Posts by Victoria Albina

Welcome to a slightly different Q&A episode this week! I’ve shared listener Q&A episodes here on the podcast before, but today, I’m bringing you some coaching moments from inside my six-month program, Anchored: Overcoming Codependency. If you’ve been wondering what coaching looks like inside my program and the kind of questions I get asked from…

If you listened to last week’s replay episode and found yourself relating to some of the hallmarks of codependency, I hope you’ve been compassionate and gentle with yourself. It doesn’t mean you’re doing life wrong and it most certainly doesn’t require a beating up of yourself, and this week, we’re diving into how you can…

As humans, we depend on one another for connection. It’s a vital ingredient for living a happy human life and can be a huge source of joy, but our relationships can also come to feel exhausting, overwhelming, and draining. This was my reality for too long, and if this feels familiar to you, you’re in…

This week, I am beyond delighted to share a conversation I had with the remarkable and amazing Kylie McBeath on her podcast Zura Health. We took a deep and refreshing dive into a topic close to both of our hearts: how to unhook from codependent thinking. This conversation was both seriously fun, and seriously serious.…

What are some things you believe are unchangeable or fixed traits about yourself? What stories are you breathing into existence with your thinking? On this replay episode, we’re diving back into a foundational topic all about the language we use to speak and think about ourselves, and why negative self-talk is so insidious and sneaky.…

I’m bringing another brilliant guest to the podcast this week, and I’m so delighted to introduce you to a dear friend of mine, Andrea Glik. For the past 10 years, Andrea has worked as a trauma therapist, sex educator, teacher, coordinator, and community organizer. She specializes in treating trauma and PTSD for queer and trans…

Have you ever been told that you need a “thicker skin?” Maybe this is something you’ve even thought to yourself, that to stop feeling defensive and for other people’s comments to not bother you, you simply need a thick skin. This is something so many folks living with codependent, perfectionist, and people-pleasing habits experience, but…

I’m so delighted to bring you another fundamental episode from the Feminist Wellness library this week! You’ve tuned in to over 100 episodes so far, and there are some that stand out to me as the most pivotal tools and work to heal your codependent, perfectionist, and people-pleasing habits, so today, we’re going back to…