Codependency Alchemy: The Podcast

STAY CONNECTED! Click here to join the Codependency Alchemy MembershipListen to Luce's Soul Retrieval session here.In this episode:* How Luce discovered codependency work and what led her to it* What her initial thoughts and hesitations were around codependency and inner child work* How the work we do in the Codependency Alchemy membership has transformed her life, and the breakthroughs she has had since joining* The insights and gifts that she has uncovered through inner child healing This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alyssaaazander.substack.com/subscribe

Updates: Next week’s podcast will be the last episode of the year as I take a break to focus on our community here on Substack. I’m excited to create deeper connections and introduce new, fun ways for us to connect. If you haven’t already, download the Substack app to join in!Also, a quick reminder—membership is still just $9/month for now, but the price will increase in the new year so if you’ve been thinking about joining make sure you hop in now!👉🏾Join the Codependency Alchemy MembershipThis week on our 1:1 session episode, Codependency Alchemy member Rachael came to the call experiencing a pattern of needing to have everything figured out before taking action— something I know I certainly relate to!You asked for it, here it is…I haven’t opened one-on-one sessions up to the public in a veryyyy long time, but it’s clear there is a huge need for it right now, as many of us are experiencing the HARDEST moments in our relationships— it kind of feels like a pressure cooker, doesn’t it? Let’s just say, in this session you’ll start to find the release valve.Spots are limited so make sure to grab one before they run out!Book a one-on-one Codependency Healing Session This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alyssaaazander.substack.com/subscribe

In today’s post, I’m sharing a few things I wish I had known at the start of my relationship with Justin, and honestly, even before I started dating anyone. These realizations have been game-changers for me, and I hope they resonate with you too.Download my free Shadow Work and Inner Child Guide to get a printable worksheet that you can use again and again!Upcoming Events for Codependency Alchemy👉🏾 GET 10% OFF ON MEMBERSHIPAs a Codependency Alchemy member, you have access to a library of resources aimed at helping you bring deeper awareness to the root of your codependency tendencies. Members looking to get the most out of their membership and wanting to start making profound shifts in their life can access masterclasses, meetups, private podcast episodes, and guided meditations. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alyssaaazander.substack.com/subscribe

This story is a powerful reminder that our healing comes from facing the uncomfortable emotions and beliefs we carry, even when they feel overwhelming. It’s through sitting with our pain and giving it space that we find freedom and peace.Download my free Shadow Work and Inner Child Guide to get a printable worksheet that you can use again and again!Upcoming Events for Codependency Alchemy👉🏾 GET 10% OFF ON MEMBERSHIPAs a Codependency Alchemy member, you have access to a library of resources aimed at helping you bring deeper awareness to the root of your codependency tendencies. Members looking to get the most out of their membership and wanting to start making profound shifts in their life can access masterclasses, meetups, private podcast episodes, and guided meditations. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alyssaaazander.substack.com/subscribe

I’m excited to share a personal story today—one that has layers beyond what it seems. You’re definitely going to want to grab a drink, get comfortable, and enjoy. We're talking about boundaries, cookies, and the uncomfy parts of learning our own dysfunction through our relationship dynamics.Only 5 days left to get HTMW Workbook for 50% off!Download my free Shadow Work and Inner Child Guide to get a printable worksheet that you can use again and again!Upcoming Events for Codependency Alchemy👉🏾 GET 10% OFF ON MEMBERSHIPAs a Codependency Alchemy member, you have access to a library of resources aimed at helping you bring deeper awareness to the root of your codependency tendencies. Members looking to get the most out of their membership and wanting to start making profound shifts in their life can access masterclasses, meetups, private podcast episodes, and guided meditations.Monthly Masterclass | September 5th | 10am (PDT) | Click here to RSVP on Zoom 💻Monthly Meetup | September 12th | 10am (PDT) | Click here to RSVP on Zoom 💻AMA Chat | September 19th | 10am-12pm (PDT) | Click here to RSVP for Chat 📱Shadow Work Sunday | Every Sunday | Thread on Substack🧵Let's connect! Follow me on Instagram, TikTok, and you can even subscribe and watch the full episodes on YouTube! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alyssaaazander.substack.com/subscribe

This week I get to sit down with a member from our Codependency Alchemy membership, Nicole, who is exploring the challenges of parenting while navigating her own inner healing journey. In this session I guide Nicole through shadow work and an inner child healing, validate her unmet needs, and help release the burdens of feeling "broken" and "not good enough."This conversation offers a roadmap for intergenerational healing and the courage to show up authentically, even in the midst of our own imperfections.Grab Healing the Mother Wound Workbook for less than $10 using promo code "ANNIVERSARY"!Buy a copy of "Healing the Mother Wound: With Mother Earth"Buy your copy on AmazonDownload my free Shadow Work and Inner Child Guide to get a printable worksheet that you can use again and again!Upcoming Events for Codependency Alchemy👉🏾 GET 10% OFF ON MEMBERSHIPAs a Codependency Alchemy member, you have access to a library of resources aimed at helping you bring deeper awareness to the root of your codependency tendencies. Members looking to get the most out of their membership and wanting to start making profound shifts in their life can access masterclasses, meetups, private podcast episodes, and guided meditations.Let's connect! Follow me on Instagram, TikTok, and you can even subscribe and watch the full episodes on YouTube! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alyssaaazander.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, I take you back to 2018, when my relationship was taken over by darkness. My partner Justin was battling depression, and I was trapped in a cycle of trying to "fix" him, making his pain and discomfort my responsibility. It led us to a breaking point, where we both felt unseen and alone.Download my free Shadow Work and Inner Child Guide to get a printable worksheet that you can use again and again!Upcoming Events for Codependency Alchemy👉🏾 GET 10% OFF ON MEMBERSHIPAs a Codependency Alchemy member, you have access to a library of resources aimed at helping you bring deeper awareness to the root of your codependency tendencies. Members looking to get the most out of their membership and wanting to start making profound shifts in their life can access masterclasses, meetups, private podcast episodes, and guided meditations.Monthly Masterclass | September 5th | 10am (PDT) | Click here to RSVP on Zoom 💻Monthly Meetup | September 12th | 10am (PDT) | Click here to RSVP on Zoom 💻AMA Chat | September 19th | 10am-12pm (PDT) | Click here to RSVP for Chat 📱Shadow Work Sunday | Every Sunday | Thread on Substack🧵Let's connect! Follow me on Instagram, TikTok, and you can even subscribe and watch the full episodes on YouTube! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alyssaaazander.substack.com/subscribe

On today's episode, I sit down with KaRonna, a working mom struggling with something I think many of us can relate to— the inability to prioritize herself and her own needs amidst the demands of career, parenthood, and life in general, fearing she'll make the wrong decision.Download my free Shadow Work and Inner Child Guide to get a printable worksheet that you can use again and again!Upcoming Events for Codependency Alchemy👉🏾 GET 10% OFF ON MEMBERSHIPAs a Codependency Alchemy member, you have access to a library of resources aimed at helping you bring deeper awareness to the root of your codependency tendencies. Members looking to get the most out of their membership and wanting to start making profound shifts in their life can access masterclasses, meetups, private podcast episodes, and guided meditations.Monthly Masterclass | September 5th | 10am (PDT) | Click here to RSVP on Zoom 💻Monthly Meetup | September 12th | 10am (PDT) | Click here to RSVP on Zoom 💻AMA Chat | September 19th | 10am-12pm (PDT) | Click here to RSVP for Chat 📱Shadow Work Sunday | Every Sunday | Thread on Substack🧵Let's connect! Follow me on Instagram, TikTok, and you can even subscribe and watch the full episodes on YouTube! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alyssaaazander.substack.com/subscribe

In this raw and vulnerable episode (my first time actually crying on the podcast), I open up about my recent experience with depression and feeling discomfort with slowness and spaciousness in my life, which was triggering fears around losing my sense of purpose and self-worth if I'm "not doing anything.”Download my free Shadow Work and Inner Child Guide to get a printable worksheet that you can use again and again!Upcoming Events for Codependency Alchemy👉🏾 GET 10% OFF ON MEMBERSHIPAs a Codependency Alchemy member, you have access to a library of resources aimed at helping you bring deeper awareness to the root of your codependency tendencies. Members looking to get the most out of their membership and wanting to start making profound shifts in their life can access masterclasses, meetups, private podcast episodes, and guided meditations.Monthly Masterclass | September 5th | 10am (PDT) | Click here to RSVP on Zoom 💻Monthly Meetup | September 12th | 10am (PDT) | Click here to RSVP on Zoom 💻AMA Chat | September 19th | 10am-12pm (PDT) | Click here to RSVP for Chat 📱Shadow Work Sunday | Every Sunday | Thread on Substack🧵Let's connect! Follow me on Instagram, TikTok, and you can even subscribe and watch the full episodes on YouTube! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alyssaaazander.substack.com/subscribe

In this 1:1 session I sit with a member from our Codependency Alchemy membership. Lena was struggling with codependency, insecurity, and fears around her partner leaving her or cheating which was triggering past traumas. Her goals were to build self-acceptance, heal from past hurts, and develop the ability to set compassionate boundaries in her relationship.👉🏾Join the Codependency Alchemy Mastermind waitlist👉🏾 Save 10% on The Membership👉🏾 Watch the masterclass on Boundaries This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alyssaaazander.substack.com/subscribe

Here’s the thing that we need to really start understanding: we have spent countless days, months, and years over-identifying and picking apart our mind’s stories, beliefs, and thoughts. In doing so, we have completely neglected our bodies stories which hold the keys to our deepest forms of healing and transformation.In today’s episode I guide the women on the call through a somatic practice where you will take away information and an experience that will illuminate how your body is physically responding to certain patterns and tendencies.With this wisdom and practice you can begin to access the precise actions needed for you to clear what is blocking you from living your most fulfilling and authentic life.Need help or support in doing the shadow work and inner child healing? Join us in our Monthly Masterclasses, Meetups, and AMA Chats in the Codependency Alchemy Membership! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alyssaaazander.substack.com/subscribe

I recently did a free 3-day immersion where I walked those who signed up through a masterclass on Identifying Codependency, using shadow work and a somatic practice to explore in community.The next two episodes are from this masterclass, and I hope you enjoy the conversations we had as much as I did!What we cover in today’s episode:* What is the mother wound?* What is codependency?* Reflection on close relationships to see where codependency shows up in your life* How to do shadow work for codependency patterns and why this is so important for deep healingReceiving support and perspectives from others can really deepen our healing process. I encourage you to share your experiences and insights in the comments or our Codependency Alchemy chat. This helps build connection and encourages us as we navigate these parts of us.Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me or our community if you need guidance or accountability in implementing the inner child healing practices. You can join the Codependency Alchemy Membership by upgrading your subscription for $9/month and get ongoing support, resources, and community with like-minded souls healing codependency. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alyssaaazander.substack.com/subscribe

In today’s episode Crystal asks for support on what to do when conflict comes up in her relationships, how self-sabotage has started to show up, and fears around her partner leaving and finding someone better.Resources:IT'S OFFICIAL! THE WAITLIST FOR THE MASTERMIND IS OPEN AGAIN!👉🏾https://stan.store/alyssaaazander/p/join-the-waitlist-ebph5👉🏾Codependency Alchemy: The Membership: $9/month (or $90/year) Subscribe on Substack for shadow work prompts, private podcast episodes, and access to monthly masterclasses and group coaching calls. Take the next step in your healing journey and join a supportive community.👉🏾How to Heal Codependency in Your Relationships: A 5-week self-paced course that guides you through the tools & practices I use to get clients from resentful to reciprocal relationships.👉🏾Get your copy of “Healing the Mother Wound: With Mother Earth” on Amazon & BookBaby Bookstore👩🏽‍🤝‍👩🏻Let's connect! Follow me on Instagram, TikTok, and you can even subscribe and watch the full episodes on YouTube! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alyssaaazander.substack.com/subscribe

This week I share about my journey navigating food and meals in our home when we have different health/eating goals. Learn how to establish autonomy over food choices, practice self-trust, and support your partner's (and your own) individual journey.Resources:* Join the Codependency Alchemy Broadcast Channel on Instagram* Codependency Alchemy: The Membership: $9/month (or $90/year) Subscribe on Substack for shadow work prompts, private podcast episodes, and access to monthly masterclasses and group coaching calls. Take the next step in your healing journey and join a supportive community.* The Codependency Quiz: 9 questions to help you see where codependency is influencing your life and relationships.* How to Heal Codependency in Your Relationships: A 5-week self-paced course that guides you through the tools & practices I use to get clients from resentful to reciprocal relationships.* Get your copy of “Healing the Mother Wound: With Mother Earth” on Amazon & BookBaby BookstoreLet's connect! Follow me on Instagram, TikTok, and you can even subscribe and watch the full episodes on YouTube! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alyssaaazander.substack.com/subscribe

Many of us struggle with vulnerability and getting close to people, even though deep down it is what we deeply desire. In this episode I get to witness Aaron, who moved a lot in his childhood and felt like he learned to not get attached because everything was temporary.Resources:THE WAITLIST FOR THE MASTERMIND IS OPEN AGAIN!👉🏾https://stan.store/alyssaaazander/p/join-the-waitlist-ebph5👉🏾Join the Codependency Alchemy Broadcast Channel on Instagram👉🏾Codependency Alchemy: The Membership: $9/month (or $90/year) Subscribe on Substack for shadow work prompts, private podcast episodes, and access to monthly masterclasses and group coaching calls. Take the next step in your healing journey and join a supportive community.👉🏾The Codependency Quiz: 9 questions to help you see where codependency is influencing your life and relationships.👉🏾How to Heal Codependency in Your Relationships: A 5-week self-paced course that guides you through the tools & practices I use to get clients from resentful to reciprocal relationships.👉🏾Get your copy of “Healing the Mother Wound: With Mother Earth” on Amazon & BookBaby Bookstore👩🏽‍🤝‍👩🏻Let's connect! Follow me on Instagram, TikTok, and you can even subscribe and watch the full episodes on YouTube! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alyssaaazander.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, we explore how choosing compassion and grace over self-criticism can help heal codependency and the mother wound.When we are hard on ourselves for our perceived flaws or mistakes, we perpetuate feelings of not being good enough. It is through showing ourselves compassion and accepting where we are in our journey that we actually create enough spaciousness to heal codependency and the mother wound within us.I’ll be reading from my book “Healing the Mother Wound: With Mother Earth” today, and sharing from the section titled, “Destiny”.I hope these words are like a salve to your soul, and that they remind you of who you truly are.Resources:IT'S OFFICIAL! THE WAITLIST FOR THE MASTERMIND IS OPEN AGAIN!👉🏾https://stan.store/alyssaaazander/p/join-the-waitlist-ebph5👉🏾Join the Codependency Alchemy Broadcast Channel on Instagram👉🏾Codependency Alchemy: The Membership: $9/month (or $90/year) Subscribe on Substack for shadow work prompts, private podcast episodes, and access to monthly masterclasses and group coaching calls. Take the next step in your healing journey and join a supportive community.👉🏾The Codependency Quiz: 9 questions to help you see where codependency is influencing your life and relationships.👉🏾How to Heal Codependency in Your Relationships: A 5-week self-paced course that guides you through the tools & practices I use to get clients from resentful to reciprocal relationships.👉🏾Get your copy of “Healing the Mother Wound: With Mother Earth” on Amazon & BookBaby Bookstore👩🏽‍🤝‍👩🏻Let's connect! Follow me on Instagram, TikTok, and you can even subscribe and watch the full episodes on YouTube! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alyssaaazander.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode I get to sit with Santia and explore the challenges that come from a relationship ending, and I know that many of us can relate!Shadow Work Prompt* “If I let go, then…” (what am I afraid it will mean about me?)* “If I let go, then…” (what am I afraid will happen?)Resources:IT'S OFFICIAL! THE WAITLIST FOR THE MASTERMIND IS OPEN AGAIN!👉🏾https://stan.store/alyssaaazander/p/join-the-waitlist-ebph5👉🏾Join the Codependency Alchemy Broadcast Channel on Instagram👉🏾Codependency Alchemy: The Membership: $9/month (or $90/year) Subscribe on Substack for shadow work prompts, private podcast episodes, and access to monthly masterclasses and group coaching calls. Take the next step in your healing journey and join a supportive community.👉🏾The Codependency Quiz: 9 questions to help you see where codependency is influencing your life and relationships.👉🏾How to Heal Codependency in Your Relationships: A 5-week self-paced course that guides you through the tools & practices I use to get clients from resentful to reciprocal relationships.👉🏾Get your copy of “Healing the Mother Wound: With Mother Earth” on Amazon & BookBaby Bookstore👩🏽‍🤝‍👩🏻Let's connect! Follow me on Instagram, TikTok, and you can even subscribe and watch the full episodes on YouTube! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alyssaaazander.substack.com/subscribe

Today we’re going to get into some of the most common codependency warnings signs that I’ve learned along the way.Resources:* Join the Codependency Alchemy Broadcast Channel on Instagram* Codependency Alchemy: The Membership: $9/month (or $90/year) Subscribe on Substack for shadow work prompts, private podcast episodes, and access to monthly masterclasses and group coaching calls. Take the next step in your healing journey and join a supportive community.* The Codependency Quiz: 9 questions to help you see where codependency is influencing your life and relationships.* How to Heal Codependency in Your Relationships: A 5-week self-paced course that guides you through the tools & practices I use to get clients from resentful to reciprocal relationships.* Get your copy of “Healing the Mother Wound: With Mother Earth” on Amazon & BookBaby BookstoreLet's connect! Follow me on Instagram, TikTok, and you can even subscribe and watch the full episodes on YouTube! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alyssaaazander.substack.com/subscribe

I'm going to be doing a long-awaited podcast episode on something I promised you a long time ago— and to be quite honest, I forgot! This episode is going to be about the tool that Justin and I used to help rebuild the trust in our relationship when we got back together.Resources:IT'S OFFICIAL! THE WAITLIST FOR THE MASTERMIND IS OPEN AGAIN!👉🏾https://stan.store/alyssaaazander/p/join-the-waitlist-ebph5👉🏾 Check out June Events for Codependency Alchemy: The Membership👉🏾Join the Codependency Alchemy Broadcast Channel on Instagram👉🏾Codependency Alchemy: The Membership: $9/month (or $90/year) Subscribe on Substack for shadow work prompts, private podcast episodes, and access to monthly masterclasses and group coaching calls. Take the next step in your healing journey and join a supportive community.👉🏾The Codependency Quiz: 9 questions to help you see where codependency is influencing your life and relationships.👉🏾How to Heal Codependency in Your Relationships: A 5-week self-paced course that guides you through the tools & practices I use to get clients from resentful to reciprocal relationships.👉🏾Get your copy of “Healing the Mother Wound: With Mother Earth” on Amazon & BookBaby Bookstore👩🏽‍🤝‍👩🏻Let's connect! Follow me on Instagram, TikTok, and you can even subscribe and watch the full episodes on YouTube! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alyssaaazander.substack.com/subscribe

In this weeks podcast episode we explore shadow work and inner child healing with Marella, who has noticed her our anxious tendencies in her relationship and is curious about how to start exploring more healthy and supportive patterns for herself and her relationship.Listen to this full episode by subscribing to Codependency Alchemy: The Membership for $9/month (or less when you join annually)Resources:IT'S OFFICIAL! THE WAITLIST FOR THE MASTERMIND IS OPEN AGAIN! 👉🏾https://stan.store/alyssaaazander/p/join-the-waitlist-ebph5👉🏾 Check out June Events for Codependency Alchemy: The Membership👉🏾Join the Codependency Alchemy Broadcast Channel on Instagram👉🏾Codependency Alchemy: The Membership: $9/month (or $90/year) Subscribe on Substack for shadow work prompts, private podcast episodes, and access to monthly masterclasses and group coaching calls. Take the next step in your healing journey and join a supportive community.👉🏾The Codependency Quiz: 9 questions to help you see where codependency is influencing your life and relationships.👉🏾How to Heal Codependency in Your Relationships: A 5-week self-paced course that guides you through the tools & practices I use to get clients from resentful to reciprocal relationships.👉🏾Get your copy of “Healing the Mother Wound: With Mother Earth” on Amazon & BookBaby Bookstore👩🏽‍🤝‍👩🏻Let's connect! Follow me on Instagram, TikTok, and you can even subscribe and watch the full episodes on YouTube! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alyssaaazander.substack.com/subscribe