Leah Marone

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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.

11/03/2026

When does supporting someone become taking ownership of their problem?
I facilitated a book discussion after faculty at UT Southwestern chose Serial Fixer for their book study. We kept coming back to that one.
It is a worthwhile question in any room. It is a particularly live one in a room full of people whose entire training is built on identifying a problem and fixing it.
We spent time on the three parts that drive the habit. The InnerPleaser, who says yes when you would rather decline, because keeping the peace matters more than your own capacity. The InnerRescuer, so attuned to everyone else’s emotions that you end up carrying them. And the InnerCritic, evaluating constantly, pushing you toward better.
Nearly all of us have all three. What differs is which one overperforms and masks the other two.
Thank you the UT Southwestern faculty for choosing the book and for the conversation.
Which of the three internal bodyguards runs loudest for you?

10/30/2026

Are you a serial fixer?
Are you the type who’s always two steps ahead. Or the one who absorbs everyone else’s emotions? Or do you keep giving, even when there’s nothing left?
There are so many ways we fall into the habit of fixing, and sometimes we don’t even recognize we’re doing it.
That’s why I created The Fixer Files.
Each week, I share a short story about a familiar fixing pattern, along with practical takeaways to help you recognize it, understand it, and begin doing things differently.
Real stories. Practical tools. A little perspective.
Because caring about people doesn’t mean carrying everything for them.
Subscribe for FREE at the link in my bio or at leahmarone.com

10/30/2026

Which kind of fixer are you?
The one who’s always two steps ahead? The one who absorbs everyone else’s emotions? Or the one who keeps giving, even when there’s nothing left?
There are so many ways we fall into the habit of fixing, and sometimes we don’t even recognize we’re doing it.
That’s why I created The Fixer Files.
Each week, I share a short story about a familiar fixing pattern, along with practical takeaways to help you recognize it, understand it, and begin doing things differently.
Real stories. Practical tools. A little perspective.
Because caring about people doesn’t mean carrying everything for them.
Subscribe for FREE at the link in my bio or at leahmarone.com

10/29/2026

There’s something meaningful about standing in a room full of people dedicated to helping others and reminding them that they don’t have to fix it all.

I had the opportunity to speak at the Address the Stress Conference in Wilkes County, where we explored how easily helping can turn into serial fixing, especially when we care deeply about the people and communities we serve.
Wilkes

We talked about the difference between supporting someone and taking ownership of their struggles, and why even the most compassionate helpers need boundaries.
Support, Don’t Solve isn’t about caring less. It’s about recognizing what’s ours to carry and what isn’t.

Thank you to the Wilkes Resiliency Collaborative for bringing this group together and for the important work you’re doing in your community!

10/28/2026

Someone seems off, and suddenly you’re wondering what you did wrong.
We’ve all been there.
But noticing someone’s mood doesn’t mean you need to absorb it, fix it, or make it about you.
Sometimes their bad day is just their bad day.
In my latest Psychology Today article, I’m sharing three ways to stop taking things personally and get some new reps in when it comes to managing those emotionally driven “what ifs.”
Not everything is yours to carry.
Read the full article at the link in my bio.

10/23/2026

Not everything is about you. And that’s a good thing.

Someone is in a bad mood, doesn’t respond to your message, or seems a little off, and suddenly you’re wondering what you did wrong.
Sound familiar?

Before making someone else’s behavior about you, try asking:

What do I actually know? What am I assuming? Is this mine to carry?

Sometimes the story we’re telling ourselves is creating more stress than the situation itself.
I was back on Charlotte Today WCNC Charlotte this week sharing a few ways to stop taking everything so personally and protect our peace.
Always fun spending time with this Charlotte Today crew!

10/23/2026

Not everything is about you. And that’s a good thing.

Someone is in a bad mood, doesn’t respond to your message, or seems a little off, and suddenly you’re wondering what you did wrong.
Sound familiar?

Before making someone else’s behavior about you, try asking:

What do I actually know? What am I assuming? Is this mine to carry?

Sometimes the story we’re telling ourselves is creating more stress than the situation itself.
I was back on WCNC Charlotte this week sharing a few ways to stop taking everything so personally and protect our peace.
Always fun spending time with the Charlotte Today crew!

10/22/2026

Someone tells you they are drowning, and within about four seconds you have a solution for them.
The solution is usually fine, but that is not the problem. The problem is what the sentence does to the conversation, because telling someone what they have to do also tells them the problem was solvable all along and they simply had not gotten around to it. Most people stop talking at that point.
A question keeps it open, and more importantly it keeps the problem with the person who has all the information about it. You do not know what they have already tried, what they are protecting, or what they have decided they cannot say out loud.
If they are still stuck after you ask, offer something. The difference is that you asked first, so whatever you offer lands as help rather than a takeover.
Most of the people I work with are excellent at the first move and were never taught the second.
That is not a character flaw. Nobody teaches it. Go get a rep in.

10/20/2026

Naming what happened to you is one of the most useful things a person can do, and a great deal of my work is built on it. It gives you a visible starting point, and it brings some logic to what has been led by emotion.
There is a real difference between “I am bad at this” and “I learned to do this in a house where there was no other safe option, but I do not need to operate like this anymore,” and finding that second sentence can change the next ten years.
What I will not do is hand you that sentence and then leave you inside it.
There is a version of this language that explains and a version that excuses, and they sound almost identical. The first says here is where this came from, and now you get to decide what to do with it. The second says here is where this came from, so this is simply who you are now.
I understand the appeal of the second one, because it is a relief. If the pattern is fixed, you are off the hook for the hard part.
The hard part is the part that changes your life.
I work with people who can describe their attachment style, their trauma responses and their family system with real precision, and who have not tried anything differently in two years except push harder and reach for the distractions and quick fixes that pacify the deeper work. The explanation became the destination. They are not lazy and they are not avoiding. They were handed a story with no next chapter in it.
The work is taking some of that power back, letting a different part of you take the reins, and getting a different kind of rep in.
You are allowed to have a reason and still have a choice.

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