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.

Boy meets girl. Girl notices boy squirrel painting. Boy and girl fall in love.

I know the cute version of this story intimately because it's the Hollywood version.

The version, petaled by the very industry, I'm desperate to break into.

Meanwhile though, in real life, this different version of our story starts unfolding.

One afternoon, J and I pile into my old green G-brangler. When I say it's old, you have to understand

it isn't charmingly old. The zippers on the windows broke long ago, so it's basically got no sides.

It's a giant rolling receptacle for smog and dust. Every time you take a ride in it,

your clothes end up with these black smudges all over them.

Anyway, J and I brave the filth and are driving through the city when we pull up at a light.

Looming before us is this giant billboard. It's an ad for a new TV show starring this hot muscular

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