Living Codependency

If you love someone who lives in addiction, denial, emotional volatility, or chronic chaos, you already know what it feels like to live on alert. You monitor tone shifts. You calculate timing. You soften your words. You swallow reactions. You explain away behavior that unsettles you. You absorb consequences that were never yours to carry. You call it love. You call it patience. You call it loyalty. Over time, you begin to shrink. Boundaries and the Addict is written for the person who is exhausted from adapting to instability and is quietly beginning to question whether endurance is the ...

Have you been dealing with a narcissist? Have you found their words, actions, and habits to be causing damage to your life? Are you trying to make things work with this narcissist? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this book is for you. We often encounter narcissists and other toxic individuals in our daily lives without knowing it. But when it’s out parent, spouse, friend, or even child, things can become a lot more complicated…and difficult. But I’m here to tell you that you are not alone. And there are ways to improve your situation, without removing the ...

Break Free From Over-Functioning, Over-Delivering, People-Pleasing, and Ignoring Your Own Needs So You Can Finally Live the Life You Deserve! Most of us were never taught how to effectively express our preferences, desires or deal-breakers. Instead, we hide our feelings behind passive-aggressive...

Somewhere along the way, many of us learned how to survive, but forgot how to truly live. What if the version of you that helped you survive is now keeping you from being fully known and loved? Sarah Jakes Roberts reveals how perfectionism, performance, and self-protection become armor and shows...

Do you love someone with an addiction? Are you hurting, overwhelmed, or losing yourself while trying to save them? If so—you’re not alone. Loving someone in active addiction can feel like living in a storm you never asked to enter. You may be desperate for answers, scrambling to keep life together, or trapped in the emotional rollercoaster of someone else’s destructive behaviour. Watching someone you love disappear into addiction is heartbreaking—like mourning a person who is still alive. But here’s the truth: Their addiction is harming you, too. You have the right to reclaim your...

An inclusive, research-based guide to working the 12 steps: a trauma-informed approach for clinicians, sponsors, and those in recovery. Step 1: You admit that you're powerless over your addiction. Now what? 12-step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) have helped...

Have you spent so much of your life taking care of others that you've forgotten how to take care of yourself? Many people mistake people-pleasing for kindness, self-sacrifice for love, and endurance for strength. Over time, these patterns create a quiet form of self-betrayal that leaves you exhausted, disconnected, and wondering why nothing feels right anymore. No Longer Living Against Myself is a deeply personal psychological exploration of what happens when you stop abandoning yourself to keep everyone else comfortable. Blending lived experience with psychological insight, this book ...

This book is primarily focused on the adult child and parent relationship, though the material still applies to other types of codependent relationships. It will cover: • Why we become codependent • How to stop allowing other people's behavior to affect you • How to set and enforce healthy boundaries • How to detach

Dive deep into the heart of codependency and understand how childhood trauma shapes codependent patterns, and discover practical tools to identify and break free from toxic relationships. Miro's approach shines a light on the transformative power of healing from within.

Living With ADHD Spouse. Practical Strategies to Reduce Conflict, Stop the Parent-Child Cycle, Share the Mental Load, Set Healthy Boundaries, and Rebuild Connection. You don't need to become your spouse's manager to build a healthier ADHD marriage. If you're constantly reminding, tracking, and following up on things your spouse agreed to handle — and quietly wondering when you became a project manager instead of a partner — this Living With ADHD Spouse book was written for you. Who this Living With ADHD Spouse book is for Living With ADHD Spouse Book Best Gift for wives with ADHD ...

This audiobook is about codependency and attempting to control addictions, opinions, and behaviors. It covers the concept of addiction to dysfunctional and toxic relationship processes, and identifies the main "process-drugs" people use to try to navigate through relationships. It discusses how one loses themselves in an attempt to find love and belonging in dysfunctional ways, and how this does not work for healthy relationships. After identifying the disease processes, this audiobook educates and guides the listener to practice daily living in the solution rather than in the problem.

La dependencia emocional tiene solución. Marcela Cuevas, doctora en Terapia Psicoanalítica, comparte contigo el método para liberarte de una vez por todas de esa relación tóxica o de esa adicción o conducta que no puedes soltar. A través de un método innovador, encontrarás la manera de llegar a la INTRADEPENDENCIA, un lugar donde el valor y la validación vienen desde tu interior. ¿Listo para empezar a vivir y dejar de sobrevivir?

Are you living to please people, or are you living to please God? In a world driven by approval, performance, comparison, and fear of rejection, many Christians quietly struggle with people-pleasing. It can affect relationships, ministry, leadership, family life, recovery, decision-making, and even our walk with God. What may look like kindness, helpfulness, loyalty, or peacekeeping can sometimes hide a deeper bondage: the craving for human approval. In Pleasing God in a People-Pleasing World, pastor and author John E. Miller takes readers into Scripture to uncover a better way to live—a ...

Healing Together: A Compassionate Guide for Families Navigating Addiction This essential guide offers hope and practical help for families affected by a loved one's addiction. Understand addiction as a brain disease, not a moral failing. Learn to set healthy boundaries, communicate effectively, and find crucial support networks. Prioritize your own well-being with proven self-care strategies to break the cycle of stress and codependency. This book is your roadmap to coping, surviving, and healing—proving you are not alone and recovery is possible for the entire family.

Are you tired of feeling weighed down by relationships, environments, and belongings that no longer bring you joy or fulfillment? Are you exhausted from trying to fit into roles and expectations that do not align with your true self? Are you longing for a sense of freedom and authenticity in your life, where you can let go of the old to make space for the new? Are you weary of holding onto past experiences and attachments that no longer serve your growth and well-being? Today, I Love Me isn’t just a self-help book, it’s a compassionate guide to rediscovering and embracing your true self...

Every limitation in our lives has been learned. Our beliefs were forged by those who didn’t believe in us, those who wanted to limit and control us. The Bible points out that all the boundaries in our lives are the fruit of the beliefs of our hearts! I have dedicated the last fifty years to developing biblically-based tools that help us move our boundaries by influencing the beliefs of our hearts. Establishing Your Heart: No More Boundaries will guide you step-by-step in identifying and establishing your heart in the core beliefs that shatter your boundaries. EVERY CHAPTER IS PACKED WITH:...

Read by the author. Grow your relationship through conversations that make a difference. New York Times bestselling author Susan Scott guides couples through eight must-have conversations to create a fierce love that stands the test of time and grows stronger over the years. Often in our...

You do not have to set yourself on fire to keep other people warm. In seven days in solitary confinement at USP Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary, Mitch Deutsch discovered the only prison that had ever truly held him - the exhausting cycle of people pleasing he built himself, one yes at a time. The Prison of YES. An invisible cage built from obligations you never agreed to carry, the belief that your worth is measured by how convenient you are to love, and the terror of what happens if you finally say no. This book names that prison. And shows you exactly how to walk out of it. Inside, you ...

Almost everyone is prone to anxiety, especially when our partner suddenly exhibits some traits that we are not sure we have seen before. According to Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs, love and security are basic needs. Although many people are in a relationship with someone they love, they feel insecure, anxious, and worried that the worse would happen someday. The essence of writing this book is because I want people to realize that the mind can be appropriately utilized, and a healthy relationship is possible.

Living with a Gambling Addict A real-life testimony about codependency and setting boundaries when gambling addiction enters your life. A heartfelt and revealing account of ten years living with a family member’s gambling addiction. This book offers guidance and hope for those who love someone struggling with gambling and need to learn how to protect themselves without losing their identity. How far should you go to help without losing yourself? This book is a first-person testimony by Patricia de León, who lived for a decade with her father’s addiction to slot machines. From her role ...