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Tag Archives: Codependency
V for Valentine’s, V for Victory
“The best moments in our lives, are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times – although such experiences can also be enjoyable, if we have worked hard to attain them. The best moments usually occur when a person’s body or mind … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Childless, codependency, Dating, Happiness, Love, Perfectionism, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Women
Tagged Childfree, Childless, Childlessness, Codependency, commitment, Dating, Fear, Flow, Happiness, intimacy, Love, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Nonfiction, Personal development, Psychology, publishing, Recovery, Relationships, Self-help, Selfhelp
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More festive feelings
As often happens when I post a heartfelt blog, I’ve spent the last 24 hours pondering what I wrote about in Festive feelings and the feelings, festive and otherwise, that came up afterwards. Following a long walk on the beach … Continue reading
Posted in Recovery, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Women
Tagged Christmas, Codependency, Feelings, Joy, Love, Melody Beattie, Relationships, The Language of Letting Go
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Why I go to therapy
Therapy has helped get me to where I am today, or most importantly where I was on Saturday and Sunday – playing in the sea with my partner, just a short drive from our new coastal home, thinking I absolutely … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Body Image, codependency, Dating, Eating disorders, Love, Perfectionism, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged addiction, Codependency, Eating Disorders, Psychotherapy, Recovery, Relationships, Therapy, Women
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Dirty Dancing has a lot to answer for …
… and it’s not all about Patrick Swayze. Although he’s got a lot to do with it. I was 16 when the film came out (27 years ago!) and, I reckon, more impressionable than your average teenager. A group of … Continue reading
I know who I am
On Tuesday of last week, a few hours before a scheduled phone call that I was pretty sure would mark the end of a brief courtship with an attractive man I really liked but kind of knew wasn’t for me … Continue reading
Posted in codependency, Dating, Happiness, Love, Relationships, Spirituality, Women
Tagged Codependency, Dating, Hampstead Heath, Kenwood Ladies Pond, Love, Relationships, self-acceptance, self-discovery, singleness
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My authentic self
Being my authentic self in relationship – particularly in relationships with men whom I find attractive and with whom I want to be in relationship – is my biggest challenge, according to well-placed sources (my therapist). Because being myself carries … Continue reading
Posted in codependency, Dating, Love, Recovery, Relationships, Trust, Women
Tagged Codependency, Dating, Honesty, Love, Relationships, Single, singleness, Truth
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What’s your truth?
How do we know what our truth is? How do we know that what we sense is our intuition or instinct is actually that, rather than deep fears rooted in our distant past? How do we navigate our way through … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Love, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Trust, Women
Tagged Codependency, Dating, Functional Adult, healing, Hurt, inner child, Love, Psychotherapy, Relationships
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