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Meditative Story

Alex Morris: Soul Curriculum

Meditative Story

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Mental Health, Society & Culture, Mindfulness, Spirituality, Meditation, Religion & Spirituality, Personal Stories, Health & Fitness, Storytelling, Society And Culture

4.63.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In today’s Soul Curriculum, Rohan speaks candidly with writer Alex Morris about how to become more comfortable asking for help. As Alex shares, it’s often our preconceptions of how we will be received that prevent us from reaching out. However, as Alex realizes in his own story, when we take the risk and acknowledge our need for help, people around us rise to our aid and can help make our world wider. Alex also reinforces the beauty of helping's reciprocal nature: How good it can feel to be honest both in the ways we need help, and the ways in which we are able to step up for others.

Listen to Alex Morris' full episode of Meditative Story, "Dancing on my own": https://listen.meditativestory.com/AlexMorris_Nov10

Each episode of Meditative Story combines the emotional pull of first-person storytelling with immersive music and gentle mindfulness prompts. Read the transcript for this story at https://meditativestory.com/

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Transcript

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0:00.0

High listeners, it's Dorothy Abrams, one of the producers behind Meditative Story.

0:05.6

In the spirit of continuing to deepen the show's impact, we'd love to hear directly from you.

0:12.0

What are we doing well? What can we be doing better? And what else might be on your mind?

0:17.3

We'd love it if you would share your thoughts in our listener survey at meditativestory.com forward slash survey.

0:26.0

Your time is incredibly valuable. So to show our appreciation, we're offering a reward

0:32.0

to the first 500 respondents who complete the survey before Sunday, December 11th, 2022.

0:39.2

You can find the survey and reward details at meditativestory.com forward slash survey.

0:46.5

We look forward to hearing from you.

0:56.4

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

1:01.7

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

1:07.3

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

1:12.8

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

1:18.8

we talk ourselves out of it, maybe even overthink or overcomplicate the steps we need to take

1:24.4

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

1:30.2

takes over. As a quick reminder, we're collaborating with better up by using meditativestory and the

1:36.2

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

1:41.5

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

1:46.3

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

1:52.3

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

1:58.0

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

2:04.8

This is Soul Curriculum, the companion show to meditative story where we reconnect with our

2:10.4

storytellers in a deeper conversation, revealing the inner wisdom they shared.

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