We Can Do Hard Things
Codependence: How to Stop Controlling Others with Melody Beattie (Best Of)
Wed, 05 Mar 2025
1. The Mother of Codependence shares the difference between healthy and unhealthy helping. 2. The daily practice that helps Melody stop controlling others and “Let Life Happen.” 3. Why no one is able to gaslight you more than you. 4. The one area of life where Codependence is necessary. 5. All four of us surrender to the truth that we will never be Codependent No More. About Melody: A pioneering voice in self-help literature, Melody Beattie is the author of many bestselling books, including Codependent No More – a #1 New York Times bestseller, which has sold over 7 million copies – as well as The Language of Letting Go, Playing It by Heart, The Grief Club, and Beyond Codependency. An updated edition of the bestselling, modern classic, Codependent No More, is available now. Melody lives in Southern California. TW: @MelodyBeattie IG: @authormelodybeattie To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Who is Melody Beattie and what is her impact on codependence?
Hi, PodSquad. As someone whose entire adult life has been about trying to learn to relinquish control, to get more peace and freedom, Melody Beattie has been an incredibly important guide to me in my life personally and to millions of A few days ago, we read this message from Nicole Beattie, who is Melody's daughter. My mother was never afraid to die. Why should I be? I'm going to see God.
I'll be reunited with your brother, and I'll finally get to meet my favorite person, Moses. Her fearlessness was a great comfort to me in her final weeks. During one of our last conversations, I leaned in close to her and asked, Where are you going, Mom? She turned toward me and smiled. I'm going on a miraculous new adventure. I'll miss you. Godspeed, Mal. Oh, Nicole.
It's fascinating and fitting that Melody Beattie's favorite person was Moses. She led a hell of a lot of people out of the wilderness. Today, we are honoring the life and legacy of Melody Beattie by revisiting a life-changing for me conversation that we had with her that really helped us untangle the difference between healthy and unhealthy, helping
and just was like one hour of absolute life-saving freedom. We are forever transformed by Melody's work, work that will continue to guide and heal generations to come. Nicole, we love you. We are with you. We are so grateful for your mom and your family.
I'll take over there. When I was in my early 20s, Codependent No More was probably the most transformative and important book. Melody, we love you, and we hope you are on your journey. We love you, PodSquad.
Hope you enjoy this conversation. Welcome back to We Can Do Hard Things. Delighted to tell you today that with us is the Melody Beattie, a pioneering voice in self-help literature. Melody is the author of many bestselling books, including Codependent No More, a number one New York Times bestseller, which has sold over 7 million copies, as well as The Language of Letting Go, Playing It by Heart,
The Grief Club, and Beyond Codependency. An updated edition of the best-selling modern classic, which really screwed us up, okay? Codependent No More is available now. Melody lives in Southern California. Melody, welcome to We Can Do Hard Things.
Thank you for doing this wonderful show.
Oh, we're so excited. I have to tell you, I have read your book a long time ago because I'm a recovering addict, so that was part of my whole journey. Shebang. But then recently we all got it. All three of us got it because our friend Jen Hatmaker was on the show and reminded us of it in talking to us about how important it was for her. The book sat on our coffee table. Yeah.
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