Codependency is one of those buzzwords often used in therapy and mental health around relationships. Today’s guest has provoked a lot of feedback by challenging people’s views on this subject. Join us for this intriguing conversation.
I’m joined by one of my favorite people on TikTok, Shahem Mclaurin, a social worker in Brooklyn, NY, with over 500,000 followers on social media. Shahem is self-described as a person who is “queer as hell, Black as hell, and loud as hell.” They use their platform to address a wide range of social and mental health issues impacting people of color, patriarchy-impacted people, and members of the LGBTQ+ community.

Show Highlights:
●      How Shahem’s view of codependency has challenged the worldview of many people
●      Why Shahem got a lot of blowback from his thoughts on codependency when he began to challenge popular worldviews
●      Why we need to differentiate between attention-seeking and connection-seeking behaviors
●      Why people get defensive when their “codependency identification” is challenged
●      How the term codependency originated as part of popular therapeutic language
●      How our culture sees having empathy for someone and expecting accountability from them as opposites that can’t both be true at the same time
●      Thoughts on codependency, outside validation, connectivity, and feeling emotionally safe
●      How to take a look at your unique journey “in the pool”

Resources and Links:
Connect with Shahem: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@5hahem?lang=en">⁠TikTok⁠</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/5hahem/?hl=en">⁠Instagram⁠</a>
Connect with KC: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@domesticblisters?lang=en">⁠TikTok⁠</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/strugglecare/?hl=en">⁠Instagram⁠</a>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/StruggleCare/">⁠Facebook⁠</a>
Get KC’s book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Keep-House-While-Drowning/dp/1668002841">⁠How to Keep House While Drowning⁠</a>
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