Showing posts with label help. Show all posts
Showing posts with label help. Show all posts

Sunday, May 19, 2019

Codependence and Enabling

Many people think  that their doing a good thing by making excuses for people's bad behavior and lack of responsibility. Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth. You prolonging that person being stuck and dis empowered.

They are not doing the work to grow on any level. You are in fact treating them as a child and allowing them to stay stuck and without solutions longer. When people are not held accountable for their actions their life starts to stagnate.

It never ceases to amaze me how many people are completely selfish in their quest to not rock the boat and make excuses. It feels like we're living in the dark ages and not an advanced society. We have so many resources all around us that there really is no excuse to prolong the suffering for everyone.

Empowerment is saying that I believe a person can change if they choose. If they don't know about the resources available to them. Providing them the information so they can choose to get help from those resources. It's about making choices to leave the situation when a person chooses to stay the same and continue down a destructive path.

Sometimes it isn't until people choose to stop watching the destructive behaviors of others. That change starts to happen. It is about respect and boundaries.  Once those are established, so much change starts to happen  for everyone. Miracles and  growth start to happen for everyone. The journey starts to get easier and the path becomes much smoother.

Penny J. (MN, USA)
Raven Hawke, Llc
info@ravenhawke.net
www.ravenhawke.net