Relationships between people are healthy when they are interconnected. In an interconnected relationship, each person has his or her own needs met and strives to meet the needs of the other person. A ...

You’ve read the books. You’ve listened to the podcasts. You’ve tried to be “better at communicating.” Still, you keep attracting emotionally unavailable partners and doing all the emotional labor just ...

Codependency can be damaging to a relationship, leading to feelings of suffocation and dissatisfaction, even in what could otherwise be a healthy partnership. If you find it difficult to create space ...

A codependent relationship is a pattern where one or both partners rely on each other in emotionally unhealthy, limiting, or unsustainable ways. Unlike healthy relationships, where individuals ...

Perhaps you constantly sacrifice your own needs to cater to someone else's? If so, you might be navigating the complex waters of a codependent relationship. Far from a simple imbalance, codependency ...

As humans, we're meant to live in community—"villages," if you will. Receiving emotional and logistical support, such as having a few close friends to speak with about your grief over losing a parent, ...

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