The Mark Groves Podcast #003: Navigating Relationships and Codependency with Ivy Kwong
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Nov 26, 2018 Ivy Kwong, a licensed marriage and family therapist known for her expertise in self-love and healing codependency, shares profound insights on relationships. She discusses the fine line between making your partner happy and self-neglect. Ivy introduces a valuable emotional intimacy exercise, encouraging couples to check in with each other about various feelings like anger and joy. The conversation also explores codependency, self-esteem, and the impact of past traumas on adult relationships, emphasizing the importance of self-awareness and healthy boundaries.
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Window Into Transformational Domination
- Ivy describes founding transformational domination that blended BDSM ritual and psychotherapy elements.
- She ran that work for years and used it to witness deep shame and wounded inner children.
Achievement Masks an Inner Wound
- Ivy and Mark explain overachievement often masks a wound seeking external validation.
- That pursuit becomes addiction to the wound rather than genuine healing.
Codependency Is A Lost Self
- Ivy defines codependency as a loss of self shaped to earn love and acceptance.
- That lost self repeats patterns and dissolves identity inside relationships.
