Abundant Spirituality + codependency recovery + inner child healing + Love
Joy2Me&U
The web site of Spiritual teacher, codependency counselor, and author Robert Burney
“This dance of Codependence is a dance of dysfunctional relationships — of relationships that do not work to meet our needs. That does not mean just romantic relationships, or family relationships, or even human relationships in general. The fact that dysfunction exists in our romantic, family, and human relationships is a symptom of the dysfunction that exists in our relationship with life — with being human. It is a symptom of the dysfunction which exists in our relationships with ourselves as human beings.”
Quotations in this color are from Codependence: The Dance of Wounded Souls by Robert Burney.
What this work is about
“Codependency is about having a dysfunctional relationship with self! With our own bodies, minds, emotions, and spirits. With our own gender and sexuality. With being human. Because we have dysfunctional relationships internally, we have dysfunctional relationships externally.
Codependency is an emotional and behavioral defense system which our egos adapted in early childhood to help us survive… We formed our core relationship with self in early childhood — and built our relationship with self, life, and other humans based on that foundation. Programmed to feel shame about being imperfect humans, and trained to be emotionally dishonest, we were set up to live life reacting to the emotional trauma and dysfunctional intellectual programming of childhood.
We do not have the power to change others — we do have the power to change our relationship with self by healing our codependency / wounded souls… Learning to Love our self will allow us to gain the capacity to Love others in a healthy way. Changing our relationship with life can transform life into an exciting adventure.” — Robert Burney
“We are not sinful, shameful human creatures who have to somehow earn Spirituality. We are Spiritual Beings having a human experience.”
Robert Burney is a codependency therapist and Spiritual teacher whose inner child healing approach has been described as “taking inner child healing to a new level.” His process is grounded in twelve step recovery principles and grief process therapy, and centers on a unique application of internal boundaries — learning to relax and enjoy life in the moment while healing. He is the author of Codependence: The Dance of Wounded Souls.
The Library — over 300 pages, free to anyone with internet
Alcoholism & the Twelve Steps
On the disease of alcoholism and twelve step recovery.
5 pagesCodependence
Codependence / codependency = outer / external dependence = The Human Condition.
34 pagesColumns & Miscellaneous Topics
Columns and articles written over ten years for newspapers, recovery papers, and the internet.
18 pagesInformation & Updates
Informational pages, update newsletters, and news of Joy2MeU.
66 pagesInner Child Healing
An innovative level of inner child healing for achieving Spiritual integration and emotional balance.
31 pagesJoy2MeU Journal
Robert's recovery journey and personal journal.
13 pagesMetaphysics
A New Age has dawned in human consciousness.
16 pagesMore from the Library
Additional pages from the Joy2MeU archive.
122 pagesRomantic Relationships
We were set up to feel like failures in romantic relationships — so that we can forgive ourselves.
42 pagesSpiritual Belief System
We are Spiritual Beings having a human experience.
28 pages