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When the Solution Becomes the Blockage
Often, it’s not the problem that keeps us stuck, it’s the way we try to solve it . Strategies that once worked eventually stop working, yet we keep repeating them out of habit, control, or fear of changing course. In Brief Strategic Therapy, we start right there:identifying those attempted solutions that no longer help and that silently maintain the blockage. When a once-useful action becomes a rigid pattern, the problem emerges.Real change begins when we stop reinforcing wh
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7 days ago1 min read
Learning to Listen to Your Emotions
For a long time, I believed emotions were something to control, to manage, to quiet down, to push aside when they became inconvenient. Like many of us, I thought strength meant keeping calm and carrying on, no matter what was happening inside. But emotions are not enemies. They are messages, signals that something in us needs attention, care, or change. Ignoring them doesn’t make them disappear; it just makes them louder later. I started to understand this during some of the
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Oct 151 min read
Why Small Changes Make a Big Difference
We often wait for the right moment to make a big change, when things finally fall into place, when we feel ready, when life gives us the perfect sign. But the truth is, transformation rarely happens in one big leap. It starts with something much smaller. In my own life, every major shift began with a tiny step: making one different choice, changing one habit, daring to see things from a slightly new perspective. Those small movements don’t feel dramatic at first, but they qui
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Oct 151 min read
Embracing Change: My Journey Through Uncertainty
As a child, I believed that one day everything would fall into place neat, perfect, and orderly. It’s a beautiful illusion, isn’t it? To...
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Aug 192 min read
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