Hello Everyone & Welcome Back to the RealPositiveGirl Podcast!
Thank you so much for joining me again!
This week's theme for the podcast is: Let's Quit Together
This week I want to talk to you about how we can stop engaging in behaviors that aren't helping us become our best selves.
Making the decision to quit doing things like gossiping, saying sorry all the time or sacrificing sleep will help us focus more on what is actually important in our lives, lean more towards the positive & become our best selves.
Here are some notes from today's episode:
- Codependency is a crutch & reliance on others because your emotional needs were not met, generally in your childhood. You tend to lack boundaries, have a poor sense of yourself & low self-esteem & are a people pleaser.
- And codependency can develop in all sorts of different relationships, not just romantic relationships.
- And I want you to know that this type of behavior goes well beyond wanting to take care of someone that is struggling, feeling comforted by their presence or even occasionally making sacrifices for someone you love.
- The general idea of codependency is an imbalanced relationship where one person has the need to be wanted by the other person & sacrifices their own needs to care for the other person. One person is the giver & one person for the taker.
- And it’s pretty hard to get out of this cycle of codependency because if the taker continues to enable the giver, it’s harder for the giver to realize what is wrong.
- If you’re unsure whether or not you’re in a codependent relationship, here are some common symptoms of this behavior:
- Feeling like you have to walk on eggshells to avoid potential conflict.
- Having sympathy for the other person, even if they have caused you pain.
- The need to check-in with the other person to make sure you have permission to do what you want to do.
- Apologizes, even if it’s not your fault.
- Doing things for the other person, even if it makes you feel uncomfortable.
- These are just some things that typically happen when involved in codependent relationships. But one of the biggest things about codependency is that the giver tends to lose themselves because all the focus is on the taker.
- So let’s chat about some ways we can quit being codependent:
- 1. Become aware that you’re in a codependency cycle & identify your patterns.
- 2. Learn what a healthy relationship looks like (both people are secure in their self-worth, there are compromises & there is mutual trust).
- 3. Set personal boundaries & know you can only control your emotions & actions, not anyone else’s.
- 4. Acknowledge your needs & put those first.
- 5. Don’t let yourself suffer. (don’t engage in things that make you uncomfortable & don’t let someone else abuse you.
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