Marriage traditionally represents a union of two individuals sharing love, responsibilities, and dreams. However, when relationships slip into codependency, this healthy balance shifts dramatically.

It’s a fairly well-known truth that relationships are never meant to be easy. Maintaining a long-term relationship by keeping it alive and healthy over decades of change requires effort, labor and the ...

If you struggle with codependency, wonder if you’re codependent, or just have questions about codependency, this introductory post will give you an overview: What codependency is, where it comes from, ...

Codependent relationships typically involve one partner, the “giver,” prioritizing the needs of another, the “taker.” Therapy may rebalance and heal codependent relationships. Or you may seek to leave ...

It’s independence that artists like Kelly Clarkson, Destiny’s Child, and Ne-Yo waxed poetic about—not codependence. While only two little letters separate the words phonetically, in practice the two ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS ARE built on give and take. Both parties need to feel like they are respected and ...