Hello, Spring cleaning usually makes us think about closets, garages, and junk drawers. We open windows, shake out rugs, and clear out what has been quietly collecting dust all winter. But what if the mess isn’t in your house? What if it’s in the story you keep telling about why your life feels like it’s burning down? In recovery work, I see a pattern that is both painful and powerful. Someone comes in overwhelmed, angry, and exhausted. “There’s a fire,” they say in one way or another. “Everything is falling apart. My life is chaos.” The panic is real. The consequences are real. The damage is real. What is harder to