Codependency SelfHelp 3 | Defining Your Rich & Meaningful Life | A CBT Addiction Recovery Tool
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The content segments discussed by Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes focus on the importance of defining a rich and meaningful life in the recovery from codependency. She encourages listeners to consider various aspects of their lives and how they will change when they are no longer codependent.
In the first segment, Dr. Snipes emphasizes the need to think about the physical health impacts of no longer engaging in codependent behaviors. This includes changes in blood pressure, immunity, chronic pain, and energy levels. She also addresses the emotional aspect, prompting listeners to reflect on their emotional awareness, ability to identify emotions, and experience of guilt in their rich and meaningful life. Additionally, she encourages listeners to consider how their cognition will change, particularly in terms of coping strategies for trauma triggers and differentiating past traumas from present situations.
The second segment focuses on the importance of using balanced fact-based reasoning in recovery. Dr. Snipes prompts listeners to consider how they will move away from emotion-based or fear-based reasoning and make decisions using facts in context. She addresses cognitive distortions and the inner critic that often accompanies codependency. Dr. Snipes also highlights the importance of having a balanced outlook, noticing positive things while recognizing that bad things can happen. She encourages listeners to reflect on changes in their environment, self-perception, assertive communication, and fear of abandonment in their rich and meaningful life.
Overall, these segments provide guidance for individuals in recovery from codependency, encouraging them to envision a life that is physically healthier, emotionally aware, cognitively balanced, and based on fact-based reasoning.
The content segments discussed by Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes focus on the importance of defining a rich a