Alison's Finding Herself

My life can’t center around his emotions anymore, it’s a rollercoaster from hell. I don’t know that I’m obsessed with the outcome anymore, we reconcile, we divorce; I just want to be happy. I want my kids to be happy. I want us all to be healthy and thriving. I…

I just started flipping through this book on codependency because my therapist recommended “Codependent No More” by Melody Beatty and it hasn’t arrived yet. Anyway, the book is called “Codependent Cure” by Jean Harrison and Beatty Grey. This one line just blew me away, “They focus so much on improving…

I am reading a book about attachment theory, Attached by Dr. Amir Levine & Rachel S.F. Heller M.A. It talks about how in the early 1900’s much of the parenting literature advised parents to allow their children to cry and discouraged a close parent-child bond. We now know that children…

Being with my children. Seeing my mom. Owning a home. Supportive friends. Coffee.

Co-dependent Vs. Empathetic. It strikes me that I have considered empathy one of my strongest and most valuable characteristics. I think I focused a lot of energy on my husband’s lack of empathy, which I still feel is relevant, but I didn’t realize it played such a role in my…