You don't need to be fixed. You need to be understood.

Posted on June 06, 2025 by Pamina Sulzberger, One of Thousands of Business Coaches on Noomii.

You don’t need to be fixed
- a note to anyone who thinks they’re too much, too messy, or not enough

There’s a quiet belief that many of us carry:
“Something’s wrong with me.”

Sometimes it sounds like:
• Why can’t I handle this better?
• Other people seem fine, why am I always so emotional?
• If I could just get rid of this anxiety/insecurity/overthinking… then I’d be okay.

In coaching, people often show up with this invisible burden, the idea that they need to be fixed before they can truly succeed or be at peace.

But here’s the truth:
You don’t need to be fixed. You need to be understood.

The parts of you that feel “too much” or “not enough” often have good reasons for being there. They’ve protected you, driven you, and kept you afloat when things got hard.

What if those parts aren’t flaws to erase, but signals to understand?

Coaching is grounded in compassion and curiosity. We don’t work to polish you into someone else – we work to help you reconnect with yourself. The version of you that is already whole, even if you can’t always see it.

You don’t need to be fixed.
You’re not broken. You’re complex. Human. Beautifully layered.
You need to be understood.
By yourself. By others.

And you get to grow, not because something is wrong with you, but because something inside you is ready to shift.