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You Can Be Happy Even When Others Aren’t: Acceptance as a Path to Healing from Codependency

One of the most painful beliefs many of us carry is that we can only be okay when the people around us are okay.

This belief sits at the core of codependency, people-pleasing, control, and self-abandonment. It keeps us exhausted, anxious, and disconnected from our own lives as we try to manage, fix, or emotionally carry the experiences of others.

In this episode, I introduce the theme for 2026 on the Recover Your Soul Podcast: Acceptance as a Path to Peace. We explore what acceptance really means from a spiritual perspective and what it does not mean. Acceptance is not giving up, denying reality, or tolerating what harms us. It is learning to see what is clearly, without resistance, so we can stop abandoning ourselves and begin healing.

This episode invites you to consider a new possibility:
That your happiness does not require anyone else to change or heal.

In this episode, we explore:

• How codependency teaches us to tie our well-being to others
• Why acc

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Season 7 Begins: Releasing the Inner Critic and Choosing Self-Compassion in 2026

As Season 7 of the Recover Your Soul Podcast begins, I invite you into a deeper conversation about healing self-judgment and choosing a more compassionate relationship with yourself.

The spiritual path to a happy and healthy life is not linear. For many of us, the journey into healing begins through codependency, people pleasing, over-functioning, and self-abandonment. We learn early on to take care of others, to stay small, and to silence our own needs in order to feel safe or loved. Over time, this creates an inner critic that speaks harshly in the name of protection.

In this episode, I reflect on how the Recover Your Soul Process invites us to gently uncover these patterns, understand where they came from, and release what no longer serves us. As we step into 2026 and a new season, we are being called to move beyond awareness and into embodiment, living from our wholeness rather than our wounds.

I also share my own experience of how self-compassion, honesty, and spiritual practice allow real healing to occur by choosing kindness and truth instead of self-judgment.

In this episode, we explore:

• How codependency and people pleasing lead to self-abandonment
• The role of the inner critic as a learned protector
• Using the Recover Your Soul Process to release old patterns
• Choosing self-compassion as a spiritual practice
• Stepping into a new cycle of healing and

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While I am away this month, I’m sharing another listener-favorite replay from the Recover Your Soul Bonus Podcast. This episode comes from our reflections on Al-Anon through the lens of the Recover Your Soul Process, exploring one of the most life-changing shifts on this journey: the surrender that frees us from codependency.

So many of us have lived in the exhausting cycle of trying to fix, control, or anticipate someone else’s behavior. We analyze every interaction. We hold silent resentments. We tense our bodies hoping we can make everything okay. But eventually the strain becomes too much. We feel tired. We feel defeated. And we know something has to change.

In today’s episode, we reflect on a powerful reading from In All Our Affairs that asks the simple, courageous question:
Am I willing to give up the struggle?

This invitation isn’t resignation. It’s remembering your own wholeness and handing back what was never yours to carry. It’s letting go of the quiet contempt, the overthinking, the need to understand every detail, and the belief that your safety depends on managing someone else’s life.

When we choose surrender, we choose peace.
When we stop trying to control the uncontrollable, something softens.

If this episode speaks to you, you may love listening each week to the Recover Your Soul Bonus Podcast. Apple Podcast subscribers and Patreon members receive an extra episode every Friday, a beautiful w

Start your journey with the FREE Recover Your Soul™ 9-Step Mini-Workbook- A gentle spiritual path to healing, letting go, and awakening.

This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not allied or representative of any organizations or religions, but is based on the opinions and experience of Rev. Rachel Harrison or guests. The host claims no responsibility to any person or entity for any liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly as a result of the use, application, or interpretation of the information presented herein. Take what you need and leave the rest.

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• FREE Support Group on Zoom 6-7PM MT on the 1st Monday of the Month
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