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Meditative Story

Notes to self, by Case Kenny

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

🗓️ 17 November 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Sitting in the school library, staring down at his unfinished chemistry homework, pre-med student Case Kenny feels helpless. He faces a difficult choice: did I choose the wrong major? And who will I disappoint if I admit that? Now an acclaimed podcaster (New Mindset, Who Dis?), Case shares three stories from his early life about being wrong, and how he slowly learns what’s right for him. The key: Learning to see wrongness as a chance to re-examine who he is and what his right next step might be.

Find Case Kenny on Instagram: @case.kenny

Explore Case’s podcast: New Mindset, Who Dis

Case is the creator of mindfulness journals like The New Mindset Journal and But First, Inner Peace

AND: he’s the creator of the dance music x mindfulness show Zen Disco.

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

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

0:05.8

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

0:11.6

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

0:16.4

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

0:22.4

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

0:28.0

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

0:33.7

takes over. As a quick reminder, we're collaborating with Better Up by using meditative story and

0:39.6

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

0:45.0

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

0:49.9

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

0:56.3

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

1:02.6

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

1:12.2

I'm 15, awkward, self-conscious and shy. I'm just always trying to fit in and make a good impression.

1:34.8

The idea of speaking up in front of other people and other classes petrifies me,

1:42.1

but here in Latin, I don't feel nervous. I feel eager, accepted. This is the one place where

1:50.8

it's no big deal if I make mistakes. It's okay to be wrong to mispronounce a word.

1:56.8

Dr. Calacas' enthusiasm gives us permission to try again.

2:16.0

Listening to Case Kenny's acclaimed personal development podcast, new mindset, who this,

2:21.1

you might get the impression that he has all the right answers. But like many of us,

2:26.5

Case spent a long time worrying that every choice he was making was wrong. In this episode,

2:34.0

Case shares a story about being wrong again and again and shows us how his love of languages

2:41.1

and willingness to question himself led him to find comfort in his uncertainty.

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