Codependency and love addiction
Subject in Relationships
Codependency and love addiction has come up in 6 episodes across 6 podcasts in TMT, including The Shawn Ryan Show, On Purpose with Jay Shetty, Call Her Daddy. 7 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Lucy HaleAmerican actress known for Pretty Little Liars
Hale says she previously equated love with self-sacrifice and lost her identity in codependent relationships.
“I always thought love was self-sacrificing. I thought it was like going to the ends of the earth and, oh, they don't love me. Well, maybe I should try harder, be more”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: LUCY HALE: “I Was Sabotaging My Life.” (Sep 21, 2026) · Listen from 1:09:02
Hale says her current relationship, begun via a blind date at 36, is her first genuinely healthy partnership.
“I would say it's the first real healthy partnership I've ever been in. So talk about late bloomer. I met him when I was 36”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: LUCY HALE: “I Was Sabotaging My Life.” (Sep 21, 2026) · Listen from 1:05:52
Hale says she was afraid of being alone in her twenties and derived self-worth from who wanted to date her.
“I was always with someone in my 20s. I was so afraid to be alone. And I found a lot of self-worth from who I was dating”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: LUCY HALE: “I Was Sabotaging My Life.” (Sep 21, 2026) · Listen from 46:39
Alanis MorissetteCanadian-American singer-songwriter known for the 1995 album Jagged Little Pill
Morissette describes the toll of codependency as total self-annihilation followed by years of recovery.
“A complete self-annihilation and obliteration and years of coming back into who you barely were before you began”
Call Her Daddy: Alanis Morissette: Anger, Attachment, & Postpartum (Sep 9, 2026) · Listen from 40:31
Morissette says that as an empath she was drawn to narcissistic partners and cites Harville Hendrix's book on unconscious attraction.
“I was attracted to narcissism, shocker. And as an empath, we tend to be a magnet for narcissists. It's not uncommon. And there's a beautiful book called Keeping the Love You Find by Harville Hendrix”
Call Her Daddy: Alanis Morissette: Anger, Attachment, & Postpartum (Sep 9, 2026) · Listen from 39:26
Acharya PrashantIndian philosopher, teacher and author of Truth Without Apology
Prashant contends that a person must be inwardly settled before they can genuinely love or prioritize another.
“So unless I am inwardly okay, I cannot be loving towards the other”
Digital Social Hour: Viral Philosopher Exposes Why Love Is Failing Right Now | DSH #2066 (Jul 15, 2026) · Listen from 32:00
Prashant argues that the romantic phrase "you complete me" expresses inner hollowness rather than love.
“you complete me, these three words, you complete me. This is actually not love. This is just a statement of inner hollowness”
Digital Social Hour: Viral Philosopher Exposes Why Love Is Failing Right Now | DSH #2066 (Jul 15, 2026) · Listen from 29:07
Wynonna JuddFive-time Grammy-winning country singer, formerly one half of The Judds
Judd recounts that when told in therapy Ciminella was not her father, her first response was to reassure her mother.
“She said, Michael Ciminella is not your biological father. And the very first comment out of my mouth was, Mom, it's okay”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #345 Wynonna Judd - Dolly Parton, Naomi Judd's Death & Finding Her Biological Father (Oct 5, 2026) · Listen from 25:26
Dax ShepardAmerican actor and host of Armchair Expert; this label carries his show open and his 'robot' voice bit
Shepard argues that addiction, codependency and BPD share a common function of escaping one's own life.
“it's funny that we got all these labels for these conditions, but it's like, we're all trying to”
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard: Lukas Gage (Jul 6, 2026) · Listen from 1:13:39
Lukas GageAmerican actor and author of the memoir I Wrote This for Attention
Gage credits Armchair Expert with prompting him to attend Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous.
“I really will say that this show was what made me go to slaw”
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard: Lukas Gage (Jul 6, 2026) · Listen from 59:58
Kelly McDanielHolistic psychotherapist and author of the book Mother Hunger
McDaniel recounts that the concept emerged from clients withdrawing from love addiction who repeatedly expressed longing for their mothers.
“So I learned it's not even about wanting that specific mother. It's needing to be mothered”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: You’re Not Broken: Why You People-Please, Feel Anxious, & Never Feel Good Enough – and How to Heal (May 21, 2026) · Listen from 14:47
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- The Shawn Ryan Show · 1 episode
- On Purpose with Jay Shetty · 1 episode
- Call Her Daddy · 1 episode
- Digital Social Hour · 1 episode
- Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard · 1 episode
- The Mel Robbins Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
#345 Wynonna Judd - Dolly Parton, Naomi Judd's Death & Finding Her Biological FatherThe Shawn Ryan Show · Oct 5, 2026 · 4 h 57 min
Wynonna Judd tells Shawn Ryan about her chaotic childhood, The Judds, her mother Naomi's suicide and her daughter's addiction, while husband Cactus Moser recounts his motorcycle accident.
LUCY HALE: “I Was Sabotaging My Life.”On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Sep 21, 2026 · 1 h 24 min
Actress Lucy Hale tells Jay Shetty about self-sabotage, early fame, four years of sobriety, freezing her eggs and finding healthy love.
Alanis Morissette: Anger, Attachment, & PostpartumCall Her Daddy · Sep 9, 2026 · 1 h 5 min
Alanis Morissette tells Alex Cooper about her 1990s breakthrough, industry misogyny, attachment wounds, postpartum depression and the freedom of menopause.
Viral Philosopher Exposes Why Love Is Failing Right Now | DSH #2066Digital Social Hour · Jul 15, 2026 · 47 min
Sean Kelly talks with philosopher Acharya Prashant about loneliness, ego, fear, AI, climate, love versus dependence, internal freedom, money and food choices.
Lukas GageArmchair Expert with Dax Shepard · Jul 6, 2026 · 2 h 10 min
Actor Lukas Gage tells Dax Shepard and Monica Padman about surviving a hate crime, a wilderness program, his Kardashians wedding, and his borderline personality disorder diagnosis.
You’re Not Broken: Why You People-Please, Feel Anxious, & Never Feel Good Enough – and How to HealThe Mel Robbins Podcast · May 21, 2026 · 1 h 12 min
Mel Robbins talks with psychotherapist Kelly McDaniel about 'mother hunger,' the unmet childhood needs for nurturing, protection, and guidance, and how adults can heal them.