Why The People You Love Are Allowed to Disappoint You

We all have people we love who make choices we wouldn’t make. And often, our instinct is to step in to warn, fix, protect, or even save them from themselves.

But where’s the line between loving someone well and trying to control the outcome?

In the final episode of my month-long series about CONTROL with my good friend, NYT bestselling author Lysa TerKeurst, we’re talking about spouses, kids, adult children, parents and what happens when the people we love don’t do what we think they should. (Frustrating, right?) 

We get really honest about letting our kids make mistakes, the difference between encouraging someone and trying to change them, and what it looks like to stop carrying responsibility that was never ours.

And Lysa shares one simple word that can be incredibly difficult to say when someone you love makes a choice you disagree with.

This one hit close to home for me. ❤️

Let’s talk about it.

Listen in to learn more:

3:26 — Stop Carrying Everyone Else’s Responsibilities

4:21 — Love Your Kids Without Controlling Their Choices

5:28 — Helping vs. Enabling: Know the Difference

6:18 — You Might Not Always Be Right