Do you try to fix other people's feelings or problems for them? Do you find yourself fixated on helping them? Do you feel anxiety about their problem and their pain…
Coping. We've been trained to tolerate, put up with, and live with mediocre experiences, relationships, energy, health, wealth and living. Mediocrity, as defined by me for our work in this…
Guilt and Enabling. These two are hand-in-glove. Here's the scenario: The other person is being immature. Maybe they're breaking their word. Perhaps they keep crossing a boundary. Maybe we just…
Holidays like Mother's Day and Father's Day... Can be a minefield of sorts for us. Maybe we've been asked to attend a family dinner. Maybe there is a pressure or…
Trauma and codependency... Go hand-in-glove. Codependency is the coping mechanism you created in order to survive the trauma of being love shamed and love deprived. It is the strategy that…
Note: This article is one several discussing people-pleasing, love, connection, and my approach to each. People-pleasing is personal for me. I grew up in a home where my father was…