Welcome to the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast.

My name is Lisa A. Romano.

I am a life coach, best-selling author, YouTube vlogger, meditation teacher, an expert in the field of codependency and narcissistic abuse.

I am a believer in the power of an organized mind.

My aim is to help people learn what it means to live above the veil of consciousness rather

than living a reactive life.

May your heart feel blessed, your mind feel expanded, and your spirit find hope as you

spend time with me here at the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast.

So today we're going to be talking about how you being codependent can screw up your kids.

So codependency is very near and dear to my heart.

I grew up in a home that was affected by alcoholism.

My grandparents were alcoholics and I am of the opinion that my parents were

dry alcoholics. My father had high narcissistic traits. My mother had emotional paralysis in my

opinion. I believe that she was a highly codependent woman and she didn't know it. When you are

codependent, you don't know it. Co-dependency is not in the

DSM, although I believe that it should be when you are codependent and you have this emotional

paralysis that happens in your life that leads to other things like anxiety, lack of self-esteem, low self-worth,

distrust, an inability to express your feelings.

You don't even know what you feel, let alone know how to access them or express how you feel.

You can't trust your decision-making process. You end up dependent on people. You end up trying

to control other people's behavior. And you don't know why it is that you are losing yourself and

life is just getting worse. You often present as someone who believes they are a people

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