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How Do We Tell the Difference Between Support & Control? | Thinking Out Loud
EP 27: Is It Support…or Control?
When you’ve grown up in unhealthy or enmeshed relationships, control can feel like love and safety can feel suspicious. In this episode of Thinking Out Loud, Kimberly unpacks the subtle but powerful difference between genuine support and control—and why telling them apart can be so confusing.
She explores how healthy support expands your choices, strengthens your self-trust, and celebrates your growth, while control shrinks you, creates self-doubt, and ties love to obedience. Through examples of everyday dynamics in families, friendships, partnerships, and…
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