EP 80: Codependency and living Lovingly Fierce with Jo Westwood

Hello! 👋 Vicki here, with a brand new episode for you 🤗 This week I had the pleasure of speaking to Jo Westwood all about the topic of codependency and what it means to live Lovingly Fierce.  And wow, what an interesting conversation it was! Jo is a life coach and author, who is known for her straightforward, down to earth approach in helping you to improve your life. And she specialises in helping women to escape from codependency, reclaim their lives with confidence and live Lovingly Fierce. In this episode, we explore what codependency is and how it can show up in our relationships (from our friendships and work relationships to our family and romantic relationships), how it impacts us and what a recovery journey can look like. This is such an important topic and one that I don’t think is being talked about enough. I learnt so much from Jo through this conversation and it’s certainly one I would like to keep talking about in future episodes. If this conversation resonated with you and if you’d like to go deeper into this topic then Jo has very kindly shared resources that can support you. Here they are below: - Should I Stay or Should I Go by Dr. Ramani Durvasula PhD | LINK (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Should-Stay-Surviving-Relationship-Narcissist/dp/168261333X/ref=asc_df_168261333X/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310856639426&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14198022900225699979&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-525654599202&psc=1&th=1&psc=1 ) - Codependents Anonymous "Big Book" (to note - this one supports the organisation of Codependents Anonymous and is much cheaper than Amazon) | LINK (https://www.codaliterature.co.uk/new-coda-big-book-1002-3rd-uk-printing--3rd-edition-12-p.asp) - Sweet Relief from the Everyday Narcissist by Melissa Schenker and Tina Moody | LINK (https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Relief-Everyday-Narcissist-Melissa-Schenker/dp/1936909413/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=sweet+relief+from+the+everyday&qid=1571051361&s=books&sr=1-1 ) - Codependents Anonymous UK Meetings | LINK (http://coda-uk.com/meetings/?tsml-day=any ) - Facing Codependence by Pia Mellody | LINK (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Facing-Codependence-Where-Comes-Sabotages/dp/0062505890) - Jo's 'Lovingly Fierce' Online Course (with exclusive Project Love discount of £25 off) | LINK (http://bit.ly/lfdiscount) - And if you'd like to find out more about Jo then you can visit her website here (http://jowestwood.com/) and check her out over on Instagram here (http://instagram.com/jowestwood) . I hope you enjoy the episode.  Do get in touch and let me know what resonated with you the most. You can email me on hello@loveprojectlove.com (mailto:hello@loveprojectlove.com) or send me a DM on Instagram @loveprojectove (https://www.instagram.com/loveprojectlove/) . Love, V xx