"One of the most profoundly spiritual and helpful books I have read." ---Hugh Prather, author of Morning Notes, The Little Book of Letting Go, and Notes to Myself<BR><BR>"No one with a caring heart would want to miss this essential read. Another winner for Karen Casey and thus for all of us!" ---Marilyn J. Mason, PhD, author of Igniting the Spirit at Work and co-author of Facing Shame: Families in Recovery<BR><BR>Do you ever feel like You give other people too much power over what you think and feel? Does how your mate/child/employer treats you make or break your day? Do you find yourself feeling immobilized by other people's expectations and demands? Maybe the people in your life have been telling you to back off and let them be who they are, or you're just a little too invested in what your loved ones do and say, as if it somehow reflects on you. These are the classic indicators of codependence. And what bestselling author Karen Casey shows us within the pages of this book is that the only solution to codependence is to embrace detachment.<BR><BR>Through these meditations you will become keenly attuned to the difference between influence and control, a distinction that will help you determine which behaviors trap you and which ones set you free. This seeming paradox---embracing (bringing near us) detachment (separation)--- holds the key to our inner peace and that of those around us as well.