Your friends have had enough. They haven’t outright told you, but you sense it. The thing is, when he doesn’t call when he said he would and your calls go to voicemail, the panic is so intense it feels like the house is on fire. Every fiber of your being is activated...
Are you exhausted and underappreciated? Here you are, desperately trying to save the world, and no one notices or cares? Do you feel compelled to rescue people, to your own detriment? Are you sneaking rides on other people’s emotional rollercoasters? If so, you’re...
If you’re a fixer, here’s the brutal truth: You’re missing the real issue. Though society holds people with seeming selfless tendencies to a high esteem, the reality is that when you devote all your energy in efforts to fix and control others, you tend to be...
Ah, the dating pool. A chaotic confusing place full of mixed messages and red flags. The optimist in us believes red flags are easy to spot, yet that’s typically not how it works. It’s easy to see them in other people’s relationships, sure. It’s just way more...
Codependence is one of those things that doesn’t seem to be all that bad. In fact, people who exhibit codependent traits and characteristics are often well-liked ordinary functional members of society. Things could be a lot worse, right? What is Codependence? Becoming...
You just had another bad fight. The whole weekend you fixate on your phone, and they never call or respond to your texts. “It’s rude, disrespectful! You told me we should do something Saturday, and then…nothing!” Literally a bundle of nerves, you hover over your...