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.

A few turns later, one of the older kids bashes the piñata. We hear a crack, and the inside's

burst open. The candy explodes all over the concrete. We dive like we've never seen candy before.

I have the scrapes in my knees to prove it. I'm grinning like crazy.

Oklahoma pushes the boundary lines my parents so carefully draw for me. It's surprisingly beautiful

outside these lines.

Today's story teller Stephen Ho grew up in a strict Vietnamese American household,

where the stakes were always high. He felt an overwhelming pressure to walk the straight line

set before him, a line of over-chieving and excellence. As Stephen grew up, he encountered places and

circumstances that catapulted him into a deep curiosity and affection for the world around him.

Stephen began to wonder if there might be more than he could have ever expected waiting for him

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