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So one day, he knocked on my door at the office and said, may I come in and talk to you? I said, of course. And he came in, and he presented me with something that was bothering him. I don't remember what exactly. And I immediately went into solution mode, because that's who I am and what I do. I solve problems. I fix things for anyone, for everyone. I know I can do it best

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Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 0:42

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Andrea, that is such a beautiful lesson for everyone to learn. I mean, what a gift. First of all, he had the presence of mind to ask you to listen to his request, and then how it became the default between the two of you to set up an intention like, what do you want from me in this conversation? And then be able to just be there for that intention. Because so many people are fixers. We're all fixers to some extent. Right
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Susi Lawson
@susisouljourney · 4:19
And I thought, oh, my God, I do that. And so it's really ironic that you brought this up. You need to forgive yourself, Andrea, because I think a lot of that's parental, no matter how old our children get, because when they're little kids, we're solving things for them every day. We're fixing things for them that happen at school. We're helping them go off to college
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