The concept of codependency was just psychology jargon when Melody Beattie, an addiction-recovery counselor, began writing the manuscript for her first book, Codependent No More. This was long ...

American author Melody Beattie named her problem in the 80s, and now one of her books on the subject is being reissued, 'Codependent No More'. Two women aware of being codependent explain how they ...

Counseling and self-help materials may also help you better understand the root of your codependent behaviors. Codependent No More by Melody Beattie was extremely helpful for me personally.

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer. She covers addiction and public policy. With over seven million copies sold, Melody Beattie’s 1986 best seller, “Codependent No More: How to ...

Melody Beattie's radically down-to-earth wisdom transformed the self-help industry, saved lives, and gave authors the courage to share their own stories of hardship and survival.

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 ...

Why don’t we talk about how many of us would rather settle for mediocre relationships because that beats the potential of being alone?

Codependency is a dysfunctional relationship dynamic. Experts weigh in on the signs of a codependent relationship—and ways to overcome it.

Maybe "codependency" is how we learned to deal with the lack in our childhoods or, in other words, our childhood wounding. There is comfort in realizing that we are all healing our childhood wounds.

Melody Beattie became a literary star in the self-help world with “Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself,” which has sold more than seven million ...