Read more about the article Therapy Shorts 81: Codependency on The Good Men Project: Interview with Dr Nicholas Jenner

Therapy Shorts 81: Codependency on The Good Men Project: Interview with Dr Nicholas Jenner

In Therapy Shorts 81, Dr Nicholas Jenner appears on The Good Men Project to discuss codependency recovery. This interview explores how codependent patterns form, why people-pleasing persists, and what healthy boundaries actually look like in real relationships. Practical insights cover self-worth, attachment, and small steps to shift from rescuing to relating.

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Read more about the article Therapy Shorts 80: When the Body Won’t Settle: Simple Ways to Regulate the Nervous System

Therapy Shorts 80: When the Body Won’t Settle: Simple Ways to Regulate the Nervous System

Nervous system regulation is not a trend or quick fix. It is the gradual process of helping the body feel safe enough to come out of survival mode. This article explores simple, effective ways to regulate the nervous system through breath, routine, boundaries, rest, movement and steady daily practice.

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Read more about the article Therapy Shorts 74: Living With a Codependent: Why It Can Feel Suffocating and What Actually Helps

Therapy Shorts 74: Living With a Codependent: Why It Can Feel Suffocating and What Actually Helps

Living with a codependent partner can feel suffocating: your mood is monitored, independence triggers anxiety, and reassurance becomes a demand. This article explains the nervous system roots of codependency, the “invisible contract” of overgiving, and practical ways to respond with clear boundaries, calm consistency, and shared responsibility.

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Read more about the article Stop Being “Good” in Arguments: How Codependency Turns Conflict Into Self-Abandonment

Stop Being “Good” in Arguments: How Codependency Turns Conflict Into Self-Abandonment

Codependents often experience conflict as danger, not disagreement. This article explains how the nervous system drives appeasement, avoidance, over-explaining, panic repair and shutdown, and why these strategies create resentment and blurred boundaries. It offers practical, plain-English steps for steadier conflict: clarity, pacing, tolerance and repair.

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Read more about the article Therapy Shorts 72: Stop Calling It Chemistry: When “Urgent” Is Just Your Nervous System

Therapy Shorts 72: Stop Calling It Chemistry: When “Urgent” Is Just Your Nervous System

Codependency often turns urgency into “chemistry.” This article explains how the nervous system confuses inconsistency with attraction, why reassurance-seeking becomes compulsive, and how to slow the loop with practical delay rules, body regulation, and behaviour-based assessment so connection feels safe, steady, and real.

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