From working with one of rock's most influential bands KISS to being a Florida Supreme Court Family Law Mediator, Mary a Licensed mental health counsellor, is here to wake us up from the codependent funk. 

Today we cover:

// What is codependency?

// How Ted Bundy utilised codependency to trap his victims.

// Why healing codependency is a matter of survival.

// Why codependency is a form of self-harm. 

// The narcissist / codependent attraction. 

// How do you know if you’re the narcissist or the codependent party? 

// How codependents & narcissists use people to medicate themselves.

// How to undo a lifetime of codependent habits and learn to set healthy boundaries. 

// Steps to take to avoid relapsing into codependency.

// The difference between compassion and compulsion when setting boundaries as a codependent & the role of the vagus nerve.

// The difference between collaborating and compromising. 

// How to leave a codependent relationship you can’t save.

Find Mary  http://www.winterhavencounseling.com

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