Posts Tagged ‘codependency’
Understanding Codependency – Do You Have to Lose Yourself to Love Someone
Understanding codependency can help you appreciate that you do not have to lose yourself in order to love someone. To help readers better understand this concept, Darlene Lancer, JD, MFT, shares the following post, originally appearing on her blog under the title, “Do I Have to Lose Me to Love You?” To read her longer…
Read More15 Minutes Can Change Your Life
Change [including how one deals with a loved one’s addiction or with a loved one deeply affected by secondhand drinking (aka codependency)] begins in the mind. As such, a person can use their mind to change their lives. To help readers better understand this concept, Darlene Lancer, JD, MFT, shares the following post. To read her…
Read MoreMarriage After Sobriety | Darlene Lancer, JD, MFT
Marriage after sobriety can be a rocky time. Both partners feel vulnerable as they transition into their “new” relationship. To help couples during this time, Darlene Lancer, JD, MFT, shares the following post. To read her longer version, please click here. Darlene is the author of Codependency for Dummies and Conquering Shame and Codependency: 8 Steps to Freeing the True You,…
Read MoreRelationship Killers: Anger | Resentment
Anger | resentment – both can be relationship killers explains today’s guest author, Darlene Lancer, JD, MFT. Darlene is the author of Codependency for Dummies and Conquering Shame and Codependency: 8 Steps to Freeing the True You, and her latest eBook is titled, Dealing with a Narcissist, 8 Steps to Raise Self-Esteem and Set Boundaries with Difficult People. She can…
Read MoreRecovery from Rejection and Breakups | Darlene Lancer
In her post today, frequent guest author, Darlene Lancer, JD, MFT, helps readers understand why we feel so much pain from rejection and breakups and what we can do to heal. Darlene is the author of Codependency for Dummies and Conquering Shame and Codependency: 8 Steps to Freeing the True You, and her latest eBook is titled, Dealing with a…
Read MoreCultivating Gratitude – Guest Author Fran Simone
Cultivating Gratitude – a powerful topic and the subject of today’s guest post by Fran Simone. Fran (Frances) Simone, Ph.D., is the author of Dark Wine Waters, My Husband of a Thousand Joys and Sorrows, a memoir that illuminates the heartbreaking story of a marriage compromised by the husband’s alcoholism. She wrote it to help the…
Read MoreLoneliness and Codependency – Guest Author Darlene Lancer
Frequent guest author, Darlene Lancer, JD, MFT, explores the connection between loneliness and codependency in her post, today. Darlene is the author of Codependency for Dummies and Conquering Shame and Codependency: 8 Steps to Freeing the True You, and her latest eBook is titled, Dealing with a Narcissist, 8 Steps to Raise Self-Esteem and Set Boundaries with Difficult People. She can…
Read MoreDealing With a Passive Aggressive Partner | Guest Author Darlene Lancer
In famlies where there is (or has been) active addiction, there generally is (or also has been) active unhealthy coping skills developed by the person whose been grappling with their loved one’s drinking or drug misuse behaviors (aka secondhand drinking | secondhand drugging, aka codependency). Generally this happens because that person does not understand the nature…
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