1.15 What Is Codependency and How To Heal From It with Tamala Shaw

Episode Description Trigger warning: This podcast episode touches on many sensitive topics like addiction and alcoholism. If these are triggering for you, please use caution when listening or skip this episode for now. One cliché goes that no man is an island - no one stands alone. But there's also a thin line that divides caring for someone and being codependent on them. How do you know that your relationship is already the latter? To answer this question, I talked to someone who stared at it in the face - and thrived. This episode features Tamala Shaw, a co-dependent survivor now helping others heal from the same situation through her advocacy, codependentme.org. From her experience, she shares the telltale signs that you are in a codependent relationship. She also talks about what it's like to be in one - how it feels to lose yourself in taking care of someone else, and how to ultimately reclaim your power, learn to set boundaries, and be unapologetically you. If you're struggling with codependency or think you might be in a codependent relationship, this episode is for you. Here's what was covered in this episode: What is codependency? The first - and essential thing - you have to do to start breaking the chains of codependency Why boundaries are a weapon for healing and thriving after codependency How detachment with love looks like and why it's okay to let people go Difference between narcissism and manipulation due to codependency Learn more about Tamala: https://codependentme.org/