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Do you want to have the courage to trust yourself, speak up for yourself, say "no", and enforce boundaries in your relationships? Do you find yourself in the position of being a caretaker or people pleaser, sacrificing your own needs and wants in favor of someone else's happiness, and taking on other people's responsibilities and consequences? If you have said "Yes" to either of these questions, you may be exhibiting signs of codependency. Codependency comes in many forms and varying degrees of severity, but we've all been there at some point in either a romantic, platonic, or family relationship. Always trying to "fix" someone. Finding ourselves constantly attracting the same types of low-functioning people who are always in some sort of "crisis" and we're always coming to their rescue. Having a hard time saying "no" when we know we should. Or maybe you're in a relationship that starts off great and you feel happy, but eventually, you find yourself in a position where you get wrapped up in your partner's life and push aside your own goals, dreams, and habits to the point where you're basing your happiness on someone else's and constantly seeking validation from outside yourself. Courage to Cure Codependency will give you a thorough understanding of codependency and the psychology behind it, the capacity to recognize signs of it in yourself and others, and the ways to fix it. Even though you may be exhibiting codependent behavior, it is not who you are, and your best self is underneath the parts of you that are holding you back. In this book, you will learn: How to practice saying no and enforcing boundaries Seven steps to heal from a codependent relationship How to reclaim your self-esteem and self-confidence The key things you must do in order to avoid getting back into another codependent relationship How to free yourself from guilt of refusing to continue to be an enabling caretak