by Javan | Apr 25, 2016 | Abandonment, Codependent, Shame, Uncategorized
If you have codependence, you know it can be painful. But WHY? Where does the pain come from and how can we make it stop? In my opinion, the deepest pain of codependence comes from 2 sources. Ironically, the first source of pain is from our surface attempts to... by Kathy | Mar 23, 2016 | Abandonment, Addiction, Affairs, Anger, Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Separation, Uncategorized
Abandonment issues? Wondering for sure if you have them or not? You don’t have to have been left in a basket on a church doorstep in order to have abandonment issues. I myself didn’t even know I had abandonment until I was 35 years old, but when I learned more about... by Kathy | Jan 31, 2016 | Abandonment, Addiction, Anger, Depression, Differentiation, Divorce, Individual Therapy, Marital Therapy, Marriage, Relationships, Self Abandonment, Self-Help, Uncategorized
What is your anger pointing to? This is such a difficult, but oh so important question because most of us think we know the answer. And when we “ know” the answer, we naturally deny it’s possible for our anger to be coming from somewhere else. If you are willing,... by Kathy | Jan 19, 2016 | Abandonment, Anger, Anxiety, Codependent, Communication, Divorce, Marriage, Relationships, Shame, Uncategorized
Why do some arguments never end? Why do you need to win? Why do you just have to get the other person to see it your way? These are the very things that keep many couples caught in endless, and senseless battles. It eventually makes us associate our loved one with... by Kathy | Jan 4, 2016 | Grief, Relationships, Self Abandonment
Where do you find your happy? So many of us spend our lives chasing it. Dreaming of it. Hoping for it. Waiting on it. Mourning the fact that it hasn’t come yet. Is it really that elusive? And what are we doing wrong that we keep losing our grasp on it? I’m going...