your best effort to nurture three specific needs met that are essential to your survival and ability to...
By Susan Ball, Abuse Recovery Expert. When you have a toxic attachment style, you are vulnerable to emotional manipulation, codependency, and abusive relationships. You find it difficult to “break-up” even though you know the...
By Carista Luminare, Ph.D. Have you experienced this? You’re having a normal calm conversation with your partner and suddenly one of you gets triggered into an extreme reaction. There may be a volcanic emotional...
By Candace van Dell. Many people feel that they back slide in their healing journey. This is totally normal andcan actually prove to be beneficial. This sounds strange right? Going forward thensliding backwards due...
By Michelle Farris, Psychotherapist & Anger Management Specialist. Every relationship needs boundaries in order to stay healthy. Without boundaries, you risk becoming a doormat. Once that happens, hurt and resentment aren’t far behind. Setting...
By Stephanie McPhail, MS. Happiness is a personal and abstract emotion that can be affected by many things, including our romantic relationships. While it’s natural to want to be happy in our relationships, we...
By Candace Plattor, M.A. If you are the loved one of someone with an addiction – and even if you’re not – I know that many of you may experience the holiday season as...
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Often Feeling Resentful? How That Can Be a Glaring Clue to Underlying Codependence
By Rhoberta Shaler, Ph.D. Feeling resentful? When you feel it, do you immediately beat yourself up and tell yourself you’re not being nice, fair, patient, or compassionate enough? Instead of taking it on as a fault in yourself, stop and ask yourself, “Am I in a relationship that is out of balance: no equality, no reciprocity, no mutuality?”...
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Why Codependency Stops You from Attracting Your Dream Partner
By Marlena Tillhon. Before I knew anything about codependency, I thought that putting myself last made me a good partner. I thought that being overly concerned with my partner’s moods, wishes, preferences and needs showed that I cared. I thought that tolerating behaviours I now recognise as harmful, unhealthy and unacceptable was my way of proving my...
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Top Mistakes to Avoid When Dating as a Recovering Codependent
By Bethany Dotson. Will I EVER be able to trust myself again? This may be the constant song playing in your mind. After 40 or 50 years of repeatedly attracting narcissistic, addicted or emotionally unavailable partners…It’s only natural to begin thinking that something’s wrong with you...
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