Codependent: Good, Bad or Normal? The term codependent gets a bad rap, because some people have a black-and-white view of what codependency is. The truth is, we are all somewhat codependent. In fact, there is even such a thing as healthy codependence in a relationship, because we are social by nature and rely on each […]
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We live in violent times. In some ways, nowhere is that violence more deeply expressed than in the way we speak with one another. Violent language isn’t about screaming and yelling. It’s about using words in a harmful way. That can be as simple as off-handedly making a demeaning remark or being accusatory, rather than
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Our Relationship ‘Normal’ There is a certain amount of truth to the idea that we unconsciously pick and marry a spouse that has some attributes of our parents. It’s not because we are playing out some deep, complex psychological pattern, so much as this was the relationship that was modeled for us. We choose
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