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The Terri Cole Show

804 Creating Healthy Connections with Nedra Tawwab

The Terri Cole Show

Terri Cole

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

4.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Are you struggling with codependency, hyper-independence, or feeling lonely in your relationships? In this episode of The Terry Cole Show, therapist and bestselling author Nedra Tawwab shares powerful insights from her new book The Balancing Act: Creating Healthy Dependency and Connection Without Losing Yourself.

We explore attachment styles, boundaries, healthy dependency, and how to stop expecting one person to meet all your emotional needs. Learn how to create balanced, fulfilling relationships without losing yourself in the process.

If you're working on healing anxious or avoidant attachment, improving boundaries, or building deeper connections — this conversation is for you.

Read the show notes for today's episode at terricole.com/804

Transcript

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0:00.0

Well, hello there. Welcome to this episode of the Terry Cole Show. I really think you're going to love this interview that I just did with my pal, Nedra Tuab. She's been on the show before. She's a therapist. She's a New York Times best-selling author and relationship expert. She and I both put out boundary books, our first big books, in 21.

0:22.5

And hers was called Set Boundaries, Find Peace.

0:26.1

And that's been translated into 35 languages and an instant New York Times bestseller, like really great.

0:32.4

So she's got seven books out there in the world.

0:36.3

You probably know her from her social media.

0:39.5

She's very popular.

0:40.8

Her social media is great.

0:42.3

We're talking about her brand new book that is out right now that came out,

0:46.4

I think about a week ago, called The Balancing Act,

0:49.1

creating healthy dependency and connection without losing yourself.

0:52.9

And in this interview, we're talking about the connection

0:56.1

between attachment styles and dependency, like the way we relate to other people, talking about

1:03.2

the extremes and codependency and hyper independence and all the things. So if you are interested in creating healthy

1:13.4

relationships, I think you will love this interview with Nedra Tuab as much as I enjoyed

1:18.7

interviewing her.

1:35.3

This is the Terry Cole show, and as you might have guessed, I'm your host, Terry Cole.

1:40.1

For over two decades, I've been a licensed psychotherapist, love and boundaries expert,

1:44.3

and I'm also the founder of The Real Love Revolution and Boundary Boot Camp.

1:50.2

On this show, I'll bring you simple strategies based on practical psychology, inspiring expert interviews, and my own insights and observations from my time on the front lines in the fascinating world of entertainment, empowerment, and mental health.

1:59.3

Now let's get going with today's episode.

2:08.6

Well, hello, I am super pumped to welcome Nedra to our back to the Terry Cole show.

2:13.9

How are you, Nedra?

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