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Inspiration

A challenging childhood and early adulthood led Melody Beattie to write Codependent...

Aired 10/13/1991

Portrait

Inspiration

Clip: 10/13/1991 | 2m 58sVideo has Closed Captions

A challenging childhood and early adulthood led Melody Beattie to write Codependent...

A challenging childhood and early adulthood led Melody Beattie to write Codependent No More.

Aired 10/13/1991

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Answering Critics

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Clip: 10/13/1991 | 4m 10s | Melody Beattie responds to other's opinions on her work, including feminists and book... (4m 10s)

Future Goals

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Clip: 10/13/1991 | 1m 50s | Melody Beattie shares what she'd like for her writing legacy and the lessons she... (1m 50s)

Lessons Learned

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Clip: 10/13/1991 | 4m 20s | Along with the nurturing her son, Shane, taught her, Melody Beattie discusses the... (4m 20s)

Moving Forward

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Clip: 10/13/1991 | 6m 51s | Melody Beattie discusses her difficult past, the pain of losing her son and her new... (6m 51s)

Today's Culture

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Clip: 10/13/1991 | 3m 49s | Melody Beattie believes the hunger to talk about codependency issues began with the... (3m 49s)

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