Eva VennariMaking the Unconscious Conscious for Longevity and Healing at The Elevate Institute, The Elevate Institute · Industry Leading Consultant in True Holistic Healing

Breaking Free from Codependency Embracing Authenticity and Self Worth

31 Jul 2024 · 1 min

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In this opening segment of her YouTube video, Eva Vennari describes codependency as a pervasive societal problem that she has personally struggled with. She explains how, from childhood, she was conditioned to suppress her authentic self and to people‑please in order to avoid shame and punishment. This pattern of self‑suppression persisted into adulthood, leading her to constantly hide her true feelings. Despite this, she notes a paradoxical tendency to speak her mind, which often landed her in trouble, highlighting the internal conflict between her learned people‑pleasing habits and her authentic voice.

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Codependency is a scourge of society. It is indeed. Well, there was, um, years and years of shoving down my own, um, authenticity and showing up and trying to please others, you know, people pleasing. It's a big problem. I mean, it comes as a result of, of, you know, how we're trained to be for our own survival in childhood. And so I had a lot of that. I needed to people please in order to, to not be shamed and not be punished. I did not avoid it. Very well because I tend to speak up and speak my own mind, which got me into trouble a lot.