Helping feels good. It gives us purpose and makes us feel useful. Sometimes though, that urge to help becomes a habit of control. You step in before people ask, you offer solutions before they have finished explaining, or you fix things that are not broken yet or were not yours to fix in the first place.
It does not always come from ego. Sometimes it comes from anxiety. From a need for things to go smoothly. From fear of failure or disappointment. But whatever the reason, helping too much can quietly rob people of the chance to find their own way, of the chance to try, to struggle, to succeed on their own terms.
Doing it for them is not support. Being willing to stand back and just do your part and trust that just like you, they will also do theirs is. Be ready to help, but don’t assume your help is always the answer. Be available without being overbearing, because sometimes the most supportive thing you can do is let people figure things out without rescuing them.