1161: Why We Feel Stuck in Life and the Secret to Dealing with It by Henri Junttila with Tiny Buddha on Growth Mindset

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🗓️ 14 February 2019

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Henri Junttila with Tiny Buddha shares why we feel stuck in life and the secret to dealing with it. Episode 1161: Why We Feel Stuck in Life and the Secret to Dealing with It by Henri Junttila with Tiny Buddha on Growth Mindset Lori Deschene is the founder of Tiny Buddha and Recreate Your Life Story, an online course that helps you let go of the past and live a life you love. Her latest book: Tiny Buddha's Gratitude Journal, which includes 15 coloring pages, is now available for purchase. For daily wisdom, follow Tiny Buddha on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram. The original post is located here: https://tinybuddha.com/blog/feel-stuck-life-secret-dealing/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily episode 1161, why we feel stuck in life and the secret to dealing with it.
0:06.8	By Henry Yuntilla with tinybuda.com and I'm Justin Malik, your personal narrator.
0:12.0	Happy Valentine's Day and welcome to the show where I read blogs to you mostly,
0:16.3	but sometimes books with permission from the websites, of course. Today's post being from a guest
0:21.2	author on tinybuda. For now let's get right to it as we optimize your life.
0:30.4	Why we feel stuck in life and the secret to dealing with it by Henry Yuntilla with tinybuda.com.
0:37.2	Quote, it is the way we react to circumstances that determines our feelings.
0:43.2	Dale Carnegie. We've all felt like we're drowning in mud. You feel stuck, worthless and confused.
0:51.2	You want to move, you should, you have to, but you can't. And then it evolves into anxiety,
0:57.8	fear and overwhelm. But what if, just what if being stuck isn't the problem, but how we perceive it.
1:06.4	The truth about being stuck. Every year I have periods where I feel stuck, yet when I look
1:12.3	closer, I see that being stuck is a label I give to a natural part of life. It's a time when
1:18.0	not much happens. The anxiety comes when I think it should be otherwise. I start to force myself
1:23.1	to work to come up with ideas and to make things happen. And when I don't get anywhere,
1:28.8	I call it being stuck. So what is being stuck, except the way I perceive life? As I write this,
1:35.5	I've been in a stuck period for the last few months. The difference is that my struggle less
1:40.3	because I'm beginning to let it be. Why we get stuck. You get stuck when you think you should be
1:47.4	something you're not when you think life should be different than it is. I know I'm trying to force
1:53.1	myself to do something when words like should, have to and must enter my mind. When I relax and
1:59.6	surrender to this quiet period in my life, things seem okay. I see that I can't control life. I can
2:05.9	only notice what life brings to me. The secret to being stuck completely. Being stuck is like
2:13.4	quicksand. The more you try to get out, the deeper you sink. My mind wants to push, control,
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