Offering support to a struggling loved one in a helpful way requires healthy boundaries. It’s natural to want to help the people you care about as they face struggles like substance misuse or mental ...

It’s natural to want to help the people you care about as they face struggles like substance misuse or mental health challenges. But sometimes people’s attempts at support teeter into more harmful ...

I started out by listing unhelpful enabling behaviors, such as repeatedly lending money without accountability, with the caveat that sometimes a concrete piece of support could be appropriate. In fact ...

Do any of these enabling behaviors, often disguised as helpful behaviors, strike a chord? 1. Cleaning up after them I don’t just mean literally cleaning up their messes (though I’m sure plenty of ...

The road to hell is paved with good intentions and tread most often by enablers. Here's why love that enables often destroys lives. Fans of TLC’s My 600 Pound Life might know, in graphic detail, how ...