By Michelle Farris, licensed psychotherapist and codependency expert. Saying no is an important boundary in any relationship. In codependency recovery, saying no becomes a way to free yourself from obligation and worry. This one...
By Marlena Tillhon MSc. Codependency is born out of fear and shame and while we may crave love and connection, our codependent habits stop us from experiencing what we really want. When I started...
By Marshall Burtcher. Triggers, activations, emotional hijacks – these are terms that bring up a lot of shame, fear, frustration, and panic for many survivors of abuse and neglect. For me, they brought up...
By Candace Plattor, M.A. How to Set Effective Boundaries When You Love an Addict: Three Excellent and Proven Strategies ** PART 3 ** Hi Everyone! If you’ve been following my 3-part series about how...
By Stacy Brookman, Leadership & Resilience Coach. Codependency is a relationship dynamic characterized by an excessive reliance on a partner, typically one who needs help due to illness, addiction, or incapability. It involves prioritizing...
By Candace van Dell, Master Coach & Spiritual Teacher. Let’s look at the word STUCK. You can not move, you can not make a decision, you can not decide on a direction, there is...
By Stephanie McPhail, MS. Are You Trapped in an Endless Cycle of Relationships? Hit the Pause Button and Read On. If you’re a professional woman who is struggling in the aftermath of a toxic...
By Briana MacWilliam MPS, ATR-BC, LCAT Art Therapist, Author, & Attachment Coach. Codependency is a term used to describe a relationship between two people in which one depends on the other for emotional or...
By Susan Ball, Abuse Recovery Mentor. For most of us, the desire to belong and to be invited into the lives of others is an intrinsic part of being human. However, there is a...
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This Is How to Deal with Anger Toward an Addict
By Candace Plattor. Is it ever ok to get angry with the addict I love? The truth is that many people who love addicts are people-pleasers, which is another term for codependency. My simple definition of codependency is when we put others’ needs ahead of our own, on a fairly consistent basis. Codependent people sometimes feel very guilty when they try to have their own needs met – believing, in some cases, that they are not worthy of having their needs...
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7 Ways to Recognize A Toxic Relationship & What You Can Do About It
By Stephanie McPhail. Along with physical wellness and financial security, having healthy relationships is one of the biggest contributors to a balanced and fulfilling life. Sometimes, even when we appear to have achieved these things on the surface, there are indicators that we’re lacking the necessary ingredients to sustain them. When they go unaddressed, these detrimental factors will eventually undermine the contentment we desire. By learning to recognize the signs of imbalance, we can begin to take steps to correct them and...
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Codependency Recovery: 7 Steps for Healing Yourself and Your Relationships
By Michelle Farris. One size does NOT fit all when it comes to codependency. Whether you relate to a few traits or all of them – recovering from codependency looks different on every person! In relationship, the codependent person ends up doing most of the giving. You give way past the point of it hurting because you need that person to make you feel whole. When codependency is an issue, you crave other people’s approval. You’re constantly looking outside of...
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By Kevin Petersen. Addiction. It’s a disease that affects the entire family. When a person suffers from addiction, it creates a detrimental impact on one’s life, and it can be difficult to watch someone you care about go through this. But let’s face it: it’s common for family members to take it upon themselves to try to heal a loved one struggling with addiction. Without proper treatment, this can turn into a toxic..
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The Life-Changing Insight That Helped Me Finally Break Free From Codependency
By Marlena Tillhon. Traditional codependency literature has you believe that codependency usually emerges in romantic relationships. We only become aware of it once we’ve had our hearts broken a few dozen times and leap from unhealthy relationship to unhealthy relationship. In my personal and professional experience, codependency expresses itself through us in all areas of life and not just in our love lives...
