Identity-Level Therapy

Illustration of a person surrounded by completed tasks while hesitating over a blank page, symbolizing productive procrastination and internalized fear of failure.
ProcrastinationExecutive Dysfunction

Productive Procrastination — The Trap That Looks Like Progress

ByByShiftGritMay 6, 2025
Conceptual illustration of a person halted by a translucent wall filled with limiting beliefs, symbolizing identity-level procrastination and avoidance.
ProcrastinationEmotional Dysregulation

Why You Procrastinate Even When You Care

ByByShiftGritMay 6, 2025
A surreal black-and-white line drawing of a figure dissolving into scattered lines, symbolizing how unresolved patterns disrupt rest and recovery during burnout.
Burnout & Identity ConflictIdentity-Level Therapy

Rest Isn’t the Cure—It’s the Test

ByByShiftGritMay 3, 2025
A lone figure stands frozen while blurred figures rush around him — a visual metaphor for the burnout freeze response.
Burnout & Identity ConflictIdentity-Level Therapy

Burnout or Freeze Response? What No One Tells You About “Shutting…

ByByShiftGritMay 2, 2025
Minimalist black-and-white drawing of a woman walking away from a desk while a robotic hand continues filling out a calendar — symbolizing internalized pressure.
Burnout & Identity ConflictIdentity-Level Therapy

The Real Reason You Can’t Rest

ByByShiftGritMay 2, 2025
Side profile of a human head with a circuit board embedded in the brain, representing internal system upgrade and identity-level pattern reprogramming.
Identity-Level TherapyEmotional Dysregulation

Upgrading Your Internal Operating System: How Real Change Happens

ByByShiftGritApr 30, 2025
Hand-drawn toolbox overflowing with papers, lists, and timers, with a spiral thought bubble floating above — a metaphor for coping fatigue and burnout.
ADHD TherapyBurnout & Identity Conflict

Why Coping Tools Don’t Work (And What Actually Does)

ByByShiftGritApr 30, 2025
Minimalist line drawing showing two head silhouettes — one with tangled thoughts and a flame, the other with a cracked thermometer — representing ADHD and burnout patterns.
ADHD TherapyIdentity-Level Therapy

ADHD or Burnout? How to Tell the Difference (And Why It…

ByByShiftGritApr 30, 2025
Limiting Beliefs — Identity-Level Therapy Glossary Definition by ShiftGrit
Glossary

Limiting Beliefs — The Quiet Loops That Shape Everything

ByByShiftGritJun 8, 2020
Confirmation Bias Shift 101
Glossary

Confirmation Bias — When Your Brain Filters Reality to Match the…

ByByShiftGritJun 8, 2020
Dysfunctional Needs
Glossary

Dysfunctional Needs — The Coping Strategies That Keep the Belief Alive

ByByShiftGritJun 8, 2020
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Shift-101
Glossary

The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy — When the Belief Makes It True

ByByShiftGritJun 8, 2020
Non-Nurturing Element
Glossary

Non-Nurturing Elements — The Roots of Patterned Emotional Threat

ByByShiftGritNov 9, 2017
Periodic tile labeled “Lb” with the belief “I Am Powerless Unless I’m in Control” — part of the ShiftGrit Core Belief Pattern Library.
Limiting Belief Library

“I Am Powerless Unless I’m in Control” — A Core Limiting Belief

If control feels like the only thing keeping your world from falling apart — you’re not alone. Learn…

ByByShiftGritMay 18, 2025
Periodic belief tile labeled “Lb” with the phrase “The World Isn’t Safe” — part of the ShiftGrit Core Belief system.
Limiting Belief Library

“The World Isn’t Safe” — A Core Limiting Belief

This belief turns fear into a worldview. If you’re always scanning for threat—no matter where you are—it may…

ByByShiftGritMay 18, 2025
Periodic tile graphic labeled “Lb” with the belief “I Am In Danger” — part of the ShiftGrit Pattern Library on identity-level emotional responses.
Limiting Belief Library

“I Am In Danger” — A Core Limiting Belief

This belief wires the body to treat calm as a threat. At ShiftGrit, we help recondition the inner…

ByByShiftGritMay 18, 2025
Periodic table–style graphic tile labeled “Lb” with the belief “I Am Never Doing Enough” — part of the ShiftGrit Core Belief Library.
Limiting Belief Library

“I Am Never Doing Enough” — A Core Limiting Belief

This belief wires your worth to constant effort. At ShiftGrit, we help recondition the loop that says stillness…

ByByShiftGritMay 18, 2025
Periodic-style belief tile labeled “Lb” with the phrase “I Am Invisible” — part of the ShiftGrit Core Belief Series.
Limiting Belief Library

“I Am Invisible” — A Core Limiting Belief

“I Am Invisible” is a belief that forms when your presence goes unacknowledged for long enough that the…

ByByShiftGritMay 18, 2025
Periodic belief tile labeled “Lb” with the phrase “I Am Under Constant Threat” — part of the ShiftGrit Core Belief Series.
Limiting Belief Library

“I Am Under Constant Threat” — A Core Limiting Belief

The belief “I Am Under Constant Threat” creates a reactive, hypervigilant nervous system that’s always on alert. Even…

ByByShiftGritMay 18, 2025

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Surreal digital illustration of a woman in mid-transformation, symbolizing identity-level psychological change as practiced by ShiftGrit Psychology & Counselling in Calgary and Alberta.
A person stands at a fork in a forest path, with one trail foggy and unclear, and the other sunlit and open—symbolizing a moment of internal decision-making.
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The Shift Approach to OCPD Treatment
A conceptual illustration of a high-functioning woman burdened by mental and emotional overload, symbolizing the ADHD–burnout loop common in perfectionist adults.
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