Episode 267: Not All Satisfaction Is Good: Understanding Codependency As Relationship Cancer

What if you're mistaking something emotionally dangerous for love? In this episode, Dr. Greg tackles a painful but common pattern: relationships that look close, committed, and appear to be flourishing, yet quietly trap both people in fear, dependence, and anxiety.

Key Topics:

• Why both partners can feel "happy" even as the relationship becomes unhealthy
• How codependency distorts the kind of free, fruitful relationships God calls us to
• Why awareness and willpower aren't enough to break these cycles – and what we can do to heal them

Learn More:

• Pilgrimage to Poland - Learn more about this interior journey with St. John Paul II
• Being Human episodes on the Dependent Defense Pattern:
  • Ep. #266: You're Giving Too Much! Uncovering How Anxiety Disguises Itself as Holiness
  • Ep. #265: Jerry Maguire, Gollum, and the Fear of Not Existing
• Person and Act by Karol Wojtyla (Pope Saint John Paul II)
• Love and Responsibility by Karol Wojtyla (Pope Saint John Paul II)
• Discernment of Spirits - Learn more through the lens of Catholic anthropology and Catholic mindfulness
• Need help? Schedule a free CatholicPsych consultation
• Want to help? Learn more about our Certification in Professional Accompaniment

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