Emancipate Your Mind: 056: Recognizing and Releasing Codependency

Transcript My experience with coaching has been that the majority of us from high demand religious backgrounds also experience codependent patterns in our relationships. Codependency happens when we don’t have a clearly defined sense of self and instead look to others for a sense of identity and rely heavily on others for our sense of self worth. Some have gone so far as to call it an addiction to the approval and validation of others even at the detriment to our sense of emotional, mental, and physical health. If you find yourself resenting people you care about, feeling like your needs are rarely if ever met, exhausted because it feels like the world is on your shoulders, and constantly worried about what others think of you, this podcast addresses those concerns and how to begin to unravel this pattern and begin to create relationships that both honor the people you love and your own needs too. _____________________________________________________________________________ JOIN THE DISCUSSION If you’d like to be part of an online community where we take the podcast topics and pull them apart for discussion and further learning, talk about all the religious transition things, and just enjoy each other’s company, join my free “Emancipate Yourself” Facebook group at this link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/370375144009891 If you’d like more step-by-step assistance learning to feel safe in your body, reconnect with your emotions, and use that emotional connection to begin to reestablish a healthy sense of self, check out the Emancipate Yourself App on Google Play in the Apple App Store. Or if you want to follow me for religious and psychological insights, commentary on events in the world, links to other people doing great work related to religion, and little windows into my real life, follow me on Instagram or Reddit @EmancipatedMolly , TikTok @EmancipatedTeri , or Twitter @EmancipatedTeri. If you have a question or want to talk about further coaching support, please email me at [email protected]