See the pattern clearly.
The first step to sustainable change is awareness — you cannot change what you're not aware of. Trace the stories that have been running the show back to their roots. With self-study (svadhyaya) as the foundation, we meet what we find with compassion, understanding, and maybe some forgiveness — not more judgment.
Core outcome: You study your inner obstacles with curiosity. You start to separate and discern conditioned beliefs from what you know to be true.