A Short Guide to "Heck Naw" Living: Set Yourself and Others Free by Saying NO

ISBN-13: 9780997444025 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 88 str.

MS Roslyn J. Daniel

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Since the 1970's there have been studies devoted to understanding ways to break addictions to drugs like alcohol and nicotine, how about unhealthy dependencies in relationships? Little research was devoted to the emotional and spiritual pain Codependent relationships create in people's lives. Codependency involves a dysfunctional "over-helping relationship" in which one person supports or enables another person's addiction, poor mental health, immaturity, irresponsibility, or under-achievement despite repeated attempts to stop enabling the person. One of the core characteristics of codependency involves an excessive reliance on other people for approval and identity, as well as a tendency to blame others for problems. A Codependent person "lives so outside of him/herself" that penetrating the walls of denial, anger, compulsivity and quite often, despair, is hard to breech. But there is hope for the enablers of Codependent loved ones- Its Called HECK NAW Living, an acronym that describes lifestyle and relationship changes which can empower both the enabler and the "addict" to be empowered to make changes. This brief novella is a handy self-help guide with tips on Stages of Change, SELF-CHECKS, journal sections for the reader and above all, proven cognitive and behavioral changes which, over time, can drastically and powerfully restore peace and purpose to the reader's life. Based upon studies by Minirth, Meier, Green and a team of psychologists from various disciplines, the author shares apprehensible clinical insights about codependency in an accessible narrative that explores her journey from childhood deprivation to adult fulfillment. Readers will read this short, but informative novella again and again They will be inspired to share it's wisdom with anyone who struggles to create healthy and effective boundaries in their interpersonal relationships.