Get an intimate, honest look at how CPTSD and codependency can develop and how it can be overcome. Brian and Stephanie take you ’behind the scenes’ of their experiences and their relationship, lifting the veil on how codependent behaviors can cause life long pain and suffering if not addressed. Learn how Brian has been able to understand the web of behaviors that formed in response to complex trauma and move on to build healthier relationships.
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S3 - #8 Beyond Codependency - Listener Questions
In this episode, we answer listener questions.
00:00:52 Question 1
00:14:04 Question 2
00:22:43 Question 3
1. Was there ever a time you felt like the investment in hel
Feb 24 2023 34 min
S3 - #7 Beyond Codependency - The Serenity Prayer
The Serenity Prayer is often said at 12-step meetings like Alcoholic Anonymous and even Codependent Anonymous. But it can challenging to enact, especially if you were cau
Feb 8 2023 28 min
S3 - #6 Beyond Codependency - Shame Venting
If shame is not resolved, it can just build up and up until the pressure of trying to suppress it gets to be too much. Then what do you do with it? One way Brian attempt
Jan 26 2023 32 min
S3 - #5 Beyond Codependency - Family of Origin
In this episode we take the opportunity to talk more about Brian's 'family of origin' and how it had more of an effect on the development of his codependent behaviors tha
Jan 12 2023 40 min
S3 - #4 Beyond Codependency - Relationships
In this episode, we talk about the different kinds of relationships Brian has had in his life - with abusive people, with other 'codependent's, and with 'healthy' people.
Jan 1 2023 52 min
S3 - #3 Beyond Codependency - People Pleasing
People pleasing sounds good. Why wouldn't we want the people in our life to be pleased? In this episode we explore the connect between people pleasing and codependency an
Dec 16 2022 25 min
S3 - #2 Beyond Codependency - Diagnosis
Codependency is not an official diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders. What does that mean and does it matter? And what is a diagno
Dec 2 2022 30 min
S3 - #1 Beyond Codependency - Boundaries
There is a lot of talk about personal boundaries these days - having them, respecting them, enforcing them. But what exactly are personal boundaries? Brian and Stephanie
Nov 20 2022 39 min
S2 - #5 Healing Codependency - Loving a Codependent Mind
In this episode, we flip the script and Stephanie discusses her experiences loving, and trying to form a relationship with, someone who engages in codependent behaviors.
Nov 6 2022 26 min
S2 - #4 Healing from Codependency - Breaking the Powerlessness Habit
Even after largely healing from the trauma that started Brian down the path of codependency, he was still left with the behaviors that formed in response to that trauma.
Oct 23 2022 39 min
S2 - #3 Healing Codependency - Re-Writing Stories
Stories are powerful tools to help us understand ourselves and our lives. Unfortunately for Brian, many of the stories he adopted or told did just the opposite - served t
Oct 7 2022 37 min
S2-#2 Healing Codependency - Emotional Development
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Sep 23 2022 45 min
S2 - #1 Healing Codependency - Getting Started
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This season explores how Brian worked to 're-make' his codependent mind. In this
Sep 10 2022 42 min
S1 - #7 Codependency and Emotional Immaturity
The process of learning what emotions are and how manage them was interrupted for Brian at a very early age by abuse and trauma. Because of that, he never really learned
Aug 27 2022 30 min
S1 - #6 Codependency and Shame
Shame evolved to give us information about the world. But trauma induced shame can be overwhelming and crippling, even life-threatening. Understanding the role shame play
Aug 14 2022 30 min
S1 - #5 Codependency and Lack of Agency
What is involved in the concept of 'personal agency'? How is agency or its lack connected to codependent behaviors? We explore Brian's experience with those questions in
Jul 29 2022 25 min
S1 - #4 Codependency and Narcissism
Narcissists are an especially dangerous and toxic pairing for people with codependent behaviors, due to the way each person’s maladaptive behaviors work together. In this
Jul 16 2022 34 min
S1 - #3 Codependency and Trauma Bonding
In this episode, Stephanie and Brian discuss the concept of trauma bonding within codependent relationships, particularly focusing on two of Brian's past romantic relatio
Jul 8 2022 38 min
S1 - #2 Codependency and Trauma
Often codependence behaviors emerge as a response to trauma. What is trauma? How is it different then other stressful, even violent, events? What is it like to live with
Jul 8 2022 28 min
S1 - #1 Codependency - Origins
What is codependency? And from where do codependent behaviors emerge? Every 'codependent' has an origin story. This is Brian's.
The paperback, eBook and audiobook versio
Jul 8 2022 32 min
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I have read so many self help books, articles, listened to podcasts, and training courses. This has been by far the most helpful, and insightful at breaking things down. Thank you so much for sharing your story! I feel as though this has provided tools to really heal.
freecountry101 · Jul 2026
I have found this so helpful in beginning to understand how to process the things that happened to me during my childhood when I didn’t have agency, and how those learned behaviors play into my adult personal and professional relationships. I’d like to offer a correction about how CoDA (Codependents Anonymous) was represented in the first three seasons. Brian said that CoDA wasn’t really helpful to him because the first step was about admitting powerlessness, but step 1 of CoDA actually states “We admitted we were powerless OVER OTHERS - that our lives had become unmanageable.” The hosts might have addressed this in later seasons, but they otherwise do a great job discussing that very concept and how we each have power to change ourselves and what we do, and the freedom that comes from realizing that we do not have the power nor the responsibility to change the feelings, thoughts, and actions of others.
Rschmid9 · Feb 2026
This chapter broke me. I have been in a therapy group and have realized that I’m codependent but this chapter..wow. I just realized that I have been monitoring my environment since I was 3 for signs of threat. How could I have ever been curios about anything? How others felt was of the utmost importance for my well being and safety. Them being ok was how I was ok. I’m grieving not ever getting to know myself. Thank you for this.
JamieHoff · Sep 2025
This podcast has been an integral part of my recognition of my codependent tendencies, and the catalyst to finding agency, a voice, and eventually understanding who I am and what I want from this life. I’m deeply thankful for the vulnerability it took to share - and keep sharing - the journey as it twists and turns. I’m impressed and thankful for them for sharing their journey.
Leslie, Lady In Healing · Aug 2025
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