If He Loved Me, He’d Go to the Doctor: Love, Control, and Letting Go

What do you do when someone you care about refuses to take care of themselves? It’s easy to feel helpless, angry, or convinced that love should mean compliance. In this episode, we explore the painful intersection of love and control—what we think it means to care, and what it actually means to let go.

Drawing from Buddhist teachings on compassion, non-attachment, and the illusion of control, we’ll look at:

• The difference between love and responsibility
  
  
• How to sit with fear without trying to fix
  
  
• Why letting go isn’t giving up

If you’ve ever thought, “If they really loved me, they’d change,” this episode offers a gentler, wiser path forward.