Episode 268: What Free Love Ought to Mean: Healing Codependent Wounds and Learning to Love Freely
Being Human
Even if you're Christian — even if your spouse is a genuinely good person — you can still feel deeply unfulfilled. In this episode, Dr. Greg explores how asking another person to carry your identity, security, and worth turns love into survival — and leaves both people depleted. Key Topics: * How misplaced dependence slowly erodes love * Why identity collapses when relationships become sources of self-worth * The difference between free self-gift and anxious attachment * How to properly order your love Learn More: * Pilgrimage to Poland - Learn more about this interior journey with St. John Paul II * Summit of Integration 2026 - Sign up to learn more about this year's event! * Healing Retreat in Wyoming - Learn more about our upcoming retreat experience. * Being Human episodes on the Dependent Defense Pattern: * Ep. #267: Not All Satisfaction Is Good: Understanding Codependency As Relationship Cancer * Ep. #266: You're Giving Too Much! Uncovering How Anxiety Disguises Itself as Holiness * Ep. #265: Jerry Maguire, Gollum, and the Fear of Not Existing * Gaudium et Spes - Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World by Pope Paul VI * Need help? Schedule a free CatholicPsych consultation * Want to help? Learn more about our Certification in Professional Accompaniment Follow Us on Socials: Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter (X) | LinkedIn