Welcome to Beat Your Anxiety Day 7 with Darlene Lancer
DARLENE LANCER
Darlene Lancer is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and expert author on relationships and codependency. She’s counseled individuals and couples for 30 years and coaches internationally. Her books include Conquering Shame and Codependency: 8 Steps to Freeing the True You and Codependency for Dummies and seven ebooks, including: 10 Steps to Self-Esteem, How To Speak Your Mind - Become Assertive and Set Limits, Dealing with a Narcissist: 8 Steps to Raise Self-Esteem and Set Boundaries with Difficult People, "I'm Not Perfect - I'm Only Human" - How to Beat Perfectionism, and Freedom from Guilt and Blame - Finding Self-Forgiveness. They’re available on Amazon, other online booksellers and her website, www.whatiscodependency.com, where you can get a free copy of “14 Tips for Letting Go.” She’s a sought after speaker in media and at professional conferences. Find her on Soundcloud, Clyp, LinkedIn, Youtube, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
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Self-Love is the key to recovery. Self-love involves a lot more than massages and bubble baths. It means protecting, accepting, and honoring yourself. Usually, codependents have trouble meeting their needs.
Even if their parents took care of their physical and material needs (though some did not), their emotional needs were likely neglected or shamed. Often, there were dysfunctional boundaries in the home and they weren’t respected or protected.
Self-love means meeting all your needs. In fact, it’s each person’s responsibility to be his or her own parent and meet their needs, irrespective of whether you’re in a relationship. Of course, there are times you need support, touch, understanding, and encouragement from others. However, the more you practice being a loving parent to yourself, the better your relationships will be. Our relationship with ourself is a template for all our relationships.
Practice these self-love tips.
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