Codependency and Healthy Dependency with Nedra Glover Tawwab

Therapist and bestselling author Nedra Glover Tawwab joins Forrest Hanson to discuss the unintended consequences of the boundaries movement. They explore how the helpful concept of boundaries has sometimes led to isolation and rigid standards, and make the case for healthy dependency — the reality that we all need other people. Nedra explains the spectrum from codependency to hyper-independence, why attachment styles are more flexible than commonly believed, and how the stories we tell about ourselves become self-fulfilling. Throughout, they focus on developing key skills: asking for help, receiving support, tolerating distance, feeling comfortable in closeness, and repairing after conflict.