Leah Marone

Leah Marone Psychotherapist, Yale Clinical Instructor & corporate wellness consultant with 20+ years’ experience. Former Division 1 athlete.

Keynote speaker & author of Serial Fixer, helping break cycles of over-functioning.

Avoiding discomfort does not erase it. It hands it to a future version of you on someone else's timing.⠀That is the loop...
05/20/2026

Avoiding discomfort does not erase it. It hands it to a future version of you on someone else's timing.
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That is the loop my new Psychology Today piece is about. Anxiety is anticipatory by design, always scanning ahead and predicting you will not be able to handle it. Every time we reach for the quick comfort, the distraction, the reassurance, the detour, we confirm the prediction. The relief is real. The lesson is wrong. The loop tightens.
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You do not break it by feeling calmer in the moment. You break it by collecting evidence that contradicts the prediction. One small, chosen discomfort at a time.
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This week, pick one. Not the biggest thing you avoid. The smallest one you would rather not do.
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Take the different way home.
Say yes when you reflexively say no.
Go on the trip without being 100 percent prepared.
Sit with the silence instead of the phone.
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Each one is a small, controlled deposit into a self trust account that avoidance has kept empty.
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Save this for the next time you catch yourself dodging a hard thing.

Full piece here:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/gaining-and-sustaining/202605/create-your-own-discomfort-so-it-is-not-created-for-you⠀

Most managers do not avoid burnout conversations because they lack solutions. They avoid them because they cannot hold o...
05/18/2026

Most managers do not avoid burnout conversations because they lack solutions. They avoid them because they cannot hold one without absorbing the anxiety.
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So the conversation never happens, and the burnout keeps hiding inside work that still looks perfectly delivered.
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The goal of a burnout check in is not to fix it. It is to ask a real question and stay in the room for the answer.
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Instead of How are you doing, try: what would make you say yes to leaving this job six months from now?
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Most managers never ask it because they are afraid of the answer. Which is exactly why it matters.
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The conversation is the intervention.
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Save this for the next one you have to have. Swipe for the full frame.
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Mental Health Awareness Month: I am offering a free 30 minute virtual Q&A about my book Serial Fixer for teams, groups, and book clubs, plus a discounted bulk rate on the book through my publisher. Email me at leah@leahmarone.com.
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05/12/2026

So you’ve discovered you’re a Serial Fixer. What now? 🤔

Step 1: Pause.

When someone is telling you what they’re experiencing—and before you jump in to fix and solve—just pause.

It’s in this space that you give them time to own their problems while you both sit with the discomfort and get your reps in.

This is the first step to breaking free from the habit of solving other peoples’ problems.

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I’m Leah Marone, psychotherapist, keynote speaker and author of Serial Fixer.
🎤 Book me to speak → leahmarone.com
📖 Order your copy → serial-fixer.com

05/07/2026

When a vague text derails you.

Remember that nobody is perfect—not even therapists. We still do these things.

The text comes in and it’s so vague that your brain begins to “protect” you by filling in the gaps and what-ifs. But this is anxious thinking and negative self-talk inevitably follows.

You can take a step back. Name the emotions. Consider the facts. Maybe ask a follow-up question if you can.

Trust that you can navigate the unknown, even if it feels completely out of your control.

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I’m Leah Marone, psychotherapist, keynote speaker and author of Serial Fixer.
🎤 Book me to speak and order your copy → leahmarone.com

05/05/2026

So what happens if you substitute avoidance for your lack of self-trust instead of something like control?

You’re not avoiding problems, you’re avoiding yourself!

Try challenging yourself with using “I” statements and advocate for yourself the next time a conflict arises.

You might find that you have more power than you think.

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I’m Leah Marone, psychotherapist, keynote speaker and author of Serial Fixer.
📖 Grab Serial Fixer → leahmarone.com
🎤 Book me to speak → leahmarone.com

05/04/2026

When we don’t believe that we have the ability to navigate any challenge or situation that gets thrown our way, we often times jump to control.

This seems like we are preparing ourselves, but it’s actually just anxious futuristic thinking—sometimes we don’t even know what we’re preparing for!

Awareness is a crucial step that comes before taking action.

Ask yourself “do I believe in myself to navigate the unknown or am I jumping to fix and solve before the unknown becomes real?”

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I’m Leah Marone, psychotherapist, keynote speaker and author of Serial Fixer.
📖 Grab Serial Fixer → leahmarone.com
🎤 Book me to speak → leahmarone.com

04/29/2026

Mental Health Awareness Month is here again!

This year I am doing something different instead of a webinar link.

If your team, company, or organization orders 25 or more copies of Serial Fixer during May, I will host a free 30 minute virtual Q&A with your group.

Why a Q&A instead of a webinar: the book is more useful when the people reading it can ask the questions it raises in their actual work context. Manager translation. Team discussion. The questions that do not come up in a webinar but show up in a real Q&A.

If your team is one of the ones trying to do something real this month, DM me or fill out the form at leahmarone.com and we will set it up.

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