Podcasts about Codependency

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We've all experienced struggles around oversharing if we've been in ministry any length of time. What do we do with the scenarios? Where does over sharing take place and become unhealthy? Honesty with intention vs information for attention. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, unpacks a part one of a two-part series on understanding, vulnerability, and where we can get stuck with some practical examples. What does healthy vulnerability and unhealthy vulnerability look like?

There's one reason your new habits never stick, and it has nothing to do with willpower. Peter Crone has spent decades coaching PGA Tour golfers, Major League Baseball athletes, and top executives on the subconscious wiring behind their results, and he breaks down why force can override a habit but never an identity. He explains why most relationships start as attachment and codependency instead of real love, why hatred is a wound you carry inside yourself, and why the story you keep telling about your pain is the thing keeping you stuck in it. You'll hear why the mind isn't the brain, why you can't heal from the same level of consciousness that created the problem, and why chasing certainty is the exact thing keeping you anxious. This conversation will change how you see the parts of yourself you've spent your whole life trying to fix. Sign Up For Peter's Mastermind: Website Peter on Instagram Peter on Facebook In this episode you will: Discover why willpower fails to create lasting change and what actually shifts an identity Learn the difference between force and true power, and why force always collapses on itself Uncover how childhood conditioning quietly writes the script for your adult relationships Understand why you can't heal from the same level of consciousness that created your pain Break down what's really driving your need for certainty, and why it feeds your anxiety For more information go to https://lewishowes.com/1969 More SOG episodes we think you'll love! Get More From Lewis! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Why do you keep falling in love with the same toxic person, just wearing a different face?I sat down with Ross Rosenberg, MEd, the author of the bestselling book Human Magnet Syndrome, and a psychotherapist whose work has reached over 34 million YouTube views and sold 200K books in 12 languages.Ross has spent decades untangling the real roots of codependency and reframed it as what he calls Self-Love Deficit Disorder.We get into the invisible pull between people who give everything away and people who take it, and why that chemistry so often feels like fate when it is really just familiar pain.He breaks down the pyramid that starts with attachment trauma, builds into core shame and pathological loneliness, and ends in compulsive attraction to narcissistic personality disorder. His method for reaching memories the conscious mind cannot access explains why talk therapy alone rarely breaks these cycles.We also cover emotional incest and what it takes to divorce a narcissist.Visit selfloverecovery.com and use code LUKE to save 35% off all books, courses, and seminars. Email help@selfloverecovery.com and mention LUKE for 25% off your first therapy session.You'll learn:[0:00] Introduction[4:43] Codependency's history, from Al-Anon jargon and the tango dance concept to self-love deficit disorder[16:09] The self-love deficit pyramid, from attachment trauma to pathological loneliness[24:40] Familiar love feels like a drug, healthy love feels like home[36:37] The difference between a pathological narcissist and someone who's simply selfish[43:29] The narcissist's hated child grows up broken and can't see the problem[50:50] Comparing overt abuse to neglect and abandonment in shaping a child[59:44] Talk therapy fails while psychedelics open the door to buried trauma[1:07:08] Inside the HITCH technique and the moment a client reintegrates their inner child[1:15:17] Narcissistic bonds take a toll, from childhood emotional incest to needing a strategist in divorceResources Mentioned:Melody Beattie | WebsiteRead: A Horse Named Lonesome: Tales and Teachings to Reclaim Connection, Transcend Separation, and Discover the Divine Within by Luke Storey | BookDorothy Tennov | WikipediaRead: Alcoholics Anonymous by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services | BookAttachment Theory | WikipediaJohn Bowlby | WikipediaBessel van der Kolk | WebsiteRead: The Doors of Perception: And Heaven and Hell by Aldous Huxley | BookRead: Silently Seduced: When Parents Make Their Children Partners by Kenneth M. Adams |BookFull show notes at lukestorey.com/selfloveFind more from Ross:Ross Rosenberg, M.Ed | Instagram | Facebook | X | TikTok | YouTubeSelf Love Recovery | Website | FacebookRead: The Codependency Revolution: Fixing What Was Always Broken by Ross Rosenberg here.Find more from Luke:Luke Storey | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube | LinkedInThe Life Stylist is Brought To You By:PIQUE | Visit piquelife.com/luke and get 15% off for life when you subscribe.QUANTUM UPGRADE | Visit lukestorey.com/quantumupgrade and use code LUKE15 to start your 15-day free trial.JUST THRIVE | Head to justthrivehealth.com/luke and use code LUKE to save 20%.APOLLO NEURO | Visit apolloneuro.com/luke and use code LUKE for $99 off.

If you've ever wondered whether suffering can be meaningful without becoming your whole identity, this episode is for you. Vanessa explores the difference between suffering that humbles, transforms, and moves us toward greater honesty, and suffering that becomes a role, a claim, a performance, or a way to stay morally protected. Through depth psychology, meaning-making research, Viktor Frankl, Jung, terror management theory, Freud's mourning and melancholia, secondary gain, pathological altruism, and the martyr archetype, we look at why pain can become so hard to release when it has given us significance, belonging, or leverage. The question is not whether your suffering is real; the question is what it is doing.Applications are now open to the public for Cohort 4 of Inner Compass Academy. ICA is Vanessa's 10-week depth psychology training for therapists, coaches, space holders, creatives, seekers, and anyone called toward deeper work with shadow, the unconscious, embodiment, dreams, archetypes, relational patterns, and the symbolic life.Cohort 4 begins September 13. Learn more and apply here:https://www.vanessabennett.com/inner-compass-academyRESEARCH & REFERENCESCrystal Park — Meaning-Making After Stressful Life EventsResearch on meaning-making, including global and situational meaning and how people integrate stressful or traumatic experiences into broader beliefs, goals, and worldviews.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20192563/Ronnie Janoff-Bulman — Shattered AssumptionsExplores how trauma can disrupt fundamental assumptions about ourselves, other people, safety, meaning, and the world.https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Shattered-Assumptions/Ronnie-Janoff-Bulman/9780743236256Viktor Frankl — Man's Search for Meaning & LogotherapyFrankl's work on the human search for meaning, particularly in the context of suffering.https://www.viktorfrankl.org/books_by_vf.htmlhttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/538699/mans-search-for-meaning-by-viktor-e-frankl/Jung — The Religious Function of the PsycheA Jungian perspective on the psyche's production of religious, symbolic, and numinous material in relation to meaning and psychological wholeness.https://jungchicago.org/the-religious-functions-of-the-psyche/James Hollis — Jungian Psychology & the “Larger Life”Hollis's work explores suffering, meaning, the ego, and the movement toward what he describes as a larger life.https://jameshollis.net/“Martyr” — Etymology & the Meaning of WitnessThe etymology of martyr, tracing its roots through Latin and Greek martyr/martys, meaning “witness.”https://www.etymonline.com/word/martyrTerror Management TheoryResearch and theory concerning mortality awareness, existential anxiety, cultural worldviews, self-worth, meaning, and symbolic immortality.https://dictionary.apa.org/terror-management-theoryhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118430873.est0813https://doi.org/10.4135/9781071840801.n283Secondary Gain — APA Dictionary of PsychologyA psychological concept describing benefits or advantages that may arise from symptoms beyond their primary psychological function.https://dictionary.apa.org/secondary-gainSigmund Freud — Mourning and MelancholiaFreud's distinction between mourning and melancholia, including identification with the lost object, self-reproach, and the displacement of reproach toward the object onto the self.https://ia903101.us.archive.org/29/items/FreudMourningAndMelancholia/Freud_MourningAndMelancholia_text.pdfBarbara Oakley — Pathological AltruismExplores circumstances in which altruism, empathy, or helping behavior can produce unintended harmful consequences.https://barbaraoakley.com/books/pathological-altruism/Heinz Kohut — Self Psychology & the Grandiose SelfBackground on Kohut's self psychology, including self-esteem regulation, narcissistic development, external relationships, and the grandiose self.https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/nursing-and-health-professions/self-psychologyVanessa Bennett — Codependency, Martyrdom & Relational PatternsVanessa's clinical and depth-psychology framework for understanding codependency, overgiving, resentment, moral armor, indirect communication, and martyrdom within relationships. https://www.vanessabennett.com/If you want to go deeper, check out the written companion on Substack and explore community + training at https://www.vanessaBennett.com.Additional ResourcesExplore: VanessaBennett.comBook: The Motherhood MythCommunity: Inner Compass CollectiveTraining: Inner Compass AcademyConnect with Inner CompassFollow on InstagramConnect with Vanessa Bennett:Follow on InstagramFollow on TikTokLearn more on SubstackConnect with Vanessa Bennett on LinkedInSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

I've been thinking a lot about how we choose to see and interact with the people in our lives. Especially the ones we love the most.What if we could begin to see them not just as their choices, their behaviors, their wounds, or the stories we've created about them, but as souls having their own human experience?What happens when we stop trying to fix people?What happens when we release the need for them to be different so that we can be okay?And what happens when we remember that their soul journey is theirs, just as ours is ours?This is a deeper conversation about the spiritual side of Recover Your Soul, about remembering our wholeness, releasing judgment, and beginning to see the people around us in a different way.I'm sharing some of what I've been learning and experiencing, including some ideas about souls, our human experience, and why I believe the people who challenge us can sometimes be some of our greatest teachers.As always, take what you need and leave the rest.I'm just sharing what I'm discovering on my own journey, and I hope something in this conversation opens a new way of seeing for you too.

One of the powerful things about principle seven of celebrate recovery is that we have an opportunity to sit with the Father and allow Him, the teacher to speak. What if we slowed down long enough to ask what He is saying to us and what He is teaching us about ourselves and others and how we move forward as believers in Jesus Christ? In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of celebrate recovery, walks us through an exercise that he and his wife practice together to allow God's word to marinate and saturate their hearts toward change.

“Good Girl” consciousness isn't a personality trait. It's actually a rigid, self-righteous construct. It's a way you're trying to feel safe, loved and worthy; but truly it kills your desire, alienates you from others, diminishes your creativity and inhibits intimacy.In this episode, grace breaks down how the most common signs the good girl programming are running your nervous system, your relationships, and even your business. She traces where the programming comes from, why it often collapses into martyrdom or control, and what it takes to trade goodness for a more pleasurable, wild wholeness instead.We discuss —(0:33) what good girl consciousness is — a pattern in your nervous system and a paradigm about how the world works(6:55) not feeling “good enough” to want what you want(8:36) being rigid about everyone else's behavior and beliefs(12:41) believing it's your job to save others, and resenting those who aren't trying to “save the world”(15:39) the real point of a spiritual practice is not being a good person(19:34) driven by the fear of being misunderstood and performing so people won't leave you(33:41) the suffering artist story surrounding your gifts(40:02) pride in hyperindependence and the fear of “wanting too much”If you enjoyed the episode, check out —finding your true Gift

Do you constantly feel responsible for other people's happiness? Struggle to say no? Find yourself rescuing, fixing, or losing yourself in relationships? In this replay episode, we're revisiting one of our most practical conversations on codependency. Haley and Dustin unpack what codependency really is, why it's often misunderstood, and how unhealthy relationship patterns can quietly shape marriages, families, friendships, and even ministry. Together they explore the warning signs of codependency, the emotional and spiritual issues that often fuel it, and what Scripture teaches about healthy love, boundaries, and finding your identity in Christ instead of another person. Whether you've wondered if you're codependent or you're trying to help someone caught in an unhealthy relationship, this conversation offers biblical wisdom and practical steps toward healthier relationships and lasting freedom. Subscribe to the podcast and tune in each week as Haley and Dustin share with you what the Bible says about real-life issues with compassion, warmth, and wit.   So you have every reason for hope, for every challenge in life. Because hope means everything.   Hope Talks is a podcast of the ministry of Hope for the Heart.   Listen in to learn more    Hope for the Heart resources   Join us this fall at the Hope Together Conference! Learn more and sign up here: https://hopetogether.com/    Connect with Hope for the Heart on social!    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hopefortheheart   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hopefortheheart    Learn more about the ministry and resources of Hope for the Heart: https://www.hopefortheheart.org/    Learn more about Hope Talks and catch up on past episodes: https://www.hopefortheheart.org/hopetalks/    Want to talk with June Hunt on Hope in the Night about a difficult life issue? Schedule a time here: https://resource.hopefortheheart.org/talk-with-june-hope-in-the-night     God's plan for you: https://www.hopefortheheart.org/gods-plan-for-you      Give to the ministry of Hope for the Heart: https://hopefortheheart.donorsupport.co/page/hope-talks    ---------------------------- Bible verses mentioned in this episode   Jeremiah 31:3 -- “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.” Romans 5:8 – “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 8:38-39 – “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Betrayal Trauma Is Not Codependency Episode Summary For years, partners who have experienced sexual betrayal have sometimes been labeled as codependent or “co-addicted.” But is that an accurate way to understand what happens after betrayal? In this episode of the Human Intimacy Podcast, Dr. Kevin Skinner and MaryAnn Michaelis explore the important difference between betrayal trauma and codependency. They discuss research showing that the trauma symptoms experienced by betrayed partners are distinct from codependency and explain why labeling a betrayed partner as codependent can unintentionally shift responsibility away from the person who engaged in deception or betrayal. At the same time, codependent patterns can exist in any relationship. Kevin and MaryAnn explore what happens when we become afraid to speak honestly, avoid conflict, enable unhealthy behaviors, lose our sense of identity, or depend on another person to determine our worth. The conversation also explores the importance of differentiation—learning to remain connected to others without losing yourself. Healing means recognizing what belongs to you, taking responsibility for your own growth, setting healthy boundaries, developing your voice, and refusing to take responsibility for another person's choices. Ultimately, healthy relationships are not built by losing ourselves in another person. They are strengthened when two people develop a clear sense of who they are while learning how to love, support, and connect with each other. Resources Facing Codependence — Pia Mellody A foundational resource for understanding codependency, its origins, and developing a healthier sense of self. Codependent No More — Melody Beattie A classic resource for recognizing codependent patterns, developing boundaries, and learning healthier forms of self-care. The Other Side of Infidelity — Dr. Kevin Skinner | TEDxRiverton A presentation exploring the often-overlooked experience of betrayed partners and the traumatic impact of sexual betrayal. Learn More About Healing as a Couple If sexual betrayal has affected your relationship and you are trying to understand how to move forward together, learn more about the Intimacy Repair Method™. The Intimacy Repair Method provides couples with a structured approach for rebuilding emotional safety, restoring trust, understanding each partner's experience, and creating greater connection after betrayal. Visit IntimacyRepairMethod.com to learn more about resources, courses, and opportunities for couples.

David Canfield joins Katey and Chris Rosen to look at the fall offerings from the studio-based indie labels Focus Features, Sony Pictures Classics, and Searchlight Pictures. Then Katey talks to Charles Melton about how he tapped into his Gen Z side — as well as some very endearing cluelessness — to play his character Austin on the Emmy-nominated Beef. 00:00 Intro 01:24 Fall Preview: The Indie Labels 02:42 Searchlight's Big Bet: Wild Horse Nine 08:06 Behemoth Premieres At New York Film Fest 12:27 Sony Classics' Slate: Bunker And Beyond 13:40 John Turturro's Overdue Moment 18:25 Focus And The Obsession Phenomenon 21:53 Can Werewolf Follow Nosferatu? 25:22 Andrew Scott And Elsinore 31:45 Focus's Unsolved Mysteries 33:46 Women Directors 40:18 Next: Charles Melton 41:24 The Dinner That Launched Beef 43:37 Navigating Award Season Meetings 45:14 Directors As Film School 47:24 The Beef Viewing Diet 49:43 Why It's Funny, But Not Funny To Play 51:27 Austin's Dangerous Sweetness 54:22 Codependency, Books And Identity 55:36 Leaving The Role At Work 57:28 Playing Austin Davis 59:45 That Finale: A Happy Marriage? 01:01:47 What Do You Take From Every Role? ⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe today⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to Prestige Junkie After Party bonus episodes. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to the Prestige Junkie newsletter.  Follow Katey on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow The Ankler. 

Why Codependency Takes So Long to Heal A Live Workshop Episode with Lisa A. Romano, Breakthrough Life Coach Have you ever wondered why, even after years of self-help, therapy, or awareness, you still feel stuck in the same emotional patterns? Do you find yourself exhausted from overgiving, overthinking, fixing others, and trying to earn love, while slowly losing connection with yourself? If so, you are not failing. You may have been conditioned to focus on everyone else except yourself. In this powerful live workshop episode, Lisa A. Romano explains why codependency takes so long to heal and why many people stay trapped in subconscious patterns for decades without realizing it. Through deep psychological insight, nervous system awareness, and trauma-informed healing, Lisa reveals how codependents become hyper-focused on managing other people's emotions while unconsciously abandoning their authentic selves. This is not about weakness. It is about survival conditioning. In This Episode You'll Discover:

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Why do we worship and celebrate recovery? It's a question that's important for us to answer so that we understand that it's not just something we do apart from recovery but it's something that is very much setting the table and a part of the recovery process. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of celebrate recovery, will unpack his personal experiences around a recent celebrate recovery worship meeting, and some takeaways that he learned about the value of worship in a celebrate recovery meeting. Most of all, why it's more important than we realize.

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Sometimes the person standing in your way isn't someone else. It's the version of yourself that was created to survive. In this episode of the Power & Purpose Podcast, Vanessa Soul sits down with Steven Francisci—U.S. Navy Veteran, author, mental health advocate, and trauma awareness educator—to explore what it truly takes to heal from childhood conditioning, codependency, shame, religious deconstruction, and inherited identities. Steven shares the powerful story behind his memoir, From Ahole to Alright**, and explains how therapy, self-reflection, and conscious change transformed every area of his life. Together they discuss: • Why trauma creates protective identities • The Codependency Triangle (Victim • Rescuer • Persecutor) • How manipulation often disguises itself as love • Religious deconstruction and questioning inherited beliefs • Radical self-awareness without self-shame • Healing the inner critic • Journaling, art therapy, breathwork and shadow work • Letting go of certainty and learning to trust life • Returning to love as your true identity Whether you're beginning your healing journey or have been doing inner work for years, this conversation offers practical insights and profound perspective for becoming more fully yourself.

If you're in a neurodiverse relationship — whether you're ADHD, autistic, or both — intimacy can be one of the most complicated things to navigate. In this episode, Mona Kay & I get real about routines, spontaneity, physical intimacy, and the hidden pattern that quietly undermines intimacy for neurodiverse couples: fawning. From date night strategies that actually work, to what happens when one partner has learned to tolerate instead of communicate — this conversation goes places most podcasts won't.

Step into a deeply honest, courageous, and eye-opening conversation with Ralph Brewer, founder of Help For Men and creator of Dad Starting Over, on this episode of Intimate Conversations: Dark Night to Divine Light. Ralph's work has helped hundreds of thousands of men rebuild their confidence, heal after divorce, navigate relationship breakdowns, and rediscover themselves through personal responsibility rather than blame. Drawing from his own painful journey through infidelity, divorce, co-parenting, and emotional healing, Ralph shares how what once felt like the greatest failure of his life ultimately became the foundation of his life's purpose. What began as surviving a devastating marriage evolved into mentoring men around the world toward healthier relationships—with themselves first. Together, Allana and Ralph explore the hidden dynamics behind "dead bedrooms," emotional disconnection, anxious attachment, codependency, and the patterns that quietly destroy intimacy long before relationships end. Ralph vulnerably explains how many men unknowingly become trapped in people-pleasing, reassurance-seeking, and "Nice Guy Syndrome," only to realize that true attraction begins with becoming emotionally secure rather than trying harder to earn love. The conversation moves beyond relationship advice into something much deeper: self-awareness. Rather than focusing on blaming a partner for betrayal or emotional distance, both Allana and Ralph discuss the transformative power of radical ownership. They explore how healing begins when we become willing to examine our own blind spots, attachment wounds, fears, and unconscious behaviors without excusing harmful actions from others. Throughout the episode, they unpack why so many people ignore their intuition in relationships. Ralph shares how insecurity often causes us to overlook obvious warning signs because we fear losing love more than we value listening to ourselves. Together they discuss the importance of learning to trust uncomfortable feelings rather than immediately trying to suppress or escape them. A powerful part of the discussion centers on emotional healing and the courage to simply feel. Ralph explains that many men are conditioned to suppress grief, fear, sadness, and vulnerability, believing strength means emotional silence. Instead, he argues that emotional resilience comes from allowing difficult feelings to exist without immediately trying to fix, numb, or avoid them.  Allana beautifully expands on this idea by exploring how unprocessed emotions become stored within the body and eventually impact our relationships, health, and overall well-being. She explains how healing the emotional body often transforms physical symptoms, confidence, posture, intimacy, and self-worth in ways many people never expect. The conversation also explores what happens when genuine personal growth changes the trajectory of a relationship. Ralph explains that as many men become healthier, more emotionally secure, and more authentic, they sometimes discover that their relationship was built on unhealthy foundations. While painful, they discuss how choosing truth over comfort can become one of the greatest acts of love—for themselves, their children, and even their former partners. Allana and Ralph speak candidly about conscious uncoupling, raising emotionally healthy children, and releasing the shame often associated with divorce. Rather than seeing the end of a relationship as failure, they invite listeners to view it as an opportunity for growth, accountability, compassion, and creating healthier models of love for future generations. The conversation concludes by highlighting the importance of community, mentorship, and authentic male friendship. Ralph shares why he created The Brotherhood—a space where men can openly discuss struggles that are rarely spoken about elsewhere, receive support without judgment, and learn that vulnerability is not weakness but one of the greatest expressions of courage. We also talk about: Healing after infidelity and divorce Dead bedrooms and emotional disconnection Codependency and "Nice Guy Syndrome" Radical self-ownership Learning to trust intuition Sitting with uncomfortable emotions Physical health and emotional well-being Masculinity and emotional vulnerability Conscious uncoupling and co-parenting Personal responsibility versus blame Brotherhood, mentorship, and community Becoming secure from within rather than seeking external validation This episode is a powerful reminder that healing doesn't begin when someone else changes—it begins when we become willing to face ourselves with honesty, compassion, and courage. Sometimes the path to finding real love begins by learning that you are already enough. About Ralph: Ralph Brewer is the founder of Help For Men and creator of Dad Starting Over, two influential platforms supporting men through divorce, dead bedrooms, and modern relationship breakdowns. He is the author of five books, including his most recognized title, The Dead Bedroom Fix, which has earned hundreds of 5-star reviews on Amazon and become a go-to resource for men ready to reclaim their confidence and clarity. Ralph combines honest storytelling with practical guidance—offering mentorship, not therapy—to help men rebuild their lives, relationships, and self-worth. Through coaching programs, digital courses, and his private Brotherhood community, he provides tools men can actually use. Whether you're divorced, stuck in a strained marriage, or just feeling invisible, Ralph's message meets men where they are—and calls them to lead themselves forward.   Connect with Ralph: Website www.helpformen.com Facebook URL www.facebook.com/realhelpformen Instagram URL @realhelpformen YouTube URL @realhelpformen Twitter URL @realhelpformen Go deeper with me inside The Intimate World. patreon.com/AllanaPratt #TheIntimateWorld

Sometimes boundaries can be misinterpreted as a means to reject, control, or even push people away as a sense or source of punishment. But what is the heart behind boundaries? What was God's design in scriptures that we can learn from the value and importance of boundaries. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of celebrate recovery, discusses boundaries and the heart behind them and what our posture should be as we practice boundaries with the people around us in Ministry and our recovery.

In this episode of Perfect Prey, I'm joined by Richard Grannon, author of A Cult of One, psychology educator, and internationally recognized voice on narcissistic abuse recovery.Together, we explore one of the most misunderstood questions surrounding coercive control: Why do victims stay? Richard offers a thought-provoking perspective on trauma, attachment, power, and the psychological mechanisms that keep people trapped in abusive relationships. We also discuss how these same dynamics impact children growing up in coercively controlling family systems and why healing requires far more than simply "walking away."This conversation challenges traditional ideas about codependency, explores the concept of the "cult of one," and examines how coercive control creates an environment where victims gradually lose trust in themselves while becoming increasingly dependent on the abuser.What we cover•The psychology behind coercive control•Why victims stay in abusive relationships•The "Cult of One" concept•Trauma bonding and attachment•Codependency versus subjugation•Why children align with abusive parents•Power dynamics in coercively controlling families•Ego resilience and recovery•Betrayal by family court and legal systems•Why understanding abuse is essential for healingWhy listenWhether you're a survivor, protective parent, therapist, attorney, or advocate, this episode offers a deeper understanding of why coercive control is so difficult to recognize—and even harder to escape. Richard Grannon provides a fresh perspective on recovery while challenging long-held assumptions about abuse, trauma, and victimization.Guest BioRichard Grannon is the author of A Cult of One, a psychology educator, speaker, and internationally recognized expert on narcissistic abuse recovery and complex trauma. With a background in behavioral psychology and over a decade of educating survivors worldwide, Richard helps people understand coercive control, establish healthy boundaries, and rebuild their lives after psychological abuse.Connect with Richard GrannonWebsitehttps://richardgrannon.com/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/@RichardGrannonInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/richard.grannon/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/RICHARDGRANNON/X (Twitter)https://x.com/RichardGrannonConnect with Dr. Christine

Send us Fan Mail Gerald grew up in Chicago searching for somewhere he belonged. That search eventually led him into drugs, the rap and nightclub scene, crack cocaine addiction, and years of destructive relationships that nearly cost him everything. Find Gerald's BookSupport the showSEIU-WestWellness NewsParenting in the Storm Check out Parenting in the Storm HEREAre you getting something from our content? Tap here and buy us a coffee to say thanks and help us keep this train on the tracks!Check out the speakeasy podcastFollow Daniel Unmanageable on FacebookFollow Project Sparky We've got fresh merch and it's amazing! Pick yours up HEREFor business or speaking inquiries: Daniel@hardknoxtalks.comFollow Hard Knox TalksFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/hardknoxtalkspodcast/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hardknoxtalks/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hardknoxtalks?lang=en Check us out on YouTube:ht...

If only someone had told us these things sooner... It's already that time of year again. In today's birthday episode of Hot & Unbothered, spend another B(ri)-day with your host, Brianna Gomez, as we sit down for an intentional best-friend chat while the sun sets on my final day of being twenty-three. From codependency and people-pleasing to grief, faith, healing, relationships, confidence, slowing down, and learning how to become comfortable in your own skin, I'm sharing the twenty-three lessons that changed me most this year and the hard truths I wish I'd learned sooner. So grab a blanket, light a candle, pull out your journal, and let's talk.

Stop losing yourself to love. What if codependency isn't just about your relationships with other people, but your relationship with yourself? In this episode, John and Vanessa explore why recovering from codependency is really about building a stronger sense of identity. They explain how people pleasing, lacking boundaries, and fearing rejection can keep us disconnected from who we really are, and why choosing authenticity over self-abandonment is essential for healthier relationships. In this episode: • Why codependency recovery is really identity work • How people pleasing can become a way to avoid yourself • The connection between resentment, boundaries, and self-abandonment • Why some relationships change or end when you begin healing • The difference between healthy love and the version of love many of us were taught • How corrective experiences help you build a stronger relationship with yourself If you enjoyed this episode, follow the podcast, leave a rating, and share it with someone who might need to hear it.

Dr. Sarah Michaud is a clinical psychologist, author and podcast host. Her work focuses on co-dependency and addiction. Using over 30 years of experience, Dr. Michaud discusses what co-dependency actually is, how to heal from it, and the complexities of healing from addiction.    Following Dr. Michauds work at: https://drsarahmichaud.com/ Leaving Crazy Town Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/leaving-crazytown/id1755264081 Co-Crazy: One Psychologist's Recovery from Codependency and Addiction: A Memoir and Roadmap to Freedom   Mental Maps is brought to you by Arukah Well, a virtual holistic mental health service. To learn more check out www.arukahwell.co or on Instagram @arukahwelllife   Keywords: codependency, addiction, mental health, relationships, self-awareness, recovery, emotional health

Angela Harger-Thompson had moved to Hollywood to make it big in showbiz but soon fell victim to a devastating assault. There to comfort her was her intermittent boyfriend. She really liked him and thought his offer of a four-week, 4000 mile sailing voyage on the Pacific Ocean, accompanies by a small crew of strangers and a dog seemed like a good idea. The claustrophobic pressure of that situation, combined with the dangers of ocean travel, was compounded by the rapid emergence of the covid pandemic. That meant closed borders, dwindling provisions, and a fear of what would come next. Angela tells us of the codependency in play in this situation, how they finally reached semi-friendly shores, how the romance crumbled hard, and the fallout that ensued. It's all detailed in her new book, Worst Tits Ever, a title that sprang from an angry missive from what had become her very much EX-boyfriend. Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of Maximum Fun. Check out our I'm Glad You're Here and Depresh Mode merchandise at the brand new merch website MaxFunStore.com! Hey, remember, you're part of Depresh Mode and we want to hear what you want to hear about. What guests and issues would you like to have covered in a future episode? Write us at depreshmode@maximumfun.org. Depresh Mode is on BlueSky, Instagram, Substack, and you can join our Preshies Facebook group.  Help is available right away. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 or 1-800-273-8255, 1-800-273-TALK Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741. International suicide hotline numbers available here: https://www.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joindepresh

This Week, We Delve Into Our Relationship With Money   Have you ever worked tirelessly and still felt like financial ease was always just out of reach? So many high-achieving women find themselves caught in high-functioning codependency, juggling every responsibility while quietly setting their own needs aside. The body grows tired. The spirit grows tired. And somewhere along the way, women start to believe their own desires and decisions are the problem.   They are not. There is a pattern underneath this, woven by years of conditioning, and it is ready to be upgraded.   In today's episode, I'm speaking with Sarah Walton, a business strategist with 17 years of sacred work as a receiving expert, helping high-achieving women recalibrate their relationship with money, power, and visibility. Featured on The Today Show and international stages, Sarah has a gift for spotting the pattern beneath the problem and shifting it fast. Through private mentorship, The Art of Receiving, and The Abundance Academy, she guides women to scale their income without abandoning themselves along the way.   Sarah and I dish on:  - Desire and manifestation as sacred fuel for a fulfilling life  - The pattern of high-functioning codependency and its weight on women  - How women's natural gift for multitasking can tip into over-functioning when left unchecked  - The ancestral and societal conditioning shaping women's relationship with money, power, visibility, and sexuality  - Practical tools for stepping into financial freedom and full authenticity   Sarah's work is medicine for any woman ready to stop negotiating with herself and start receiving fully, the income, the visibility, and the power that have been waiting for her all along.   Subscribe now so you'll never miss an episode and leave us a review! It really helps us know which content resonates with you the most.   Join our Feminine Business Magic Facebook Group (https://tinyurl.com/ygdkw7ce)  with your host, Julie Foucht. This is a community of women dedicated to connecting, supporting, and celebrating each other in growing businesses that honor their Divine Feminine while filling their bank accounts abundantly.   Resources mentioned:   Take the Witchpreneur Quiz and discover which Feminine Magic is your Key to Financial Success. (https://bit.ly/witchpreneur-quiz)   Purchase Love-Based Feminine Marketing (https://tinyurl.com/ydmzb6qz)      Listen to Sarah Walton's The Game On Girlfriend Podcast at https://sarahwalton.com/podcast/   Sarah Walton's Free Gift:  Download the FREEDOM CALCULATOR and discover how much your business needs to make so you can finally be FREE: https://sarahwalton.com/freedom/   **Contact Sarah Walton via Facebook or https://sarahwalton.com/**   **Connect with Julie Foucht via Facebook (https://tinyurl.com/yeb82uuj) or email at https://juliefoucht.com/**

It's a beautiful prayer that we read every single week at Celebrate Recovery. This prayer, written by Reinhold Niebuhr, is more than just a rote group of words that we recite for convenience to close out our CR services and small groups. No, these are deeper words with a great meaning to help us in our day-to-day recovery interactions. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, recites the prayer and gives some thoughts around the meaning for some central phrases in this important prayer.

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Steve Rotermund spent 13 years trying to save his wife from addiction while quietly falling apart himself. As a pastor, he preached freedom while hiding his own codependency and shame — until it cost him his church and his faith. This is his story: the collapse, the counselor who called out his codependency in one session, and the journey back to God and himself. Steve now leads Walk Right Community, a faith-based space for spouses and partners of people battling addiction.00:00 Introduction to Steve Rotermund and Walk Right Community 00:58 Steve's childhood: abandonment, abuse, and growing up "not good enough" 02:13 Feeling called to ministry through Promise Keepers 02:58 Discovering his wife's addiction to pain medication 03:52 Moving to Columbus, Ohio and getting pulled back into church 05:00 Becoming a children's pastor while hiding his wife's relapse 06:23 Living a double life: ministry on the outside, chaos at home 09:07 Starting a new church to escape the shame 10:00 The breaking point in front of the congregation 11:13 Walking away from the church and from God 11:27 Two years of trying to fix everything alone 12:53 The counselor who called him "part of the problem" 14:03 Steve's definition of codependency and being "the savior" 16:36 Tracing the roots of his shame back to childhood 21:01 Learning he was still living like an "adopted son" in Christ 22:04 Seven years of untangling identity from codependency 24:12 How the devil keeps people stuck without transformation 27:46 What Steve would tell spouses carrying shame for someone else's addiction 30:39 The vision behind Walk Right Community 34:07 Learning it's not his job to fix people 36:03 The moment he had to forgive himself 39:15 Two truths Steve wishes someone had told him sooner 41:44 Why kids are watching the sober parent, not the addict 45:51 Steve's message of hope and freedom 47:00 Where to find Walk Right Community and Reclaiming Your IdentityLearn more: partnersofaddicts.com Podcast: Reclaiming Your Identity

World-renowned relationship expert Dr. John Gray returns to Inner Voice to share the science behind lasting love — and why happiness starts with you, not your relationship status. Dr. Gray, author of the groundbreaking bestseller *Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus*, joins Dr. Foojan Zeine to unpack his newest book, *Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus — For Women Only: Be Happy With or Without a Man*, diving into hormonal science, communication, and what it really takes to build a relationship that lasts. Dr. Gray explains how women can find happiness both in and outside of relationships by learning hormonal balance and healthy self-sufficiency — and why real independence, used the right way, doesn't threaten love but strengthens it. He compares emotional support to vitamins that work together: men and women each provide something the other can't, and when a person feels "not enough," it pushes their partner further away rather than closer. The conversation goes deep into the biology of love: how stress hormones like cortisol shut down our ability to feel connected, why men are experiencing a testosterone crisis, and how the right kind of communication can help men naturally raise estradiol in women — boosting romance, happiness, and reducing stress. Dr. Gray also breaks down the real meaning of masculine and feminine empowerment, introduces his "Venus Talk" technique for emotional expression without conflict, and reveals the healthy hero paradigm — how making a man feel appreciated fuels mutual fulfillment, devotion, and hormonal balance for both partners.

So we've been talking about the things to be aware of in the language around choices that we make, and the identity pieces connected to our choices, but what are some practical ways and things that we can be doing to combat the challenges against our identity as we take ownership, responsibility and accept God's invitation to honesty and ownership to face our choices while sustaining and maintaining our true identity in Christ? In this part 2 episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, will walk us through practical steps to consider and how we change how we talk to ourselves in the midst of mistakes and challenges in life.

Taking responsibility for someone else's happiness feels like love. There's a case that it's actually control.Steph unpacks the hidden dynamics of codependency and people pleasing, and why taking responsibility for someone else's happiness can actually be disempowering. She breaks down how old saboteurs convince us that managing other people's emotions is our job, and why that belief keeps us stuck in shaky, unbalanced relationships. She walks through what it looks like to release that need for control, take radical ownership of your own feelings, and let the people you love do the same.In this episode you'll discover:The argument that "fixing" other people's emotions could be a selfish actHow saboteurs and old childhood coping patterns create people-pleasing and codependent habitsWhy trying to control someone else's happiness is disempowering, not helpfulYour takeaways:Notice the exact moment you step in to manage someone else's mood, and check in with how it feels in your body before you actTell the people in your life you believe they're capable of handling their own emotions, instead of stepping in to fix things for themRelease the need for control in your relationships so they can become more genuine, connected, and honestChapters00:00 Introduction: personal happiness and where our responsibility lies02:10 The coach who called fixing others a selfish act05:30 Why coaching assumes people are capable, resourceful, and whole08:15 Saboteurs, childhood patterns, and the roots of people pleasing11:40 Defining codependency and the illusion of control14:00 Two steps to break the pattern: awareness and new behavior17:20 Taking radical ownership of your own happiness19:00 Closing thoughts and sign-off

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Codependency is a complicated, controversial topic that no one quite agrees upon. Anney and Samantha unpack why this is such a complex issue and how the understanding of it has evolved over time, especially when it comes to gender norms and women.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After seven months away from the mic, Megan is back with a guest who matches the moment. Deborah Santana is the daughter of a pioneering interracial couple, jazz musician Saunders King and Jo Frances King, and she spent thirty four years as the wife of music legend Carlos Santana, raising their three children and helping run Santana Management from the inside. In this conversation, Deborah and Megan talk about what happens when the roles we build our identity around, wife, mother, caretaker, even drinker, start to fall away, and who we find underneath them. They dig into codependency, boundaries, meditation as a daily practice, the slow and sometimes decades long process of walking away from alcohol, and what it looks like to keep growing and reinventing yourself well into your seventies.Deborah also shares the story behind the "How to Walk Through Fire" section of her new memoir, a guide she wrote for anyone standing in the middle of their own flames trying to decide which way to go.Follow SobahSistahs on Instagram

Are you confusing codependency with love? After divorce, it's easy to believe that anxiety, constant togetherness, or always needing reassurance are signs of love. But what if they're actually signs of codependency?In this episode, Erica shares how healing after divorce helped her move from anxious attachment to interdependence, rebuild trust, and reconnect with herself. Learn the signs of codependency, how your nervous system shapes relationships, and practical steps to create healthier, more secure love.Together, we'll unpack what codependency really looks like, why healthy relationships can initially feel unfamiliar, and how learning to trust yourself changes everything. If you've ever lost yourself in a relationship or wondered why secure love feels so different, this episode will help you understand what's happening beneath the surface.

Are you confused about what it means to be codependent? Do you ever wonder what codependency looks like in practice? If you're nodding your head yes, that's understandable. In my experience, there is often confusion around the topic of codependency, with a ton of misconceptions and a plethora of myths clouding up what it looks like in real life.  In today's episode, I'm delivering rock-solid clarity about what codependency is by showing you what it's not. Ready for some major myth-busting?! Let's go! Read the show notes for today's episode at terricole.com/349

In this episode, I sit down with Michelle Chalfant, holistic therapist, life coach, and creator of The Adult Chair model, whose podcast has surpassed 11 million downloads and whose work has helped thousands of people heal codependency, emotional wounds, and relationship patterns at the root. Michelle shares her five-pillar methodology for living as a healthy adult — covering how to own your reality, build self-compassion, feel your emotions, work your triggers, and set boundaries that actually stick — and we go deep on narcissism, codependency, why we keep attracting the same people, and what it actually takes to change the signal we're putting out. She also shares practical tools, free resources, and one of the funniest and most grounding stories I have heard in a long time.This one is rich, practical, and full of permission to do this work in a way that actually makes sense.Connect with Michelle:https://www.theadultchair.com/https://www.instagram.com/themichellechalfantFree Course: https://courses.theadultchair.com/offers/z2vYXUwr/checkout Adult Chair Book: https://courses.theadultchair.com/the-adult-chair-book WORK WITH ME 1:1:❥Softening into self- 3 month 1:1 with Whats App Support: https://marina-yt.mykajabi.com/offers/PAWQhZHu❥❥1:1 Coaching with me: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWcZM5s9c2OjOLwoGMI5jE6rh_JAzjN2d_vCtuVe7e3pVGxw/viewformDOWNLOAD FOR FREE:Stay or Go: 5 Clarity Questions to Reconnect with Your Inner Knowing: https://marinatriner.com/stay-or-go-guideAttatchment Practice: Discover the actual blocks beneath the surface so you can actually have the deep intimacy you crave: https://marinatriner.com/attachment-practice Connect & Ground: 10 Incredible Somatic Practices for Nervous System Regulation: https://marinatriner.com/connect-and-groundAlive & Aligned: 7 Embodiment Practices For Self Connection: https://marinatriner.com/alive-and-alignedTrigger to Rooted: A step by step process of working with your triggers: https://marinatriner.com/trigger-2-rooted VIEW MY COURSES & RESOURCES:https://marinatriner.com/resources CONNECT WITH  ME:Follow me on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/marinatriner/ Subscribe to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@marinatriner Top Episode Quotes:"Codependency is an identity we form when we're younger. Other people become our oxygen to exist in the world — and we don't even know we're doing it." — Michelle Chalfant"No one can trigger you. You are triggered because you have an unconscious belief inside of you that's being activated by them." — Michelle Chalfant"When you can say I wonder why this is happening for me — not to me, for me — you pivot out of the victim seat and into empowerment." — Michelle Chalfant"Boundary scripts do nothing if you don't feel worthy. You've got to set boundaries chin down — fully embodied, believing what you're saying." — Michelle Chalfant"Self-compassion is the Kryptonite to shame. You have to reach for that voice, cultivate it — it is a conscious choice." — Michelle Chalfantsomatic healing, nervous system regulation, trauma healing, inner child work, emotional regulation, narcissism, codependency healing, people pleasing, attachment healing, self worth, self compassion, triggers and trauma, relational healing, boundaries, adult chair, embodiment, survival mode, burnout recovery, deep within podcast, Michelle Chalfant 

Understanding the difference between the things and choices that we've made compared to who we are in Christ is such an essential part to moving from the pit of despair and shame to the mountain top of life and grace. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field, Director of Celebrate Recovery, unpacked some practical things to remember and how we can get stuck in the identity piece when we think about the choices that we've made.

Listen without ads on patreon: www.patreon.com/dopeypodcast This week on Dopey! We kick things off catching up with Dopey Nation, talking recovery, life, and the strange little community that's grown around this dumb podcast on drugs, addiction, and dumb shit. We dive into a listener voicemail about loving an addict, codependency, and the painful reality that sometimes helping someone means stepping back. As always, there's plenty of laughter, honesty, and reminders that none of us have to do this alone. Then Ben Croxton sits down and tells one of the wildest stories we've ever featured. Ben grew up homeschooled in rural Alabama before drugs completely hijacked his life. What started with weed turned into pills, OxyContin, cocaine, meth, and eventually heroin. He talks about getting kicked out of homeschool for smoking weed, discovering drug culture while working at Outback Steakhouse, stealing anything that wasn't nailed down, shooting cocaine at eighteen years old, smoking meth out of homemade light bulbs, surviving overdoses, watching friends get murdered over meth deals, and somehow waking up every day to do it all again. Somehow, it doesn't end there. Ben eventually finds recovery, rebuilds his life one day at a time, and becomes one of the people behind the scenes helping Dopey grow into the community it is today. It's funny, heartbreaking, completely unfiltered, and a reminder that no matter how far things go, recovery is still possible. PLUS MORE! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Laura Clery has built a massive digital empire, of over 25 million followers, offering her own blend of silly sketch comedy and unflinchingly vulnerable reality. In this interview, Laura tells Margaret about her new memoir, WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU MAKES YOU HOTTER , and the unraveling of a marriage shaped by sobriety, relapse, codependency, fame, and the pressure of living so much of life online. Laura and Margaret discuss: Her experience raising a child on the autism spectrum What happens when a relationship falls apart in public Why it can be hard to recognize destructive patterns from the inside How motherhood has made Laura brave Here's where you can find Laura: @laura.clery on FB @lauraclery on IG and TikTok @LauraMarieClery on YouTube Listen to Laura's podcast Idiot Buy WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU MAKES YOU HOTTER: https://bookshop.org/a/12099/9781668087343 What Fresh Hell is co-hosted by Amy Wilson and Margaret Ables. We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: ⁠https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Jo explains codependency as a pattern where someone becomes overly focused on fixing, rescuing, or carrying another person's problems while losing touch with their own needs and identity. She says its emotional roots often come from insecurity, fear of rejection, and weak boundaries, not just addiction-related relationships. According to Dr. Jo, recovery begins with self-awareness and self-love, including the willingness to say “I can't do this anymore” and let other people take responsibility for their own choices. She also emphasizes that healing grows stronger through clear boundaries, supportive relationships, and identity-building practices like therapy, exercise, yoga, community, and other forms of self-care.(00:00:41) Taking Care of Two People Relationship(00:05:02) Kindness with boundaries versus validation-seeking caretaking(00:15:05) Love or Anxiety? Fear of Abandonment Unmasked(00:21:05) Translucent Bubble Boundaries for Recovering Codependency(00:23:44) Saying no as a huge victory(00:27:22) Doing the Work Separately, But Together(00:34:35) Building Identity Through Community-Based Support Systems(00:37:39) Looking into your left eye with affirmations

Q&A Live from the Wisdom of the Sages annual Tuscany retreat. How does a bhakti practitioner maintain boundaries with a parent whose behavior has been harmful — without abandoning dharma or their own wellbeing? How do you help teenage daughters navigate comparison and self-worth in the age of social media? And how do we balance codependency with the aspect of mercy — in the context of the guru/disciple relationship? ******************************************************************** LOVE THE PODCAST? WE ARE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN! Go to https://www.wisdomofthesages.com WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtube.com/@WisdomoftheSages LISTEN ON ITUNES: https://podcasts/apple.com/us/podcast/wisdom-of-the-sages/id1493055485 CONNECT ON FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/wisdomofthesages108 *********************************************************************

"Is she entitled? Or have you just been serving yourself up on a platter?" My therapist asked me that years ago, while I was mid-rant about a friend who kept asking me for favors. It stopped me cold, and it changed how I understood my own patterns. If you're the one who says "I got it" before anyone finishes asking, who anticipates everyone's needs, who lies awake wondering if you came off as selfish, this episode is for you. It's part one of a two-part series on boundaries and high functioning codependency, and I'm breaking down why boundaries are so hard for those of us who over-give, auto-accommodate, and self-sacrifice on autopilot.  You'll learn what boundaries are made of (your preferences, desires, limits, and deal breakers), how HFC traits create disordered boundaries, and why healthy boundaries are the bridge to the relationships you want. Ready for the scripts? Part two, with word-for-word boundary scenarios, is at terricole.com/718. This episode is part of our Best of The Terri Cole Show summer series: the most-requested episodes of the show, back to back, while new episodes are in the works for fall. Get the free assessment guide for this episode: terricole.com/guide Listen to part two: terricole.com/718 Find out where you stand with boundaries: boundaryquiz.com

What Is Codependency, And Do You Have It? A Live Workshop Episode with Lisa A. Romano, Breakthrough Life Coach Do you find yourself constantly focused on other people's problems, emotions, and behaviors, while feeling empty, overwhelmed, or disconnected from yourself? Do you struggle with boundaries, overgiving, or feeling responsible for how others feel? If so, you are not broken. You may be operating from a pattern you were never taught to see. In this powerful live workshop episode, Lisa A. Romano breaks down what codependency really is, beyond surface-level definitions. With deep psychological insight and lived experience, Lisa explains why codependency is not just about relationships, it is a subconscious pattern rooted in childhood conditioning that shapes how you think, feel, and relate to the world. This is not about fixing others. It is about finding yourself. In This Episode You'll Discover:

Triggers, triggers, triggers. In celebrate recovery our goal is not to eliminate triggers from someone's life, but to help prepare someone to face them with health, courage, and strength. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, wraps up the conversation around triggers with some practical tools to help us face those with courage and strength.  He gives us some tools and ways that will enable us to stay on a healthy road to recovery and not live in a place of condemnation, but of conviction that leads to healing and growth.

⁠⁠⁠LEARN HOW TO JOURNALSPEAK In this episode, I'm joined by Béa Albina, nurse practitioner, somatic practitioner, and the author and creator of Emotional Outsourcing, for a conversation that gets right to the heart of why so many of us abandon ourselves in the name of being good, helpful, agreeable, easy, impressive, or needed. Béa defines emotional outsourcing as the chronic habit of sourcing our safety, belonging, and worth from everyone and everything outside of ourselves, instead of from within, and we unpack how deeply this pattern can become wired into the nervous system. For so many of us, especially women raised inside cultural expectations to be pleasant, useful, low-maintenance, and not “too much,” people pleasing and codependency were not personality flaws. They were survival strategies. This conversation is such an important bridge between the emotional life and the body. We talk about the way chronic self-abandonment, resentment, perfectionism, hypervigilance, and the constant scanning of other people's moods can create a fertile environment for symptoms, anxiety, and nervous system dysregulation. Béa and I explore why awareness is the first doorway into healing, how somatic practices help us come back into relationship with ourselves, and why the smallest “newborn kitten steps” can be the beginning of profound change. We also talk about boundaries, self-compassion, the power of intentional language, and what it really means to stop outsourcing your sense of worth and begin building safety inside your own body. In this episode, we discuss emotional outsourcing as a new way to understand codependency, perfectionism, and people pleasing; why women are so often conditioned to disconnect from their needs in order to stay loved and accepted; how the nervous system learns to prioritize everyone else's comfort over internal stability; the connection between self-silencing, resentment, chronic symptoms, and emotional repression; why somatic awareness and JournalSpeak are so aligned; how to begin asking the body what it needs; why boundaries are not about controlling other people but about deciding how we will take care of ourselves; and how self-compassion becomes the foundation for real healing instead of just another thing we try to perform perfectly. Béa's work is compassionate, practical, funny, deeply intelligent, and beautifully aligned with the core message of this podcast: you are not broken, your body is not betraying you, and the patterns that once protected you can be understood, softened, and changed. This is a conversation about coming home to yourself, not in a cheesy way, but in the most biologically necessary way. Because when we stop living as if everyone else gets to decide whether we are safe, lovable, and worthy, the nervous system finally has a chance to exhale. Where to find Béa: Listen to her podcast, Feminist Wellness, read her book, End Emotional Outsourcing: How to Overcome Your Codependent, Perfectionist and People-Pleasing Habits, and find her on social media under her full name, Beatriz Victoria Albina NP. Lisa and I will be teaching at ⁠⁠Miraval Austin from September 25–27 ⁠⁠for a relaxing, immersive retreat experience rooted in this work. You can learn more by visiting ⁠⁠www.NicoleSachs.com⁠⁠ and clicking the Retreats tab. Find me at ⁠⁠www.NicoleSachs.com⁠⁠, on Instagram ⁠⁠@nicolesachslcsw⁠⁠, and inside my ⁠⁠Heal with Nicole community⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUBSCRIBE TO MY NEW SUBSTACK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! So excited about this one :)) Want your questions answered directly by me?

Today I'm talking about one of my favorite topics and one of the most important parts of becoming a healthy adult: learning how to feel your feelings. So many of us were never taught how to tune into what is happening inside of us. We learned to think, perform, push through, numb out, fix others, or disconnect from our feelings altogether. But when we do not know how to feel, we also lose connection with our intuition, empathy, self-trust, and the inner parts of us that need our attention. In this episode, I break down why feeling your feelings matters, how it helps us become whole, and why it is such an important part of healing codependency, connecting with the inner child, and becoming more emotionally intelligent. I also share practical ways to begin, including body scans, journaling, inner child work, and gently working with the parts of you that may feel blocked or resistant. Key Takeaways Feeling your feelings helps you become a more whole and connected human Many of us learned to numb, suppress, or avoid our feelings because we were never taught what to do with them Emotional intelligence is just as important as intellectual intelligence Feeling your feelings helps strengthen intuition and inner guidance Empathy grows when we are able to feel and understand our own internal experience Codependency begins to heal when we redirect our energy back to ourselves instead of constantly focusing on others Feelings only stay stuck when we attach stories, assumptions, or meaning to them Journaling can help move feelings out of the body and onto the page Inner child work is a powerful way to reconnect with your feelings Resistance to feeling is often a protective part that needs compassion, not judgment Resources from this Episode: Inner Child Meditation   MORE MICHELLE CHALFANT Website: https://www.michellechalfant.com Membership: The Adult Chair® Collective https://www.michellechalfant.com/collective  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themichellechalfant Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheMichelleChalfant The Adult Chair® Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theadultchair YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Michellechalfant

When you reflect on your personality, why do you think you are the way you are? Is it due to your nature or your experiences? In today's episode, Rachel reflects on this question with her own personality - much of which she thinks is the result of her childhood. She opens up about codependency and a sense of internal stress and urgency that never seems to leave, no matter how little there is on her to-do list. On a journey of healing and upheaval, she talks about the therapy she is doing right now, the parenting style she has, and her dynamic with family that all play a role in her codependency and inner motivations. At the end of the day, this episode will remind you that there is time for you - no matter how long it takes you to put all the puzzle pieces of your life together. Tune in for a vulnerable share and open dialogue. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices