226. You're Responsible for Your Happiness: Codependency and the Selfish Act of "Fixing" Others
Taking responsibility for someone else's happiness feels like love. There's a case that it's actually control.
Steph unpacks the hidden dynamics of codependency and people pleasing, and why taking responsibility for someone else's happiness can actually be disempowering. She breaks down how old saboteurs convince us that managing other people's emotions is our job, and why that belief keeps us stuck in shaky, unbalanced relationships. She walks through what it looks like to release that need for control, take radical ownership of your own feelings, and let the people you love do the same.
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