Finding possibility in life’s forced pauses, by AD

Meditative Story

WaitWhat

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

4.6 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

As a WNBA player, AD is used to saying, “I’m good” as an automatic response, no matter the injury. It’s what allows them to be a successful athlete, and to wrap their whole self around that identity. But when basketball is fully stripped away from them, they have to look inward to explore who they are — and the full range of identity available to them.

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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: meditativestory.com

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0:00.0	Many of you have shared that Meditatidistory helps you to relax, wind down and even fall asleep.
0:06.4	So I want to introduce you to another bedtime storytelling friend called the Sleep with Me podcast.
0:12.6	Sleep with Me is like the playful lighthearted cousin of Meditatidistory,
0:16.6	the one who tells surreal, meandering stories you can't help but fall asleep to.
0:21.5	Better yet, it's encouraged.
0:23.5	Sleep with Me adds some extra variety to your nightly routine
0:26.8	and is a great show to keep you company while you drift to sleep.
0:31.4	So head off to Dreamland with Sleep with Me podcast
0:35.2	by listening on a smart speaker or whatever podcast app you're listening with now.
0:47.6	The crowd is super loud, the court feels electric.
0:52.4	Under the bright lights, sweat drips from my forehead as I sprint to the other side of the court.
1:02.9	A glance up at the scoreboard, we're behind, but we're still in this.
1:22.1	A.D. is a WNBA player who spends their life committed to their love of basketball.
1:28.4	Their unrelenting passion for the sport means that, as they grow up,
1:34.0	being a basketball player feels like their whole identity.
1:38.4	In this week's episode, A.D. shares the story of what happens when basketball is taken away from them
1:45.5	and they learn how our identity doesn't have to be all or nothing.
1:49.9	A.D. discovers that there's a whole spectrum of ways of being available to us
1:55.7	and many ways we can express who we are.
2:01.2	In this series, we combine immersive first-person stories, breath-taking music,
2:07.6	and mindfulness prompts so that we may see our lives reflected back to us in other people's stories.
2:14.7	And that can lead to improvements in our own inner lives.
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