But it's increasingly clear that Herself is flailing in the darkness and needs to know there's not an empty chasm below her. But how to communicate that without rescuing, insulating her from her own Reality, or glossing over the fact that there must be consequences for decisions we make -- that's a head-scratcher.
That is, indeed, the toughest dance to dance. As a parent, an employer or a spouse, how you balance "being supportive" with "not enabling" and allowing consequences to their actions to kick in. It's agonizing.
