“If your issues stem from a false self-perception, then we can work on changing that. If they stem from problematic patterns of behavior, then we can help break those habits. But choice is everything, Eden. You can choose to do the work. You can choose to fight, to learn new skills, to grow and change in whichever ways will make you proud moving forward.” His voice grows unbearably kind. “We can’t change the things that happen to us—only change what they help us to become.”
