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My Toxic Trait Was Fixing Everything (When My Story Was the Problem)

What changed when I stopped trying to fix myself and rewrote my story.

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Alexa Schirm
Oct 23, 2026
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My toxic trait was fixing everything but the real problem.

I’ve been blowing up your email with Freedom Story, and for good reason. I realized the hard way that all of the time I spent trying to “fix” myself was actually getting me nowhere.

Not because the “fixes” were wrong, but because a fix can only take you as far as the story you tell yourself.

My t…

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