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How to Break Free from the Habit of Solving Other People’s Problems
Leah Marone is a psychotherapist, Yale Clinical Instructor, and corporate mental wellness consultant with over 20 years of experience. A former Division 1 athlete, she specializes in helping high-achievers struggling with imposter syndrome, perfectionism, anxiety and the urge to fix everyone else’s problems.
Leah has conducted over 20,000 therapy sessions and contributed to Psychology Today, Newsweek, and The Atlantic. She works with organizations on burnout prevention, boundary setting, and emotional intelligence. A sought-after speaker, Leah has presented her Support, Don’t Solve framework to leaders nationwide. Her new book, Serial Fixer, exploring the hidden patterns of over-functioning and how to break free.
Things we discussed:
- What a serial fixer is and how listeners can discover if they’re one
- What are Emotional hangovers
- How Serial Fixing shows up as parents
- What’s Emotional Outsourcing and how does it harm, not help, those we love?
- How to spot (and begin to stop) our habitual codependent behaviors and urges
- Specific validation skills
- How we may be a serial fixer in our marriages and adult relationships (like with our parents)
Support, Don’t Solve
This episode is a powerful invitation to examine the codependent patterns you may be carrying, understand where they come from, and commit to building relationships based on true connection rather than exhausting over-functioning. You’ll walk away with practical tools to break free from serial fixing so you can finally feel seen, appreciated, and genuinely connected in your relationships.
Find out more about Leah here:
- Website
- Serial Fixer: Break Free from the Habit of Solving Other People’s Problems
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