The power of agency

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Over the past few years, I have slowly come to grips with a difficult aspect of myself. As I confronted it, I began to recognize it in others, sometimes in a friend, a family member, a co-worker, or a client. You, dear reader, may be familiar with it, too. It’s a feeling of frustration and powerlessness as if nothing you do matters and nothing will ever change. You’ll know you’re in it when your sentences start with, “Why can’t they…You/she/he/they…