Self-Isolation For The Anxious
The Coronavirus is here and it's becoming increasingly scary. From 12pm today, I along with the rest of the population in the country I live in, will only be allowed outside...
Narcissists And “Magical Thinking”: An Avoidance Of Shame
Narcissists avoid shame at all costs. It is their nemesis or "kryptonite", if you want to see it that way. It's not clear where the roots of narcissism start but generally held opinions point...
Codependents Need To Learn To Feel
Developmental trauma is the root cause of codependency. By trauma, I mean that a codependent in childhood sought but never attained connection with a caregiver...
The Concept Of Death Anxiety And How It Can Help Us Live Life To The Full
At the moment, I am reading the excellent book by Irvin Yalom, Staring At The Sun. I am a great fan of the author generally and his ideas...
Two Codependents Will Also Find A Relationship Difficult
Very often codependents attract a certain type. Used to giving and sacrificing, they naturally tend towards partners who like to take and receive anything that is on offer...
Being Codependent Stops You Facing The Real Issues
Codependents generally have an unhealthy focus on the external. In many cases, this focus is on a specific person (usually emotionally unavailable) but it can also be on work, to take an example...
Mindful Acceptance Leads To Self-Compassion
“The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments...
The Critical Aspects of Codependency Recovery
At the heart of this process is a willingness to work on oneself and to accept that co-dependency is an issue in relationships...
Asking A Question Sometimes Helps
I run a feature on my blog titled Ask Me A Question. It is there so anyone can pose a question concerning their situation, disorder, relationship or anything else that they want some advice on...
Recovery from Codependency Is Ultimately About Making The Right Choices
There are many programs that one can subscribe to in order to recover from a codependent life. All of them offer something different from different angles and theories...