Fixer Files

The Fixer Files. Support, don't Solve.™

Weekly essays for high performers, caregivers, leaders, athletes, and the deeply compassionate people who hold it all together for everyone else. Cases, patterns, and observations from a therapist who gets it. Short, specific, useful.

Leah Marone
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    Featured edition

    The Defensive Fixer

    Emily is not trying to argue, she is trying to be understood. And being understood has never come easily. Emily is a Serial Fixer.

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    Published & featured

    Writing for Psychology Today, SHRM, Newsweek, and more.

    Psychology Today

    Caring Without Fixing

    How to show up with compassion and let the other person own their journey.

    Psychology Today

    The New Boundary Crisis

    Boundaries aren't just about relationships anymore. They're about how we relate to information, devices, and our own thoughts.

    Psychology Today

    Are You Serial Fixing the Emotional Baggage of Others?

    When compassion masks burnout, blurred boundaries, and buried resentment.

    Psychology Today

    How to Improve Your Relationship With Yourself

    The practice of self-check-ins as a path to self-awareness, confidence, and resilience.

    Psychology Today

    Resilience: The Power to Overcome, Adjust, and Persevere

    Why resilience isn't about pushing through. It's earned through practice, reflection, and presence.

    SHRM Executive Network

    Support, Don't Solve: A 5-Step Path to Maintain Boundaries and Prevent Burnout

    How leaders can show up for their teams without taking ownership of problems that aren't theirs.

    SHRM Executive Network

    The Serial Fixer: How Over-Solving Undermines Leadership

    A framework for HR leaders who default to fixing everything for everyone.

    Newsweek

    Mastering Your Year-End Reflection

    A personal roadmap to reflect, reframe, and rise in the new year.

    The Atlantic

    Educators and Work-Life Balance

    Featured in The Atlantic on the realities of educator burnout and sustainability.

    Carmel Current

    Carmel Native Pens Book on Empathy and Balance

    Hometown feature on Serial Fixer and the work behind it.

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