Why Is It So Hard to Set Healthy Boundaries When You Are Codependent

Are you codependent? Were you raised in a dysfunctional family? Were you raised to feel like you needed to hide your true self to avoid punishment or abandonment? In a healthy home, children are raised feeling seen and heard. In unhealthy homes, children are raised to hide their emotions, needs, and wants. Perhaps dad is an alcoholic, and mom is the classic codependent, who sweeps things under the rug. Or, perhaps your family idolized conformity vs authenticity. The key is to understand that, regardless of your parents' intentions, and whether they were aware of the consequences of their parenting style or not, to heal from codependency, abandonment trauma, CPTSD, people pleasing, and low self worth, one must take the time to understand how their inner child perceived how their parents perceived them. In this episode, you will feel like you've been given a warm hug. Lisa A. Romano Breakthrough Life Coach, gently explains why codependents do not have the ability to set boundaries, and why that is not their fault. The first step on the codependency recovery journey, is to start learning to better understand one's automatic behaviors and the reasons for them. Lisa has been through this journey herself, and leads other children from dysfunctional families back home to their authentic self, shedding the need for a false self along the way. Begin Your Healing Journey: Lisa introduces her signature 12 Week Breakthrough Method —a trauma-informed, neuroscience-based coaching program created specifically for adult children of narcissistic, neglectful, or emotionally immature caregivers . Inside the program, you'll be guided through: Brain retraining techniques rooted in neuroscience Inner child healing and self-concept reorganization Neuroscience Backed Journaling prompts and assessments to increase self-awareness Tools to stop subconscious self-abandonment and start living from your true self Embrace shadow work from a higher state of consciousness to experience integration This method has helped thousands heal from complex trauma and break toxic generational patterns, with tools to rewire limiting beliefs and build authentic self-worth. 👉 Learn more: here

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Why Is It So Hard to Set Healthy Boundaries When You Are Codependent is an episode from Lisa A Romano Breakdown to Breakthroughs by Lisa A. Romano.

This episode is 21:22 long.

This episode was published on Feb 2, 2026.

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