I noticed something scary. I made a resolution to fix my finances and relationships, but I realized I’m doing exactly what my mother did at my age. I feel like I’m stuck in a loop. How do I stop this ‘New Year, Same Struggle’ cycle so I don’t pass it to my kids. Am I Repeating My Mother's Patterns? — Breaking the Chain

I grew up in a single-parent household, watching my mother carry more weight than one person should. She worked tirelessly to provide for me and my baby brother, and because of that, I had to grow up fast. I never had that steady presence of a father to tell me I was enough, to affirm me, to model what love from a man should look like. Because of that, I went searching for it. I gave my love away too easily, thinking if I could just be enough for someone, they wouldn’t leave