To Elle & Back

Are you really showing support and belief in those you love or are you unintentionally planting seeds of doubt?

When you care about someone you want what is best for them. You have this idea of what will make them happy and you want to help them find their way to that.

When you express concern or encourage others to take a different path, though you are coming from a place of love, your underlying message is that you don’t trust them and that their current life is not good enough.

This can cause them to doubt their capabilities and diminish their sense of worth.

Ultimately lending to the very thing you are worried about...keeping them from becoming who they are and reaching their full potential.

Instead, try asking them how they feel about where they are, get curious as to what they want for themselves, ask what is getting in their way and how you can support them.

No dream in unworthy of encouragement.

Just because you can’t see how it’s possible, doesn’t mean it isn’t.

Support and belief in someone starts with accepting their vision, no matter how seemingly difficult or unconventional.

It’s not your place to judge their path as ‘good or bad’ or ‘right or wrong’.

True love and support is shown by simply offering to help clear any obstacles in their way.