November 03, 2025

266 | Resentment, Burnout, and Dependency: The Emotional Toll of Enabling in Families

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23 minutes

Show Notes:

Enabling behaviors often stem from a desire to help loved ones but can unintentionally foster dependency, resentment, and strained relationships within families. In this episode, we explore how enabling impacts mental health, personal growth, and family dynamics while offering actionable strategies to shift from enabling to empowering. By setting boundaries and teaching self-reliance, parents can create healthier connections and promote life fulfillment for themselves and their loved ones.

Enjoy!

-Kendra

Quotes:

Dr. Robyn Gobbel: Enabling involves justifying or indirectly supporting someone else’s potentially harmful behavior.

Alfie Kohn: "If we want children to take responsibility for their own behavior, we must first give them responsibility".

Naomi Sternberg: "A parent who continuously rescues his child is trying to rescue himself from the pain of seeing his child self-destruct".

Dr. David Erickson: "Controlling our children is never the real goal. Teaching our children self-control is the goal".

Lynn Lott and Jane Nelson: "Turning control over to young people as soon as possible so they have power over their own lives".

Laura Markham: "The goal of disciplining your child is actually to help them develop self-discipline, meaning to assume responsibility for their actions".

Tim Elmore: "We have to prepare the child for the path, not the path for the child".

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November 03, 2025

266 | Resentment, Burnout, and Dependency: The Emotional Toll of Enabling in Families

Listen Later

23 minutes

Show Notes:

Enabling behaviors often stem from a desire to help loved ones but can unintentionally foster dependency, resentment, and strained relationships within families. In this episode, we explore how enabling impacts mental health, personal growth, and family dynamics while offering actionable strategies to shift from enabling to empowering. By setting boundaries and teaching self-reliance, parents can create healthier connections and promote life fulfillment for themselves and their loved ones.

Enjoy!

-Kendra

Quotes:

Dr. Robyn Gobbel: Enabling involves justifying or indirectly supporting someone else’s potentially harmful behavior.

Alfie Kohn: "If we want children to take responsibility for their own behavior, we must first give them responsibility".

Naomi Sternberg: "A parent who continuously rescues his child is trying to rescue himself from the pain of seeing his child self-destruct".

Dr. David Erickson: "Controlling our children is never the real goal. Teaching our children self-control is the goal".

Lynn Lott and Jane Nelson: "Turning control over to young people as soon as possible so they have power over their own lives".

Laura Markham: "The goal of disciplining your child is actually to help them develop self-discipline, meaning to assume responsibility for their actions".

Tim Elmore: "We have to prepare the child for the path, not the path for the child".

ALL LINKS → https://linktr.ee/fulfillmenttherapy

Website → https://fulfillmenttherapy.org

Contact → [email protected]

Instagram → @fulfillmenttherapy

Facebook Community → http://bit.ly/fulfillmenttherapy

Facebook Group → Private FB Group

Schedule 1:1 Coaching → https://fulfillmenttherapy.org/1-on-1-coaching

Chat → 1-986-910-5172 *text questions & topic requests

...more

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