Entries by Chandra Chester

Trauma and Codependency

Imagine being taken away from your parents at 6 and placed into foster homes where complete strangers physically abused you for seven years and eight months. Would you have any idea of what love was? How about acceptance? In my earliest childhood years, I always adopted the role of the one who brings safety and […]

The Day I Found Out I Was Codependent

The Day I Found out I was Codependent! I have always been so proud of my ability to be there for my friends and family, to show up in a crisis and put it out like a firefighter puts out flames. It was something about throwing on my cape and coming to the rescue. So […]