Melody Beattie
Melody Beattie
Melody Beattie is an American author of self-help books on codependent relationships...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
focused gentle life
What do you do when life blindfolds you and spins you around? We think it's our fault, that we're to blame, when really we should be focused on being gentle with ourselves.
relationship good-relationship focus
Today, I will focus on having a good relationship with myself.
caring giving focus
Today, I will focus on what's right about me. I will give myself some of the caring I've extended to the world.
focus manageable our-lives
the more we are focused on controlling and changing others, the more unmanageable our life becomes. The more we focus on living our own life, the more we have a life to live, and the more manageable our life will become.
focus today tomorrow
I pray for faith that my future will be good if I live today well, and in peace. I will remember that staying in the present is the best thing I can do for my future. I will focus on what’s happening now instead of what’s going to happen tomorrow.
letting-go moving focus
Today I will focus on a peaceful pace, rather than a harried one. I will keep moving forward gently, not frantically. I will let go of my need to be anxious and upset and will replace these feelings with calmness and harmony.
Some therapists have proclaimed: 'Co-dependency is anything, and everyone is co-dependent.'
aware death diagnosis gave people received
I want people who have received a diagnosis of Hepatitis C to know that they didn't just receive a death sentence. They do have options, even if the person who gave them their diagnosis isn't aware of all of them. The path they choose doesn't have to be one of desperation.
stop taking
Guilt can stop us from taking healthy care of ourselves.
There are almost as many definitions of co-dependency as there are experiences that represent it.
code people trying waste
Don't violate your own code of values and ethics, but don't waste energy trying to make other people violate theirs.
relationships
Relationships are where we take our recovery on the road.
Feel what you feel, know what you know, and set your relatives free to do the same.
cannot gives god imperfect religion room struggles tells
Twelve-step promotes spirituality, not religion. It gives a practical, day-to-day spirituality that tells me what I can and cannot control. There is room to be imperfect and to be someone who struggles to find God.