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“Instead of doing everything that they are capable of doing themselves, just stop!”
― Melody Devonish, How To Stop Enabling Your Adult Children: Practical steps to use boundaries and get your power back as you stop enabling

“HELPING SOMEONE OUT IS NOT ENABLING (OR RESCUING). EVERYONE NEEDS HELP SOMETIMES AND THAT’S OKAY. ENABLING IS DOING FOR SOMEONE ELSE WHAT HE OR SHE CAN AND SHOULD BE DOING FOR THEMSELVES.”
― Melody Devonish, How To Stop Enabling Your Adult Children: Practical steps to use boundaries and get your power back as you stop enabling

“I’m not being cruel when I am saying ‘no’.”
― Melody Devonish, How To Stop Enabling Your Adult Children: Practical steps to use boundaries and get your power back as you stop enabling

“By setting boundaries I am protecting my empathy and stopping myself from ‘burning out’ and becoming resentful.  Therefore I am making sure I can continue to be a helpful, loving person for years to come.”
― Melody Devonish, How To Stop Enabling Your Adult Children: Practical steps to use boundaries and get your power back as you stop enabling

“saying ‘no’ is not cruel”
― Melody Devonish, How To Stop Enabling Your Adult Children: Practical steps to use boundaries and get your power back as you stop enabling

“You must stop rescuing them from consequences!”
― Melody Devonish, How To Stop Enabling Your Adult Children: Practical steps to use boundaries and get your power back as you stop enabling