And what I just listed are some of the caretaking characteristics Melody actually wrote about in "Codependent No More." Codependency is a sense of feeling overly responsible for someone else, and ...

In Codependent No More, Beattie highlights the power of detachment, a practice that helps people detach from emotionally ...

Have you ever struggled to say “no” to someone? Maybe you say “yes” even when you’re exhausted because you don’t want to let them down. Maybe you fear that saying “no” will make ...

Questions to ask yourself — and how to break free "I thought: if I just helped my friends, colleagues and neighbors, ... author of Codependent No More, a central text on the subject.

Codependent No More by Melody Beattie was extremely helpful for me personally. Another resource Tawwab suggested was Boundaries: Where You End and I Begin by Anne Katherine.

Melody Beattie, writer of the seminal work on codependency "Codependent No More," describes a codependent person as someone "who has let another person's behavior affect him or her, and is ...

RYDER: All my late-night Google search results about codependency led me to the book "Codependent No More" by Melody Beattie. It is the text on the concept. It's sold millions of copies since it ...

The codependent has no personal identity, interests, or values outside of their codependent relationship. Both people can express their emotions and needs and find ways to make the relationship ...