If you are a codependent and have children of your own, then there is a better than average chance that the codependent tendencies you have, will be passed down through a dysfunctional parenting style. One that has too many boundaries or not enough...
Discover "Therapy Shorts," a collection of quick insights and gentle nudges to help you along your healing journey. This week is about Individuality. These posts, published twice per week with a short audio, provide bite-sized wisdom to help you grow and discover yourself. Join me as we investigate the small ways we can bring peace, clarity, and connection into our lives.
Every Tuesday and Thursday, discover "Therapy Shorts": a collection of quick insights and gentle nudges to support your healing journey. This week is about Narcissism. These posts, published twice per week with a short audio, provide bite-sized wisdom to help you grow and discover yourself. Join me as we investigate the small ways we can bring peace, clarity, and connection into our lives.
Men are generally conditioned to see themselves as providers and problem solvers, with a concentration on being that and sometimes only that. Showing feelings and being vulnerable can shatter that image for men and the way they believe their partners see them.
Because their sense of identity, worth, and safety has been shaped around the emotional needs and behaviours of others, codependents frequently experience an intense need for other people. The onset of this condition typically occurs during childhood, particularly in households where emotional neglect, addiction, mental illness, or inconsistent caregiving were present.
Despite so many people identifying with the symptoms, there are still some who doubt its existence or hold derogatory views against anyone claiming to be codependent. This includes virtually all of the medical profession and indeed, some therapists.
Codependency isn’t a flaw—it’s a survival response wired deep in your nervous system. Based on Louis Cozolino’s neuroscience research, this post unpacks how early relationships shape your patterns—and how to finally rewire them for love that feels safe, mutual, and real. Healing is possible—and it starts within.
Men consume pornography for a variety of reasons, including biological, psychological, and societal effects. A strong sex drive, fuelled by testosterone, can result in frequent sexual thoughts and cravings, making pornography an appealing outlet.
I read a lot of self-help books and they are mostly all the same. Change your thinking and change your life. However, there is one book that I have returned to many times. It is not technically in the self-help genre, more technical, but it holds information essential to understanding how we see relationships.
In the end, therapy is not just about understanding the past but about creating meaningful change in the present moment. While awareness is a crucial first step, it must be followed by action otherwise, we risk remaining stuck in old patterns.
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