she has given me lip service over the years in being supportive of my coaching endeavors and has discouraged me from being the type of coach and person that I would have liked to have been
There is one thing you have to understand and work on IMO.
If you believe you were a codependent/enabler the person you were trying to help will resent you for helping because it makes them feel worse about themsleves. Helpless.
Parent/child relationship.
Not good for husband and wife unless you are role playing for fun
or
It's Holloween.
Read his words again.
This is not your fault. Your intentions were good.
It is your fault from now on if you continue blaming yourself or not changing your choices.
Mistakes are only that if we don't learn from them.
My goal is to some day be the person my dog thinks I am