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Why Nothing Ever Resolves With Your Family | The words change. The pattern driving it never does.
The same family argument keeps happening because the pattern driving it hasn't been seen. Almost 50% of US adults are estranged from someone they once loved. Join Lisane Basquiat for Your Past Is Your Present: When Family Feels Distant. A live two-hour Zoom session to help you see the patterns so you can change them.
The Pattern You Inherited Can Be Changed | See what's driving it and take back control
Lisane Basquiat, CEO/Founder of Shaping Freedom, reveals why the same patterns keep showing up in your arguments, relationships, and the way you overcommit then resent every minute of it. These reactions didn't start with you — they were inherited. Learn why awareness changes more than willpower ever could and how to catch the pattern before it catches you. Join Your Past Is Your Present live session: https://shapingfreedom.com/your-past-is-your-present
Why Do Old Patterns Take Over When I'm Stressed? | Where it started—and what it's still costing you
Lisane Basquiat, CEO/Founder of Shaping Freedom, explores why stress activates childhood patterns you thought you'd outgrown. Learn why you snap, shut down, or over-function under pressure — and what those learned responses are quietly costing you in relationships, work, and life. Join Your Past Is Your Present live session: https://shapingfreedom.com/your-past-is-your-present
Stop Following Rules That Aren't Yours | How to break free from inherited patterns
In this week's feature article I unpack my conversation with Dr. Karmetria Burton, senior leader at McDonald's, founder of the Paint Your Lips Red Foundation, and author of "Never Wear Red Lipstick" – to explore what happens when you finally see the rules that have been running your life without permission.
Read the full article to understand why leadership starts where you're standing, and what shifts when you stop organizing your life around patterns that were never actually yours.
Why Am I Turning Into My Mother? | Your responses aren't random. They were inherited.
Why do we react like our parents even when we know better? Written by Lisane Basquiat, this article explores how childhood patterns shape adult responses. Learned nervous system rules drive tone, shutdown, and control under stress. By seeing where these reactions began and why they once helped, you can interrupt them and choose different responses in relationships, work, and daily life.
If what you've read here resonates, join Lisane for Your Past Is Your Present, a two-hour live Zoom session where you’ll learn how to recognize the patterns shaping your responses so you can make more intentional choices in relationships, work, and life.