Relationships 101

Progressing from romance to real love is work. Healing in relationships by mastering love’s challenges deepens love for yourself and…

There’s a saying, “The ending is in the beginning.” Codependent relationship problems start with their low self-esteem, lack of boundaries…

Love won’t last without personal boundaries. There’s an art to setting boundaries. If done in anger, complaining,or nagging, they don’t work

Thoughts about grieving, letting go, and moving on

Being over-responsible may be a sign of codependency. Over-responsible people enjoy their role but can become judgmental and resentful

Emotional incest has been compared to actual incest since it similarly creates long-lasting effects on mental health and adult relationshp

Codependents’ problems in relationships start before they begin! Because they’re blind to the truth, their behavior worsens their plight.

Pursuer-Distancer relationships are painful and typical of codependents. Understand a distancer to not take their behavior personally.

It hurts to be unable to get close to a loved one, but it may hide your own emotional unavailability. Hidden intimacy fears make it safer.

In 2022, 48.7 million people had a substance use disorder. Addiction harms everyone involved. It’s painful but there is help and hope.

Our beliefs, thoughts, feelings, and personality all impact our communicaton and relationships, but one factor can predict their longevity.

Do you wonder whether you’re a kind, empathetic person or codependent? There are many differences between empathy and codependency.

People confuse excitement and anxiety. When they’re anxious to meet someone, they think it’s a sign of chemistry and love. It might not be.

Interdependent relationships are the healthiest. Learn what makes them work and distinguishes them from codependency and independence.

Like an HSP–highly sensitive person, empaths are attuned to stimuli and people’s emotions. But does that make them codependent, too?

Extreme anxiety and worry about relationship is relationship anxiety that can continue for the long term and damage a relationship.

Healthy boundaries are essential in recovery from codependency. They both build and reflect self-esteem. Learn how to make them.

Most of these signs stem from three things, which are core symptoms of codependency: Shame and lack of boundaries and communication skills.

Though powerless over an alcoholic/addict’s ultimate behavior, we can create circumstances that influence them to get addiction treatment.

Codependency causes problems in the relationship with yourself and with others. Find out how, why, and what you can do. Change is possible.

Sadly, because codependents feel unworthy of love, they push love away or are with someone emotionally unavailable. Real love eludes them.

People with anxious or avoidant attachment style paradoxically avoid secure relationships and fear what would provide healing and happiness.

How can lovers feel both love and hate in the same week or even hour? Splitting helps us cope with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde but hurts us.

Parenting shapes our ability to be both intimate and autonomous. This impacts our relationships and their problems. But we can change.