Do you feel responsible for other people’s happiness? Do you feel like you have to give an answer or react to a situation quickly? Are you behaving in ways that you know are not true to you, but you do it anyway to lessen anxiety? Do you feel pressure to keep the peace?

Ginny and Amanda go all in on codependency, revealing their own experience with codependency while exposing some hard truths. Insightful acknowledgment of their own behavior will help you to recognize your own codependent behaviors. 

Some of this may be difficult to wrestle with, but this show is deliberately crafted to challenge you to go deep into your well of honesty and self-compassion. If they can do it, so can you! 💗

Some thought-provoking moments to listen for are:

• Independence is not the opposite of codependence; the two can exist simultaneously.
• Codependency has little to do with someone else, and everything to do with you. 
• Many of us create chaos so that we can fix it, thereby giving us value and worth. 
• Codependent people try to control other people in an attempt to create an emotionally safe and secure environment.
• Hypervigilance is a symptom of codependency.
• Codependent behavior is often about your need to be needed.

The Melody Beattie books referenced are: Codependent No More and The Language of Letting Go. 

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Music credit: "Surfer James" by Tom Deis. Source: Premiumbeats.com