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Quotes from Melody Beattie's "Codependent No More": "It is not good to take care of people who take advantage of us to avoid responsibility. It hurts them and it hurts us. There is a thin line between helping and hurting people, between beneficial giving and destructive giving. We can learn to make that distinction." "Maybe we've been taught to not trust ourselves. This happens when we have a feeling and we're told it's wrong and inappropriate. Or when we confront a lie or in...consistency and we're told we're crazy. We lose faith in that deep, important part of ourselves that feels appropriate feelings, senses truth, and has confidence in its ability to handle life's situations. Pretty soon, we may believe what we are told about ourselves - that we're off, a tad crazy, not to be trusted." "Stop abandoning ourselves, our needs, our wants, our feelings, our lives, and everything that compromises us. Make a commitment to always be there for ourselves. We can trust ourselves."

Just finished a 25-hour Yin Meditation and Chakra Opening course! Working my inversion practice.

Real talk. The concept of codependency has been on my mind a lot this year. Throughout my life, whether realizing it or not, I often found myself to be in a subservient position: personal assistant-type, baby-sitter, reliable phone-a-friend, enabling and judgment-free best friend, substitute boyfriend, mother figure, sister figure, therapist, waitress, the list goes on. I played most of these roles willingly. And then it would progress to hesitantly. And then begrudgingly. An...Continue reading