In this Q&A episode, someone wrote in to ask: as I’m starting to do recovery work around codependency, I find that I sometimes swing into hyper-independence. How do I find a middle ground?

We talked about:

✨What it looks like to move out of the space of enmeshment into a differentiated sense of self.

✨Realizing that we staying present with ourselves is a practice that we all have to continuously come back to.

✨The evolution of relationships that are co-created by the people involved instead of looking to society to define what’s “normal.”

✨Understanding the distinction between attachment and intimacy and how we can fall into patterns of self-abandonment

🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy

If you find value in these conversations, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps us reach a larger audience looking for soulful insights!

Check out our newly launched online community, Cheaper Than Therapy the Community. Weekly process groups, live workshops, and one-on-one interactions with us and an amazing supportive community! Check it out here: https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community

Connect with Vanessa:

• Instagram: @vanessasbennett
• TikTok: @thecodayoda
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631

Connect with Dené:

• Instagram: @dene.logan
• TikTok: @denelogan

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We’ll be back with all new episodes of Cheaper than Therapy starting next week! But we’re so excited about the launch of Dr. Shefali’s new podcast, PARENTING & YOU, that we wanted to do a throwback episode to when we had her on the podcast to talk about her most recent book, The Parenting Map.

Dr. Shefali is not your typical parenting expert and PARENTING & YOU is not your typical parenting podcast. There are no guest experts or celebrities. Every episode has 2 parents being helped through their parenting journey.

It’s raw, real and totally relatable.

In Ep. 142, we did an Instagram Live with Dr. Shefali, three time New York Times best-sellers author, including her two landmark books The Conscious Parent and The Awakened Family.

We talked about:

🌟 The importance of raising our children to be sovereign beings, rather than a possession that fit into our idealized parenting fantasies

🌟 Shifting our parenting paradigms from being in control to being in charge, and what that tangibly looks like

🌟 The difference between ego-enhancing boundaries and life-enhancing boundaries in parenting

🌟 What to do when your parenting paradigm/style doesn’t align with your partners, and what that means for your children

Dr. Shefali has been a huge source of inspiration for both of us - certainly as women and therapists, but even more than that - in the way we show up as parents. We just know you’re going to be as inspired by this conversation with her as we were!

🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy

If you find value in these conversations, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps us reach a larger audience looking for soulful insights!

Check out our newly launched online community, Cheaper Than Therapy the Community. Weekly process groups, live workshops, and one-on-one interactions with us and an amazing supportive community! Check it out here: https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community

Connect with Vanessa:

• Instagram: @vanessasbennett
• TikTok: @thecodayoda
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631

Connect with Dené:

• Instagram: @dene.logan
• TikTok: @denelogan

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In this episode of Cheaper than Therapy, we sit down to discuss transitions and the concept of liminal spaces, and how these transitional moments challenge existing paradigms, inviting personal and societal transformations.

Some Takeaways from this Episode:

✨ Why these phases of major transition can feel deeply unsettling but are necessary for for growth and true authenticity to Self

✨ How traditional life scripts and societal norms are being questioned and dismantled, offering a unique opportunity to redefine values and ways of living in more authentic and fulfilling ways

✨ The importance of staying true to your authentic Self in the face of societal expectations, even when you feel uncertain and “othered”

🎙 This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy

If you find value in these conversations, please take a moment to rate and review the podcast. It helps us reach a larger audience looking for soulful insights!

Check out our newly launched online community, Cheaper Than Therapy the Community. Weekly process groups, live workshops, and one-on-one interactions with us and an amazing supportive community! Check it out here: https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community

Connect with Vanessa:

• Instagram: @vanessasbennett
• TikTok: @thecodayoda
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631

Connect with Dené:

• Instagram: @dene.logan
• TikTok: @denelogan

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