ShiftGrit Psychology & Counselling
ShiftGrit Psychology & Counselling
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      • Post-Traumatic Stress Isn’t Just a Memory—It’s a Pattern
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      • Boundary Therapy for People Who Can’t Stop Saying Yes
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    • Alberta
      • Registered Psychologist
        • Abhishek Bardoloi
        • Andrea McTague
        • Gurjeet Bara
        • Sharilyn Theriault
      • Registered Provisional Psychologist
        • Alberto Medeiros
        • Baldwin Asala
        • Claudius Dada
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        • Jenae White
        • Jessica van Mill
        • Jia Baldueza
        • Nicole Krick-Ralston
        • Priya Virk
        • Stephanie Stevens
        • Susanne Loewen
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        • Geneviève Malena
        • Gurneet Kandola
        • Patience Owan
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        • Niloy Reza
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        • Yvonne Valdes
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        • Lisa Wolanski
    • British Columbia
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    • Calgary
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    • Edmonton
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      • Calgary Anxiety Therapy That Goes Deeper Than Coping Tools
      • When It’s Not Just Anxiety — It’s a Pattern
      • Imposter Syndrome: You’re “Not Good Enough”—But You’re Also Doing Just Fine
      • Anger Therapy That Rewires the Pattern — Not Just the Outburst
      • What Emotional Dysregulation Actually Is — And Why It’s Not About Overreacting
      • ADHD, Identity, and the Hidden Loops Behind Your Struggles
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    • 🎙️ The Shift Show Podcast
      • 035: Scroll, Click, Repeat: Escaping the Internet Addiction Trap
      • 034: Rewiring Trauma: How to Break Free from Limiting Beliefs
      • Parenting Little Ones: The Struggles, The Strategies & The Science
      • Beyond the Call: Navigating Trauma and Transition for Veterans and First Responders
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Self-Sabotage

Periodic-style graphic tile labeled “Lb” with the belief “I Always Fall Short” — part of the ShiftGrit Core Belief Pattern Library.
Limiting Belief Library

“I Always Fall Short” — A Core Limiting Belief

ByByShiftGritMay 14, 2025
Core Belief: I Do Not Deserve — ShiftGrit Pattern Library
Limiting Belief Library

“I Do Not Deserve” — A Core Limiting Belief

ByByShiftGritMay 12, 2025
Opt-Out Behaviour — When the System Ejects to Escape the Loop
Glossary

Opt-Out Behaviour — When the System Ejects to Escape the Loop

ByByShiftGritMay 10, 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
Illustration of a person measuring the first step of a staircase made of task labels like “Plan,” “Research,” and “Revise,” symbolizing the perfectionism–procrastination loop.
PerfectionismEmotional Dysregulation

How Perfectionism Leads to Procrastination — And What Actually Helps

ByByShiftGritMay 6, 2025
Person caught between two mirrored identities—perfectionism and ADHD—pulling them in opposite directions. Surreal visual of internal conflict and emotional dysregulation.
PerfectionismADHD Therapy

Perfectionism and ADHD: The Internal Tug-of-War

ByByShiftGritMay 5, 2025
Minimalist pressure cooker illustration representing emotional pressure buildup and sabotage response
Identity-Level TherapySelf-Sabotage

The Pressure Cooker Effect: Why You Break Down, Blow Up, or…

ByByShiftGritApr 29, 2025
Minimalist black-and-white line drawing of a faceless figure holding a theatrical mask and a cracked mirror — a metaphor for the hidden identity loops behind shame-driven self-sabotage.
Self-SabotageIdentity-Level Therapy

Why Shame, Not Willpower, Drives Self-Sabotage

ByByShiftGritApr 29, 2025
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.
Identity-Level TherapyMental Patterns & Personal Change

Why Willpower Fails: The Psychology of Self-Sabotage

ByByShiftGritApr 18, 2025
Stop Self-Sabotage, Get Your Brain on Your Side and Be Your…
Self-SabotageIdentity-Level Therapy

Stop Self-Sabotage, Get Your Brain on Your Side and Be Your…

ByByShiftGritJan 27, 2022
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Patterns

  • Identity-Level Therapy36
  • Glossary12
  • Limiting Belief Library57
  • Pattern Reconditioning6
  • Executive Dysfunction6
  • Perfectionism7
  • Anger & Reactivity1
  • Emotional Dysregulation15

Gallery

Break Free from the Patterns Driving Depression
Suicide prevention and wellness: Watch for warning signs
Minimalist line drawing of a burned-out person surrounded by self-care items, still exhausted.
Overcoming Social Anxiety: From Paralyzing Fear to Empowered Self-Discovery
5 Signs That You Are Depressed: Understanding and Overcoming the Struggles
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.
Minimalist black line drawing of a tangled thought bubble, representing limiting beliefs and internal patterns targeted through Identity Patterns Therapy at ShiftGrit Calgary.
ADHD Isn’t Just About Focus—It’s About Identity
Episode 034: Rewiring Trauma: How to Break Free from Limiting Beliefs

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