“Your task is not to seek love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” ~Rumi Up to a certain point in my life, I was always seeking approval and validation from everything outside of me. All I ever wanted was to feel loved. I longed for this feeling and wondered how the world could be so cruel as to reject me when I was so loving and available. I have since learned that I was not as available as I thought. It has been my

Most people will agree that a relationship should be equal, with both give and take. In your relationship, do you find yourself always bailing your partner out and making excuses for them? Do you always put them first, even at the expense of your own physical and mental health? Do you need their approval and need them to need you? If you’re reluctantly nodding your head, and recognizing these things in yourself, then you could be in a codependent relationship. So, what is a c