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Over time, toxic and unhealthy relationships gradually chip away at our self-esteem and can make us feel worthless and broken. It can also lead to codependent behavior that prohibits us from fulfilling our optimum potential. In Stop Being A Doormat and Learn to Love Yourself, Alexis Carter delves into the origins of codependent behavior and how it can be rooted in childhood trauma, identifying codependency and the various stages of an unhealthy relationship, including its mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual effects. With this guide, you will learn to love yourself by paying heed to your own needs, build self-esteem by eliminating negative thought patterns and cyclical destructive behavior, overcome fear and anxiety, identify behavioral triggers that lead to codependency, and start the healing journey with the help of various self-empowerment practices, therapies, affirmations, and creative pursuits.
Dysfunctional relationships inevitably lead to long-term dysfunctional behavioral patterns. Alexis Carter offers valuable insights into how toxic and unhealthy relationships can leave you as a doormat others take advantage of. Carter examines the signs and symptoms of codependent behavior, how it can stem from a dysfunctional childhood, and the role parents and society play. She also explores the different types of codependent behavior and its associated disorders. Stop Being A Doormat and Learn to Love Yourself provides easily applicable tools, techniques, and practices to help you move away from codependent relationships and self-destructive patterns so that you can start your healing journey and live a fulfilling life with confidence, self-esteem, and self-respect. Highly recommended.
