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#19: MBT 1 on 1 Therapy > Between Searching for Yourself and Letting Go of Old Patterns
<p>🎙️ Special Episode – “Between Searching for Yourself and Letting Go of Old Patterns”</p><p><br /></p><p>Welcome to this special episode of the MBT podcast.</p><p>In this episode, you are once again given a unique insight into a one-on-one therapy session — a space where thoughts, emotions, and patterns become visible as they unfold in everyday life.</p><p><br /></p><p>What makes this session powerful is that a clear shift becomes visible. Not just in behavior, but in identity. The question moves from how do I deal with situations? to who am I, and what do I actually want?</p><p><br /></p><p>Today, we listen to a conversation where someone begins to move away from old patterns, while at the same time searching for a new way of living, feeling, and connecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>⸻</p><p><br /></p><p>🧠 What this episode explores</p><p><br /></p><p>Rediscovering yourself</p><p><br /></p><p>When you have spent years adapting and responding to others,</p><p>it can be confronting to turn inward.</p><p><br /></p><p>What do I want?</p><p>What do I feel?</p><p>What truly fits me?</p><p><br /></p><p>This session shows how these questions start to take center stage —</p><p>bringing both clarity and uncertainty at the same time.</p><p><br /></p><p>⸻</p><p><br /></p><p>New energy through real connection</p><p><br /></p><p>An important insight emerges:</p><p>when you are genuinely present in connection with others, without losing yourself, everything changes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Conversations shift.</p><p>Connections deepen.</p><p>And recognition no longer comes only from others —</p><p>but also from within.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the first time, there is space not only to see others,</p><p>but to be seen yourself.</p><p><br /></p><p>⸻</p><p><br /></p><p>Setting boundaries in relationships</p><p><br /></p><p>The session highlights how challenging it can be to stay true to yourself within relationships.</p><p><br /></p><p>Especially when others, often with good intentions, try to “fix” or help you.</p><p><br /></p><p>The challenge is not only to understand,</p><p>but also to say:</p><p><br /></p><p>“This is not what I need.”</p><p><br /></p><p>⸻</p><p><br /></p><p>Stepping out of old dynamics</p><p><br /></p><p>Where there used to be automatic adaptation or problem-solving,</p><p>a different movement is now emerging.</p><p><br /></p><p>No longer taking everything personally.</p><p>No longer carrying all responsibility.</p><p><br /></p><p>But asking:</p><p>what belongs