Hey there, it's Rohan. Have you ever felt stuck? Like you'd really like to make a change in your career

or your personal life, but you just couldn't move. Most of us feel stuck at one point or another.

And here's the interesting part. We actually already have the ability to get on stuck.

So why don't we do it? Our coaching partner better up, suggest that because we fear change,

we talk ourselves out of it. Maybe even overthink or overcomplicate the steps we need to take

to keep ourselves from taking action. Our internal antibodies to change, that is to say fear,

takes over. As a quick reminder, we're collaborating with better up by using meditative story

and the episode themes to coach you through challenges like getting stuck. If you're feeling stuck,

better up can help because here's what their coaches know. We like to think of ourselves as

rational beings, but what really motivates us is positively charged emotions that act as feedback

loops when we need to act. After today's meditative story, I'll share a brief exercise from

better up to kickstart the change you'd like to make in your life.

The stories I read in the pages of these books feel like secret messages to me.

I get lost in little house on the prairie. I'm especially drawn to the father in the story.

One of the many imaginary fathers I collect from pages of the books I read and the movies I watch.

My mind is like a vision board where I keep pinning things up.

As a small child, Gudana Bernat loves to spend time with her grandfather, who tells stories of

the folkloric magic he sees in the trees and meadows in a tiny Serbian village. It's a stark

contrast to her own home, a place ruled by control and where the unknown is feared.

Gudana realises that to fight against that fear she must learn to open herself to

unseen possibilities and when they show up to embrace them.

In this series we combine immersive first person stories, breathtaking music and mindfulness

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