What Replaces Codependency As You Heal: The Inner Advocate

<p>What Replaces Codependency As You Heal?<br/><br/>Codependency is a strategy the body creates in order to preserve a sense of safety, connection, and self-worth within a chaotic, unsafe, unreliable relationship.<br/><br/>The sense of danger the relationship creates for the individual activates the body&apos;s natural fawning response (aka the please-and-appease response), prompting the person to do things that make themselves more appealing to the threat - all in hopes of reducing the risk of harm, abandonment, or replacement.<br/><br/>But before this happened, your body naturally advocated for you.  You may not remember it, but there was a moment your body protested what was going on, spoke up, and confronted things.  There was a moment where the word, &quot;no&quot;, came out of your mouth naturally, without trembling or fear.  <br/><br/>There were moments where you asked, without hesitation, for something you wanted, or shared something you liked, or asked questions.  You instinctively explored, played, and wondered at the world. <br/><br/>Learn what your inner advocate is and how to start reconnecting with it in today&apos;s episode!<br/><br/><br/>***<br/><br/>Join my email community to get access to more episodes, tools, my writings, and more here: https://connect.freetheself.com<br/><br/>Join my Facebook community for more guidance, tools, and my insights: https://community.freetheself.com<br/><br/>Follow me on Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, and my podcast here: https://links.freetheself.com<br/><br/>***<br/><br/><br/>[The The Essential Codependency Healing Trainings Is Back! We Start September 24, 2023]<br/><br/>Stop codependency and ignite your natural inner advocate by healing the fawn response.  I help you achieve this through my 8-week program, The Essential Codependency Healing Trainings.  <br/><br/>We start September 24, 2023.  <br/><br/>The course is 8 weeks long (8 live classes, 2 pre-recorded modules).<br/><br/>Class is at 12:00pm, Mountain Time.<br/><br/>You get lifetime access to the re