The Highly Functioning Codependent: When People Say You're Too Much

The Highly Functioning Codependent is a healing workshop weekend at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, led by psychotherapist, bestselling author, and relationship expert Terri Cole. It is written for the person others rely on to get things done, solve problems, and keep the peace, and who feels emotionally exhausted and unseen while doing it. Helpers, healers, caregivers, and high-achievers will find themselves in the room.

The pattern at the center is high-functioning codependency: chronic over-giving and over-responsibility that looks like competence and care, but costs energy, time, and internal peace. This workshop is about recognizing it and beginning to change it.

What to Expect

The weekend blends teaching, self-reflection, and guided practices. Over three days you will work to identify your personal high-functioning codependency blueprint, understand the hidden costs of over-functioning, and learn tools to stop auto-advice-giving and over-accommodating. You will also build boundaries that protect your time, energy, and emotional wellbeing, and begin moving toward interdependence and more authentic connection.

The rhythm follows the Kripalu day. The program begins on a Thursday with check-in from 2:00 pm, a Kripalu Yoga class, dinner, and an evening program session from 7:30 to 9:00. On Friday and Saturday, yoga starts at 6:30 am, followed by silent breakfast. Program sessions run from 9:00 to 11:30 am and again from 1:30 to 4:00 pm, with lunch between them, and another yoga class before dinner. On Sunday there is morning yoga, silent breakfast, a final session from 9:00 to 11:00, then lunch and departure.

About Terri Cole

Terri Cole is a psychotherapist, bestselling author, and relationship expert. She guides this weekend with an emphasis on helping people stop abandoning themselves and start honoring their own needs, so they can reclaim their space, energy, and voice.

The Setting

Kripalu is a yoga and health center in Stockbridge, in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts. Accommodations are intentionally simple, designed to help you unplug and feel grounded. Private single rooms suit those seeking solitude, and community-style dormitories suit those who want connection with other guests. Rooms are ready by 4:00 pm, and a luggage room is available if you arrive earlier. Check-out on the final day is at 10:00 am, though you may stay on campus and take part in sessions until 2:00 pm.

Before You Go

All levels are welcome. No prior experience with therapy, yoga, or meditation is needed. The program is taught in English.

Your stay includes three nutritious meals a day, more than ten daily yoga and movement classes, access to the Kripalu grounds, and the program sessions with Terri Cole. Lodging is booked separately. Healing Arts sessions and purchases from the Kripalu Shop and Cafe are extra.

Bring a journal, a pen, and your full self. Times may shift slightly, so check the Guest Boards or the schedule you receive at check-in for room locations.