22. Codependency Recovery for Autistic Women: The Healing Journey as a Codependent Single Mother with Autism & ASD - Emotional Detachment as a Tactical Advantage for Family Court, Season 2
From Light in the Battle: Autism, Single Motherhood and Trauma Recovery by Faustina
March 2, 2026 · 30 min · Season 2 · Episode 10
About this episode
This episode focuses on breaking free from codependency for autistic women, emphasizing practical steps and the importance of self-dependence.
How do you actually break free from codependency? Welcome back to Season 2 of Light in the Battle — a podcast for autistic women healing from narcissistic abuse, where we become clearer, calmer, and spiritually and legally harder to mess with. This is Part 3 of the Codependency mini-series, within Season 2. If you’re new to this topic, start with: Episode 20 — Codependent traits and behaviors Episode 21 — The link between autism and codependency In this episode, we focus on something hopeful and practical: How do you actually break free from codependency? Because forgiveness alone doesn’t reorient you. Trauma therapy alone doesn’t change identity. And leaving the relationship alone doesn’t remove the pattern. Codependency is not just about who you were with — it’s about who you became in order to survive. And recovery requires a reorientation. The core message of Codependent No More by Melody Beattie Why learning to depend on yourself is foundational How to stop abandoning yourself for others What healthy boundaries actually are (and what they are not) Practicing “no” and sitting with the discomfort The difference between supporting someone and fixing them Why detachment is not…
People in this episode
Host: Faustina
Topics covered
- codependency recovery
- autism
- single motherhood
- narcissistic abuse
- emotional detachment
- healthy boundaries
- trauma therapy
Keywords
- codependency
- autistic women
- narcissistic abuse
- trauma recovery
- healthy boundaries
- emotional detachment
- support groups
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