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Don’t Shrink to Fit: The Podcast for women who refuse to play small.
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Are you ready to step into your power, break free from limitations, and create the life of abundance and joy you’ve always wanted? Don’t Shrink to Fit is more than a podcast—it’s a movement.
Hosted by Claudia Noriega-Bernstein, an abundance coach, author, and speaker, Don't Shrink to Fit isn’t just a podcast—it’s a movement. Each episode brings you powerful insights from incredible experts who share strategies and mindset shifts to help you break through limitations and step into your fullest potential. You’ll also hear from courageous, driven women who have faced life’s toughest challenges and transformed them into opportunities.
Every episode is an invitation to grow, heal, and evolve as we navigate the ups and downs of life together.
Don't Shrink to Fit: Empowering and inspiring women one story at a time.
Helping or handicapping? How to support your adult kids without enabling them with Claudia Noriega-Bernstein
In this powerful and heartfelt episode of Don’t Shrink to Fit, I get real about one of the hardest truths for modern parents: the fine line between supporting our adult children and enabling them.
Drawing from my own experience as a mom of three daughters, I share personal stories, practical tools, and insights from research, including why 76% of parents who financially support their adult children suffer negative consequences. From boundaries to budgets, steak dinners to Uber Eats, this conversation is an honest, compassionate guide for anyone parenting grown kids in today’s world.
If you’ve ever found yourself torn between helping your child and holding them accountable, this episode is for you.
🛠 Key Takeaways:
- Support ≠ Entitlement: Why financial help must come with boundaries, structure, and clear expectations.
- Love With Limits: How to offer temporary support that empowers rather than rescues.
- Teach, Don’t Fix: The importance of guiding your kids to problem-solve instead of constantly stepping in.
- Help vs. Handicapping: The cost of enabling adult kids—emotionally, financially, and developmentally.
- Real-Life Examples: How I handles support in her own home, including paying for needs, encouraging independence, and teaching budgeting skills.
- Parenting Evolution: A reminder that it’s okay to grow, shift, and parent differently as your kids—and you—evolve.
👉 Ready to break free from guilt-based parenting and start raising resilient, self-sufficient adults?
Tune in now and share this episode with a fellow parent who needs to hear it.
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