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The Chalene Show | Diet, Fitness & Life Balance

Codependency and Autonomy in Healthy Relationships -728

The Chalene Show | Diet, Fitness & Life Balance

Chalene Johnson

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 7.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Chalene and Bret talk about how early behaviors in their relationship resulted in serious codependency patterns. You'll also learn how codependency can take on many forms and how Chalene, eventually, came to terms with this (negatively perceived) label. Growth is something we should all strive for.

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey there, welcome to this edition of the Shaline Show.

0:03.4

Today's episode is Brett and I in the car talking about what it means to be a partner in

0:10.2

a relationship and to have independence.

0:13.3

And what does codependency look like?

0:16.4

I thought before I launched into our conversation that I would share with you some definitions,

0:23.4

because maybe this is something you need to be aware of in your own relationship.

0:28.2

Americans develop early and the earlier we can take steps and be aware of them and be healthier.

0:35.5

The more likely we are to have happiness in our relationships and especially to those

0:39.5

of you who are parents, it's really important to role model what a healthy relationship looks

0:44.8

like.

0:47.5

Now there are many definitions online for the term codependency or to be a codependent.

0:54.2

It can mean a lot of different things.

0:55.9

I can tell you from our perspective what it looked like by reading the following.

1:01.6

The following definition comes from Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

1:07.6

Codependent relationships signify a degree of unhealthy clingingness where one person doesn't

1:12.8

have self-sufficiency or autonomy, says Scott Wetzer, PhD, Chief of Psychology at Albert

1:20.0

Einstein College of Medicine.

1:22.3

He goes on to say one or both parties depend on their loved one for fulfillment.

1:28.2

But anyone can be codependent.

1:30.6

Some signs include feeling dissatisfied or almost empty, doing anything outside of time,

1:37.6

spent, or connectedness to a specific person.

1:41.6

Other signs include that you recognize that there's unhealthy behaviors in your partner,

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