If you are codependent, you likely grew up with or had prolonged exposure to a set of oppressive rules that prevented the open expression of feelings, and which taught you to avoid conflict. You very ...

American author Melody Beattie named her problem in the 80s, and now one of her books on the subject is being reissued, 'Codependent No More'. Two women aware of being codependent explain how they ...

Melody Beattie, whose experiences as a drug addict, a chemical dependency counselor and the wife of an alcoholic informed a bestselling book about codependence that has guided countless people to shed ...

It’s independence that artists like Kelly Clarkson, Destiny’s Child, and Ne-Yo waxed poetic about—not codependence. While only two little letters separate the words phonetically, in practice the two ...

Source: Eamon Dolan Melody Beattie, who died on February 27, had a harder life than anyone deserves. During her 76 years, she faced sexual abuse, kidnapping, addiction, four divorces, the death of her ...