Have you ever struggled to say “no” to someone? Maybe you say “yes” even when you’re exhausted because you don’t want to let them down. Maybe you fear that saying “no” will make them mad at you. While ...

American author Melody Beattie named her problem in the 80s, and now one of her books on the subject is being reissued, 'Codependent No More'. Two women aware of being codependent explain how they ...

In recent years, we’ve seen a surge in mental health awareness in the Black community. Actress and author Taraji P. Henson opened up about her struggles with anxiety and depression, and she is just ...

Bestseller Beattie, of Codependent No More fame, revisits the topic she helped introduce more than 15 years ago, armed with more insight and a good deal of new scholarship, revising several old ...

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"Codependents are people who love other people more than they love themselves," says Melody Beattie, author of Codependent No More, a central text on the subject. It can look like saying yes to others ...

Overcoming codependency in a codependent relationship is simple in theory. Yet, in practice, learning how to stop being codependent can be difficult. Codependency counseling is becoming more and more ...

Most codependent parents form an unhealthy attachment to the child, expecting (and in some ways demanding) a sense of devotion and love from their children that is harmful and destructive. This ...