by Marlena Tillhon | Feb 9, 2020 | Relationships
Most of us want to have the experience of being in a loving relationship. We have ideas and fantasies that lead to expectations … often unrealistic ones that end in disappointment. These days romantic relationships get a bad reputation for being difficult or even...
by Marlena Tillhon | Feb 8, 2020 | Relationships
A healthy relationship requires a solid foundation of trust, which emerges when we feel emotionally safe. In order to feel truly emotionally safe with someone else, we have to feel secure within ourselves and so emotional safety forms the core of any healthy...
by Marlena Tillhon | Jan 2, 2020 | Relationships, Self-Love
Someone in my Codependency Today group on Facebook recently posted about struggling with the idea that loving yourself first is the only way to have a healthy relationship. Considering that it’s very hard for most codependents to learn to like or love themselves, it...