What Do Healthy Relationships Look Like? Boundaries:Each person can say “no” to requests from the partner/friend when necessary without feeling guilty and be able to tell their partner/friend when something feels not right or hurts them. Both members of the relationship know how to be responsible for their own needs and still take care of […]
Exercise to Help Understand Your Codependency
Nancy Wesson, Ph.D. Licensed Psychologist:psy9621 Dr.NWesson@sbcglobal.net (650) 965-7332. Exercise: Finding out about how I am codependent and focusing on others needs instead of my own. 1) Review the statements from the codependency quiz below: True or False 1. Without even realizing that it is happening, I find myself focusing on others needs even at my […]
Pleasing Others: The Path to Resolving Codependency
Most of the time codependency is a way of life and is the only way someone knows how to be. It can seem so important to focus on someone else instead of yourself. There is a way out. Here are some tips for working on overly pleasing others: Change the focus back to you. Identify […]
15 Traits of a Healthy Relationship
What Do Healthy Relationships Look Like? Here are 15 traits of a healthy relationship: Partners can manage conflict and differences without despair or threats. Both partners protect and nourish the relationship and make it a priority (not addicted to work for example). Both partners know how to be responsible for own needs and also for […]
How Do I Know If I Am Codependent?
Start by answering the following questions: True or False Without even realizing that it is happening, I find myself focusing on others needs even at my own expense. When it is my turn to receive help from others I usually decline, as I am uneasy when others focus their attention on me. I have many […]
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