Because Dr. Joe reminds us: you don’t change by fighting the box. You change by that the box can no longer hold you.
So feel that new person now. Not in tomorrow. Not when things get better. Now.
But here’s the truth you’ve come here to feel: You are the one who has been sitting inside it.
Now, from the outside of the box, turn around. Thank it — it kept you safe once. Then let it become irrelevant.
And ask yourself: “What would I feel if I no longer needed this box?”
And when you’re ready — not when you’re fearless, but when you’re aware — take one symbolic step.
Close your eyes for a moment. Breathe.
Inside this box: every old reaction, every familiar worry, every predictable thought that whispers, “This is just who I am.”