What is Codependency and what can we do about it?

Co-dependency has become a term that we often use or toss about but don’t truly understand exactly what it means or what it’s all about. Co-dependency, a complex topic, affects many people in families where addiction, narcissism and other dysfunctional or mental health issues exist. Pixie Hamilton and I dig in and share our personal stories of recovering from co-dependency, how it impacted our relationships and self-esteem, and how we continue to work with its tendencies in our lives today after decades of personal development.

Some highlights in the podcast are what motivates co-dependency, why it's hard to change, tips to help identify whether you might be struggling with co-dependency and then how to approach change. 

Links to resources mentioned

Ross Rosenberg’s book mentioned in the podcast is entitled “The Human Magnet Syndrome” and Melody Beattie’s book is “Codependent No More” .

The email to send questions to Laurel Holland - [email protected]

Host/Cohost/Guest Info

​​Laurel Holland’s mission is to help connect individuals with their own deep inner peace. As a meditation and Tai Chi instructor she spent years guiding students in the practices of internal relaxation, mindfulness and empowered choice. Through Life Coaching Laurel helps her clients remove the inner chains holding them back so they step into their power and consciously create the lives they desire. Her book, Courageous Woman, and her publication, Live Your Inner Power, the Journal, teach women the eight foundational practices that she believes are the main tools in creating transformation from the inside out. Laurel loves gardening, creating beautiful, sacred spaces and showing you the beauty that lives inside of your soul.

Pixie Hamilton graduated from the first Live Your Inner Power Group. She has been on a forty year healing journey. In her professional life she was an engineer and writer and has turned her attention to writing in the self-help realm now. Pixie has been reflecting and learning from the inner journey by consuming and integrating countless self-help books and videos, surrounding herself with like-minded seekers and mentors, and committing to an extensive journaling practice for the last 25 years.