How should you address the unhealthy behavior of those you love?
| | | | | Hi John,
Is there someone in your life whose behavior you’re struggling with? What’s one thing you could do this week to address that struggle?
Today’s Q&A offers some ideas. Share your own ideas in the comments section.
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| | My Adult Daughter Is Severely Overweight. What Can I Do? | | by Ryan Trimble |
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| | I have a thirty-eight-year-old daughter who is severely overweight and doesn’t want to hear anything about the issue. She shops doctors and has subscribed to the “anti-diet” philosophy, which I can see some value in. However, she has taken this philosophy into the realm of cultism. I do not know what to do. It is ruining her life. Please help me. Typical psychology experts have been no help to this point.
Perturbed Parent
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| | | | You may not like what I’m about to say and end up lumping me in that group of psychology experts you’ve talked with, but please know my goal is to help, even if that means challenging you a bit.
Here’s what I think you should do: forget about changing your daughter and work on changing yourself. Her habits, however unhealthy they might be, are not your responsibility. They may have been when she was a child under your care and supervision, but given that she’s a thirty-eight-year-old adult who “doesn’t want to hear anything about the issue,” it’s time to let go and look inward.
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