Codependent No More
How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself (Revised and Updated)
Melody Beattie
REVISED AND UPDATED * With a New Chapter on Trauma and Anxiety, a List of Resources, and More * 2023 Nautilus Book Award Winner * As Heard on Glennon Doyle’s
Melody Beattie’s compassionate and insightful look into codependency—the concept of losing oneself in the name of helping another—has guided...
Glennon and Abby both read it, with Glennon reading it from 'sister's perspective'. Glennon had previously read the book 20 years ago and it felt very different now, as codependency has shifted in many ways. Glennon says she's planning some codependency podcasts to help listeners understand the concept better.
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I read the entire thing. I told Abby as you. I read it as you, sister.
— Episode: Tell Me More: First Love, Meds + Recover...
Episode: Tell Me More: First Love, Meds + Recovery
Glennon and Abby both read it, with Glennon reading it from 'sister's perspective'. Glennon had previously read the book 20 years ago and it felt very different now, as codependency has shifted in many ways. Glennon says she's planning some codependency podcasts to help listeners understand the concept better.
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I read the entire thing. I told Abby as you. I read it as you, sister.
I'll read it if you read it.
What's interesting about codependency no more is I read it 20 years ago and it's totally different now.
Codependencies have shifted in many ways.
So those of us who are also laughing unknowingly with Jen might be able to dig a little bit.
Episode: 120. Jen Hatmaker’s Back! Forgiveness & the Audaci...
Bren Brown recommended this book to Jen as a resource for recovery and survival in the aftermath of her marriage ending, advising her to make it her 'Bible' and fill her brain with it.
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She said, number one, you need to take absolute radical care of your body. Radical. Like this is your number one priority.
She told me, which I talked to you guys about this last time, but she was like, right. The second you're going to order the book, codependent no more by Melody Betty.
And that's going to be your Bible. And that's what you're going to read. And that's, that's what you're going to start filling your brain with.
Episode: 86. Jen Hatmaker: What We Win When We Lose It All
It was recommended by Bren Brown to Jen Hatmaker in the context of her divorce, potentially to help her understand and address codependent behaviors which were mentioned as being a contributing factor in her marriage's issues.
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Get the book Codependent No More. Yes. Melody Beatty. Yeah. We have several copies. There are like six of them here.
It's just like part of the care package you get sent.
Yes, but it's Codependent Forevermore is what we call it.
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