Tag: codependent relationship
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The “Craziness” of People-Pleasing and How Did We Get Here?
What is this phenomenon “I need to make everyone in the world like me or People-Pleasing?” This is a tough concept because in one-way people-pleasers are nice to be around. If we look deeper we have to ask at what cost? People pleasing can affect both men and women. The history of women, however,…
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Sex and Codependents: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
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So many women I interviewed when writing my book reported saying yes to sex just to get the sex over with and have the person go away. Others reported saying yes to sex to have the person like them. Others reported gaining weight so they wouldn’t have to say no to dating and sex. Many…
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Say No to Bad Days!
Before you say, “YES” to something, ask yourself, “What am I saying NO to?” Have you ever said to yourself, I am having a bad day! What is that about? When we don’t take care of ourselves, we fill that compartment called resentment and one day watch out, it explodes. The explosion may have nothing to do with what just happened…
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Passion
“There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” Aristotle OK we all know this right? And yet how many of us enter into the most intimate relationship with our partners “saying nothing.” For those who still can’t discuss sex, it is time to lift that veil. Requests in the…
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