We Can Do Hard Things 142. Codependence: How to Stop Controlling Others with Melody Beattie
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Oct 25, 2022 
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Cultural Roots Of Codependency
- Cultural conditioning, especially patriarchy, taught women selflessness that resembles codependency.
- Melody argues many women's roles historically embedded caretaking and dependency as survival strategies.
Daily Practice To Let Go
- Practice daily meditation, yoga, or bodywork to disengage from control urges and return to your own center.
- Melody spends hours each day intentionally letting go of control and calming her nervous system.
Second Spiritual Awakening
- Melody recounts a turning point when she realized both she and her husband were out of control during his drinking episode.
- That moment sparked her second spiritual awakening: God was real and she was real.