Fragmented to Whole: Life Lessons from 12 Step Recovery
Tired of feeling fragmented and overwhelmed? Fragmented to Whole: Life Lessons from 12-Step Recovery is your guide to creating a life of wholeness, authenticity, and healthy boundaries. Join Barb Nangle, a boundaries coach and speaker, as she shares raw and honest insights from her own journey and the principles of 12-step recovery. Discover how to set boundaries without guilt or shame, overcome people-pleasing tendencies, manage your emotions effectively, cultivate a stronger sense of self, and build healthier relationships. Barb's approach is raw, honest, and sometimes a little bit (okay, a lot) sweary.
Barb doesn't speak for or endorse any particular 12 step program of recovery. Though she's a huge fan of 12 step recovery, and a member of two 12 step fellowships, she cannot speak for them. If you're ready for real talk and practical tools for transformation, tune in! To learn more about Barb, go to https://higherpowercc.com/
Fragmented to Whole: Life Lessons from 12 Step Recovery
How to Stop Over-Giving When Friendships Feel One-Sided | Episode 354
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In this week’s episode 354 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m talking about social boundaries, over-functioning in friendships, and what happens when relationships quietly become dependent on your emotional labor, effort, and self-abandonment.
When I first entered recovery, I thought my relationship struggles were mostly about romantic relationships. What I eventually realized was that many of the same codependent patterns were showing up in my friendships and colleague relationships too.
Some of the talking points I go over in this episode include:
- How resentment can act as a diagnostic tool when it comes to boundaries
- What happens when you stop over-functioning and carrying relationships on your back
- The difference between being valued as a person versus being valued for the emotional labor you provide
- Why healthy relationships require mutuality, reciprocity, and movement toward each other from both people
- The powerful realization that connection built on self-abandonment is not true connection
I also share personal experiences around always being the one initiating contact, maintaining relationships through anxiety and over-giving, and learning how to have more honest conversations instead of silently carrying resentment.
This episode is a reminder that healthy connection is not about maintaining relationships at all costs. It’s about learning how to stay connected to yourself while also allowing other people to show up, invest, and choose you too.
Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on living a more whole life and to hear even more about the points outlined above.
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