by Sherry Gaba | Dec 21, 2016 | Codependency, Psychotherapy, Relationships
Many of us have heard of boundaries, but have no idea what they are, or we don’t put them to use. Think about what a boundary is to you. For me, I think of a fence along a property line. Setting boundaries for ourselves is the same idea. We create a roadblock...
by Sherry Gaba | Dec 1, 2016 | Codependency, Relationships
As codependents, many of us grew up in households that were dysfunctional and traumatic. In order to cope, we developed survival skills that would carry us into adulthood. We continued to use those survival skills, even when it was plain for anyone to see they...
by Sherry Gaba | Oct 26, 2016 | Codependency, Obsessive Love, Relationships
Hi everyone. Today I want to talk about the idea of enjoying the good days. I know it sounds like a simple, self-explanatory topic, but for a lot of us, it can be a daunting thing to have a good day! For a long time, as love addicts and codependents, we lived in fear...
by Sherry Gaba | Oct 5, 2016 | Codependency
Today I want to do a little something together. You’re going to need a pen and paper, because we are going to write our action plans for the day (if you’re reading this at night, go ahead and do tomorrow’s). As a codependent, one of the things I tend...
by Sherry Gaba | Sep 27, 2016 | Abuse, Codependency, Psychotherapy
I think it’s safe to say that most of us have heard someone say, “Visualize what you want and you will get/achieve it,” in our lifetimes. If we’re lucky, we’ve heard it more than once, and if we are even luckier, we’ve tried one...
by Sherry Gaba | Sep 20, 2016 | Codependency
When I first realized I was a codependent, one of the things that I began to understand was that I lived my life playing the victim. Everything was always happening TO me, people were always doing harm to me, and I was completely innocent, and the list could go on...
