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The Terri Cole Show

640 Family Enmeshment: Codependency, Self-Abandonment + Bad Boundaries

The Terri Cole Show

Terri Cole

Relationships, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever wondered whether you're too close with your family of origin?

Does it feel like your life kinda revolves around them?

Or are you guilted and shamed by them for wanting to pursue your own thing?

Then this episode is for you because it's all about family enmeshment: what it is, five signs to identify whether you grew up in this type of family system, the impact it has on us as adults, and how to begin thinking about setting healthy boundaries with your family.

Read the show notes for today's episode at terricole.com/640

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey you guys guys it's me Terry and I have a question for you have you ever heard of

0:04.7

Kelly Corrigan she has this every woman wisdom that people including me just

0:09.7

gravitate towards Oprah magazine calls her the voice of a generation.

0:13.8

Huffington Post calls her the poet laureate of the ordinary.

0:17.2

She also hosts a podcast that I love called the Kelly Corrigan Wonders

0:22.2

podcast.

0:23.0

It recently crossed 16 million downloads

0:25.0

and has been called thought-provoking,

0:27.0

insightful and honest by her huge community of listeners

0:30.0

and I think you guys would absolutely love it.

0:33.0

After I had her on my show, if you want to listen to that episode, go to Terry Cole.com

0:37.0

forward slash 553, I became a huge fan.

0:41.0

On her show, Kelly wonders about family ties, our deepest ambitions, and how to be useful

0:46.2

with people like Brian Stevenson, Bono, Jennifer Gardner, Spike Lee, and so many others. I saw somewhere that someone said she's like a cross between

0:55.4

Tina Fay and Krista Tippett and I was like yeah that is right on. She's also written

1:00.8

for New York Times best-selling books about family life.

1:04.4

So I encourage you to engage with her unique storytelling and magical conversations by tuning into

1:10.4

her podcast, Kelly Corrigan Wonders.

1:13.7

You will thank me.

1:18.4

Well, hello there and welcome to this episode

1:20.5

of the Terry Cole show.

1:22.4

I want to start with a couple of questions. Do you ever

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