When Parenting Goes Too Far
When you become a parent you commit your life to the care and upbringing of your child. Making sure that you do everything possible to ensure that they grow up to be happy healthy adults, protecting them from what may harm them, and teaching them what it means to be a good member of society. […]
Co-dependent Men?
I’m often asked if only women are the enabling partner in a co-dependent relationship, or if men can be in this position as well. It’s unfortunate that society most frequently thinks that only men can be abusive, addictive people – this we all know is far from the truth. We hear more about abusive men […]
Walking a Thin Line
Marriage is a relationship between two people who love each other, who care for each other, and who have made the commitment to be with each other threw everything no matter how good or bad it may be. How do you manage to maintain a healthy supportive relationship with your spouse through thick and thin […]
50 Shades of Co-dependence
Let’s face it; you’d have to be living under a rock to avoid hearing about the soon to be released motion picture based on the book, “50 Shades of Grey”. In a nut shell this book was written several years ago and took off like wild fire, it tells the story of a young impressionable […]
Secrets kept, don’t mean avoiding help
Are you in a painful relationship? This can be something that is not only difficult to admit to yourself, but nearly impossible to share with anyone else. Keeping your troubles a secret is a natural human instinct, and one that can be quite harmful in the even that you find yourself in a co-dependent relationship. […]
Check your inner dialogue
I’ve talked about how your own self-esteem can be your biggest enemy in regards to your recovery, and ability to develop a healthy relationship with your loved ones. Men and women both are at fault in this regard, women more so than men, but neither is immune. I would hesitate to guess how many people […]
Keep on talking to yourself
We’ve talked at length about the steps you can take to overcome self-criticism, and how you can make the road to recovery more completely. Last time I shared with you four tools that are essential to your recovery tool kit, keeping your inner dialogue diary, removing infinites from your vocabulary, tracking your positives, recording your […]