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By Stephanie McPhail, MS. The world of dating and relationships is fraught with complexities, misunderstandings, and yes, occasionally the downright toxic. Too often, professional women who’ve encountered a toxic relationship find themselves falling into...
By Stacy Brookman, Leadership & Resilience Coach. An Ocean of Emotions: Diving Into the Depths of Overwhelm and Codependency Life can often feel like an unpredictable ocean. One minute you’re smoothly sailing, and the...
By Candace van Dell, Master Coach & Spiritual Teacher. The root of Codependency is Insecurity. The root of insecurity is unworthiness, the root of unworthiness is uncertain identity. The root of uncertain identity is a lack...
By Carista Luminare, Ph.D. We all get triggered from time to time. In almost every relationship, people react depending on their individual experiences and sensitivities. Here are 10 common triggered reactions. Which of these...
By Candace Plattor, M.A. How to Set Effective Boundaries When You Love an Addict: Three Excellent and Proven Strategies ** PART 2 ** Welcome back, Everyone! Another month has flown by since I told...
By Krista Resnick -Master LifeCoach/Restorative Yoga Teacher. People-pleasing, overhelping, overgiving—we can give it lots of different names, but the consequences to putting yourself last all the time are generally the same. You may have...
By Susan Ball, Abuse Recovery Mentor. What is Shame? Shame is often viewed as a corrosive emotion, a feeling that stings and stains, one that many of us wish we could avoid. But what...
Relationships are one of the most vital sources of emotional support and joy. But there’s a fine line between healthy interdependence and codependency. Codependency can take a toll on one’s self-esteem and self-worth. Often...
By Rhoberta Shaler, PhD, Relationship Crisis Consultant. When you hear the word “abandonment,” you likely picture being left behind in a physical sense. But have you considered the idea of abandoning yourself? Sounds impossible,...
By Marshall Burtcher. Receiving someone’s disappointment with you is one of the biggest, scariest elements of codependency. This often invokes stomach-churning anxiety, shame-filled nausea, and activates the fawning response of pleasing and amplified apology...
By Briana MacWilliam MPS, ATR-BC, LCAT, Licensed Creative Arts Therapist and Attachment Coach. In the realm of relationships, codependency is a term frequently used to describe an unhealthy pattern where one partner becomes overly...
By Susan Ball, Abuse Recovery Expert & Mentor. Through my healing journey, I discovered I was co-dependent but I didn’t really understand what that meant. How did it impact my relationships with friends, family,...