ep. 179: Confronting Codependency
Can toxic relationships be a form of addiction? Codependency is complex, controversial and often ascribed to women. Writer Nina Renata Aron shares her own story of confronting codependency and helps Cristen unpack the culturally fraught relationship between codependency, women and feminism.
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Nina Renata Aron: website | IG | Twitter | Good Morning, Destroyer of Men’s Souls: A Memoir of Women, Addiction and Love
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